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HANSARDEU Exit: End of Transition PeriodToday is the day when all the Brexit chickens come home to roost, only of course they will not, because they will be sitting in a 7,000-strong lorry queue on a Kent motorway for…23 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI tend to eat Tory Back Benchers for breakfast, but if the hon. Gentleman wants, I will let him come in.16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is probably just as well I have eaten, because I would otherwise consume that with no problem at all. Can I just say to the hon. Gentleman that we would take the authority of…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI am grateful to the hon. Lady. I have to say that I enjoyed her speech. I just wish that the Conservatives would make more of them, because this is just driving up support for…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Dehenna Davison). I just love all the new Tory Members of Parliament—they are the best recruiting sergeant we have…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillWe have been around this so many times. The devolved powers are the responsibility of the Scottish Government, and it is up to them to make spending priorities. However, I was…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThat is exactly the essence of what this is all about—this idea that somehow they know better for Scotland, better than the directly elected representatives of the people in the…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillYes, what they want to do is up to them. Get on with it, for goodness’ sake, just do not take our country down with you. My hon. Friend is spot on. What is the Government’s view…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI do not have time. I am conscious that other people want to come in. Before devolution, there was a Scotland Office. It exercised responsibility, authority and powers over all…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillNo, I won’t. [Interruption.] I might give way later, as the hon. Gentleman is a prize on the Government Benches, and we will of course want to hear from him in time, because I…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI think the hon. Gentleman may be confusing me with somebody else. I say ever so candidly to him that I did not oppose just parts of the Government’s EU Brexit—I opposed it in its…14 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillSometimes a piece of legislation comes along that is just so audacious, pernicious and chaotic that it is difficult to comprehend the scale of the carnage it will deliver in its…14 Sept 2020HANSARDHouse of Commons: Strategic DirectionThe right hon. Lady raises a number of very important issues that are at the heart of the consideration of the current House of Commons Commission. Can I just say to her that…10 Sept 2020HANSARDHouse of Commons: Strategic DirectionSetting a strategy for the House of Commons service is a responsibility of the House of Commons Commission under the House of Commons (Administration) Act 1978, as amended by the…10 Sept 2020HANSARDStrengthening the UnionMay I just say ever so gently and candidly to the right hon. Gentleman that he is not presiding over the strengthening of the Union—he is presiding over its demise? Support for…09 Sept 2020HANSARDContingencies Fund Advance: the Parliamentary Works Sponsor BodyIn April 2020, the Commissions of both Houses agreed funding for the restoration and renewal programme for April to June 2020 of £27,500,000 which was laid before the House of…02 Sept 2020HANSARD Schools and Colleges: Qualification Results and Full OpeningWhat does the Education Secretary have to say to his friends the Scottish Conservatives? Just when he was copying the Scottish Government’s approach to resolving the exams crisis,…01 Sept 2020HANSARDPromoting and Protecting the UnionThere is no doubt about the right hon. Gentleman’s enthusiasm for the Union, but perhaps he could answer me this. Why does he think that support for independence has now reached…16 Jul 2020HANSARDPromoting and Protecting the UnionThe right hon. Gentleman might not like opinion polls, and of course they are transitory, but let me tell him about another couple of opinion polls. Support for the Scottish…16 Jul 2020