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HANSARDTrade with the EU: Non-tariff BarriersI thank my hon. Friend for his thanks and praise to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. We look at and vigorously pursue all cases that Members raise with us to ensure that…25 Mar 2021HANSARDTrade with the EU: Non-tariff BarriersOur management information shows that overall ro-ro freight traffic between the UK and the EU is now back to normal levels for this time of year. That is, in very great part, due…25 Mar 2021HANSARDTrade with the EU: Non-tariff BarriersI have had a very large number of discussions with the Welsh Government, and also with officials there, with regard to a whole raft of issues related to our leaving the EU, and I…25 Mar 2021HANSARDTrade with the EU: Non-tariff BarriersThe original assumptions that were made about numbers of people that we would need either in customs or of vets, for example, were overestimated, because having looked at it we…25 Mar 2021HANSARDInfected Blood: Victim SupportToday I am providing an update on parity of financial support, the commitment to considering a compensation framework, and enhancements to the psychological support for the…25 Mar 2021HANSARDProsperity Fund: Change of Ministerial AccountabilityThe cross-Government prosperity fund arrangement will end on 31 March and prosperity programming will move to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) as part of a…25 Mar 2021HANSARDTrade with the EU: Non-tariff BarriersOur trade and co-operation agreement with the EU provides for 100% tariff-free and quota-free access to each other’s markets—the first trade agreement in the world to do so. We…25 Mar 2021HANSARDTrade with the EU: Non-tariff BarriersI am sorry to hear that that business is having ongoing difficulties and that other businesses are too. Frictionless trade would have required regulatory alignment with the EU,…25 Mar 2021HANSARDTrade with the EU: Non-tariff BarriersI thank the hon. Gentleman for that offer. I am always happy to meet businesses. My noble Friend Lord Frost and I are looking at ways that we can gather information more swiftly…25 Mar 2021HANSARDFood and Animal Products: Trade to the EUOverall traffic flow at UK ports has now stabilised. The Government have helped exporters to meet new requirements and also worked with EU border control posts to ensure that any…25 Mar 2021HANSARD Leaving the EU: Impact on the UKI would just like to update the House by saying that the success of the vaccine programme in Scotland has meant that a third of the eligible population have been vaccinated,…17 Mar 2021HANSARD Leaving the EU: Impact on the UKIf we are talking about scorecards, a policy of handing back coastal waters to Scottish fishermen will win every time over handing back their new quotas to the EU. I am very happy…17 Mar 2021HANSARD Leaving the EU: Impact on the UKI beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “House” to end and add “welcomes the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, and recognises the enormous opportunities for Scotland’s…17 Mar 2021HANSARD Leaving the EU: Impact on the UKThere was, I am sure, an electoral dividend, as the citizens of the United Kingdom were fed up and wanted to get Brexit done, but I wish we had not had to go through quite the…17 Mar 2021HANSARD Leaving the EU: Impact on the UKI refer the hon. Lady to her opening remarks. I think the Scottish people deserve better than that. The real political heroes of the last few turbulent years, to which the hon.…17 Mar 2021HANSARDScotland: General Election and Constitutional FutureFurther to that point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. In the spirit of trying to be helpful, I know that my right hon. Friend raised this matter previously with the Chancellor of the…17 Mar 2021HANSARD Leaving the EU: Impact on the UKThat goes to the heart of it. I do not think that Scottish National party Members are interested in practical benefits for the people they represent. What they are interested in…17 Mar 2021HANSARD Leaving the EU: Impact on the UKThat is not the case. We have done a huge amount. I have been part of that engagement with Scottish Government Ministers and officials. It would be nice if Scottish National party…17 Mar 2021HANSARD Leaving the EU: Impact on the UKThe hon. Gentleman has my assurances that we will continue discussions within the framework of the joint agreement. He knows that there is tremendous concern about and focus on…17 Mar 2021HANSARDVaccine PassportsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. I congratulate all Members who spoke in the debate and who helped to secure it, particularly the hon. Member for…15 Mar 2021