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HANSARDYemenNo, I want to make some progress: other people want to speak. This really is putting profit and trade in death before due and proper consideration for the sanctity of the lives of…24 Sept 2020HANSARDEU Exit: End of Transition PeriodThe UK Government fought an election and won a majority in this House on the basis that they had an oven-ready Brexit. In March last year, the right hon. Gentleman said: “We did…23 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2020rose—21 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2020The Minister has talked about trying to address some concerns. What can he tell Members about how he will address the concerns expressed by the nuclear workers who were given…21 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2020May I just ask the Minister, for the purpose of clarity, whether he is saying that he will exempt nuclear decommissioning workers? Magnox is on the list here, so unless the…21 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2020An exemption?21 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2020I shall try to be brief. I support what has been said by the hon. Member for Ilford North, who is concerned about equality impact assessments, and how the measure has unintended…21 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Job Retention SchemeMy hon. Friend is absolutely correct. We need sectoral support, and some areas are desperately looking for help, but we also need to extend this scheme in general. To wind down…17 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Job Retention SchemeThe hon. Gentleman makes a fair point, but the whole point is that we do not know. We need to get our economy on an even keel; we need to make sure it is healthier so that then…17 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Job Retention SchemeI will make some progress. Many businesses are awaiting further lockdown easing before some or all of their staff return to pre-covid working hours. Numerous other viable…17 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Job Retention SchemeI thank the hon. Lady for her point, but again we hear the argument that, because some of these jobs cannot be saved, no jobs should be saved. We say: let us invest in our people…17 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Job Retention SchemeI will not detain the House any longer, Mr Deputy Speaker. I know that there is another important debate on the horizon. I just thank everyone who has participated, and I am…17 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Job Retention SchemeI thank the hon. Gentleman for his point. He is absolutely correct. For the sake of a little extra support until our economy is in better condition, while we are still in the…17 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Job Retention SchemeI beg to move That this House welcomes the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and calls on the Government to examine, improve and extend that scheme’s operation and application to…17 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillWhat the right hon. Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire (Stephen Crabb) fails to realise is that at the heart of the Bill is an attack on devolution. It is not about who spends what…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillWhat the hon. Gentleman does again, as, to be fair to him, many of his colleagues have done, is demonstrate that he does not understand devolution. There is nothing to prevent…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillNo, I will not. I was trying to educate the hon. Gentleman a wee bit. I am always happy to clear up confusion about what devolution means, because there is a clear lack of…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI am delighted to participate in the debate, and I am going to do something unusual: I am going to talk about clauses 46 and 47, which most Government Members have refused to do.…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillWill the hon. Lady give way?16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI’m talking about your party.16 Sept 2020