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HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI can understand the frustration if that is the wilful misinterpretation of what is actually happening. The EU mandates so much of this spending before it gets to the Welsh…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI thank my hon. Friend for his contributions not just here and now, but in the earlier stages of this Bill, which allowed for that important lock. The taxation Bill and this Bill…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI can indeed. Part 5 of the Bill contains vital provisions to ensure that this will always be the case, whatever the outcome of our negotiations within the EU. Since these clauses…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIndeed, we all want this to be dealt with through the Joint Committee. That is why the discussions are continuing, and that is why, in these crucial hours of negotiations between…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy hon. Friend is right again. I know the debate that has surrounded the notwithstanding clauses, and it is important that we work in collaboration and partnership as we do these…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillAs I have said before in regard to these clauses, the changes that we set out in a statement earlier today work on the assumption that we have had success in the discussions and…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI have not heard those words, so I will not comment on them. There has been a lot of commentary, but what is important is the reality. Northern Irish businesses want the certainty…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI thank everybody who spoke in the debate today and all the right hon. and hon. Members who have engaged with the Bill throughout. From many speakers, especially at the beginning…07 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionAn online sales tax is one consideration that the Treasury will look at, but it is more than that. We need to ensure, in the fundamental business rates review, that there is a…02 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionThe existing commitments made to the Pensions Regulator do indeed need to be kept—it is important to say that. The hon. Gentleman talks about support for employees. If people need…02 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionI cannot give specifics on a taskforce or any other group, but we will look acutely at what we can do for supply chains and the future of the high street. When flagship stores…02 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionWet-led pubs have a particular issue where they are not offering food, and £1,000 does not go far enough in itself, but it does go alongside the other payments such as the…02 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionI know Guildford very well. It is a destination for residents around Surrey and further afield. Yes, we must all work together to get the balance right so that we do not hollow…02 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionWe always work with local authorities to see what initiatives can come up. We work closely with them because it is typically the local authorities, local enterprise partnerships…02 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionI thank my hon. Friend, and I commend his previous work in retail; many others around the House have done such work. Yes, as well as offering support through universal credit and…02 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionWe are keeping our high streets viable by giving people business rates relief and giving businesses a moratorium to make sure they cannot be evicted and cannot be chased for rent…02 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionI will happily meet the hon. Lady. She mentioned independent retailers, and it is important to realise that big anchor stores have a massive effect on smaller businesses if they…02 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionI thank my hon. Friend—his experience will be valuable, and I would be happy to join him at the APPG. It is important not just to consider the immediacy of this, but the fact that…02 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionI have not had any information or consideration of that issue as yet.02 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionThat is a really important issue, and my hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that these businesses want people to trade. At the moment, both Arcadia and Debenhams have said…02 Dec 2020