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HANSARD Paid Miscarriage LeaveThat is exactly what I was going to say. That provision is there, and the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon)—a good friend of mine—talked about people taking holiday leave…08 Mar 2022HANSARD Paid Miscarriage LeaveIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Cummins. I congratulate the hon. Member for Lanark and Hamilton East (Angela Crawley) on securing today’s important debate.…08 Mar 2022HANSARD Penrose Review: UK Competition and Consumer PolicyWe consulted on reforming the better regulation framework, and the Government do not think that a one in, two out rule—or whatever number out—is consistent with delivering…08 Mar 2022HANSARD Penrose Review: UK Competition and Consumer PolicyIndeed. My hon. Friend is right to have used the near anniversary of his report as an opportunity to discuss the issue. Unfortunately, he has slightly missed the target of the…08 Mar 2022HANSARD Paid Miscarriage LeaveI understand the hon. Member’s point of view. I ask him to look at it in the round, alongside universal credit and other means of welfare. We have said we would always look at…08 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillEssentially, yes. We want to make sure that we can work with hon. Members on that. I do not want to accept all those amendments here and now, but I want to make sure that we can…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillYes, the Bill does contain provisions relating to the register of overseas entities and unexplained wealth orders that engage devolution powers in both Scotland and Northern…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that point; it comes back to something that was said in the previous debate about persons of significant control, which I did not address at…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Delivery Charges: ScotlandMy hon. Friend makes a good point. Businesses need to be competitive and open but, by choosing the wrong delivery partner, they are missing out on great consumers across Great…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI will cover this at the end of the debate, but I should like to work with my right hon. Friend on amendments 24, 25 and 26 to ensure that we can make changes in the other place.…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI think the right hon. Gentleman comes from a place of supporting the proposal from my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis). I do not want delay the…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillFirst, I thought that when I said, “Essentially, yes,” it was a clear, two-word answer to a simple question. I will cover my right hon. Friend’s amendments in my closing remarks,…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that because the now shadow Chancellor boasted afterwards how she managed to weaken the Government’s approach during the passage of that…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI agree that it is, but let us come back to a sense of unity. We have had some ding-dongs throughout, but it is time now to make sure we can come together and send the most…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Delivery Charges: ScotlandThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Moray (Douglas Ross) on securing today’s really important debate. He is right to say that we have had a…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillHe will, and I thank my hon. Friend for his work and for raising that. I will come back to his point shortly. There will also be law-abiding British companies that have adopted…07 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI will give way one last time.07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI will cover the amendments more fully in my closing remarks, once they have been spoken to. None the less, I want to ensure that the amendments with which I have sympathy do…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillI will not just because I want to make sure that we can cover all the areas, and we will be short of time. Important changes in part 2 include changing the unexplained wealth…07 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillAs I say, the Bill touches on devolved matters in Scotland and Northern Ireland in particular. Ideally we would have an LCM, but I do not think that we can achieve one, given the…07 Mar 2022