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HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThey do not have a clue. They are going to get clobbered—they really are—and they do not get it. They just want to go on about devolution without regard to the effect that all…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.15 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) BillThe clauses before us are directly related to what was originally in the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill, and they were there for a very good reason. They were there because…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) BillYes, indeed. I sometimes find that Lewis Carroll has some very useful ways of putting things. There is the famous exchange between Alice and Humpty Dumpty, in which Humpty Dumpty…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) BillBecause what section 38 does is reaffirm the capacity of Parliament to be able to make such provisions in other enactments should it be necessary to do so. Because of the…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) BillInterestingly, I made some reference to the principles that are under discussion in the current negotiations. Of course, we do not know the outcome of those negotiations as we…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) BillYes, absolutely. Sovereignty is also a question of fact. I do not want to get into the intricacies of 15th century history, but there was a chap called Henry VII who made it…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) BillI cannot speak for that disputesettlement service, and nor can I speak for the Joint Committee that is currently considering some of these matters. We do not really know exactly…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) BillProvided the treaty itself, and therefore the Act of Parliament that follows from it, maintain the principles I set out in my question to the Secretary of State for Business,…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) BillDoes my right hon. Friend appreciate that it was the Prime Minister who, after an eight-hour meeting I had at No. 10 that day—17 October 2019—insisted that section 38 was…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) BillI am so glad. I can only say that, actually, sovereignty is not just a theoretical concept; it is a practical necessity. It is on the basis of that that we are able to enter into…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) BillLet me respond briefly. This provision is really going to apply only where there is an impugnment —an infringement—of sovereignty itself. In this case, the entirety of our leaving…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) BillThis is about when the issue of the override is to do with sovereignty itself—that is the point. That is why this matter is essential. That is why international law actually…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?15 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) BillWill the hon. Gentleman take one last intervention?15 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) BillWe do not really know exactly how the Northern Ireland protocol is going to be interpreted, nor do we actually know its full content, and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) BillWe have had an interesting debate and, as far as I am concerned, the Government had originally proposed putting these clauses in the Bill itself. I personally think that they will…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperAs my right hon. Friend knows, the EU negotiations on state aid go far beyond the question of mere subsidies and include tax incentives and the like. Will my right hon. Friend…14 Dec 2020HANSARD The Future of the High Streetrose—10 Dec 2020HANSARD The Future of the High StreetCheadle, in my constituency, also falls within Staffordshire Moorlands District Council. I asked for Cheadle to be included in the Government high street project, and I am glad…10 Dec 2020