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HANSARD Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993I do not think that is correct. I am afraid we will have to look at those figures. We will see them and we will hold the Chief Secretary to account when she is at this Dispatch…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993The hon. Gentleman says that they are still in government, but that is a complete and utter fantasy, and even his honourable colleagues all smiled and smirked at that particular…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993That is what the right hon. Lady said in relation to planning law. It is deregulation—that is what it comes down to. However she wants to dress it up, it is deregulation.…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993The Chief Secretary referred to the gnashing of teeth. The only gnashing of teeth going on in this country is by those people who cannot get access to a dentist because of her…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993Yes—to invest in public transport. We now have the Chief Secretary to the Treasury resorting to decisions made by a Labour Government two decades ago. That is how grim it has got…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993rose —26 Mar 2019HANSARD Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993Try telling that to the 3 million people in insecure work. It is okay hon. Members jumping up and being outraged at the facts. The facts are stubborn, I completely grant them…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993I am sure the hon. Lady is aware that, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, an extra £5 billion will be required to maintain services in line with population growth,…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993My hon. Friend has obviously been reading Labour’s “Funding Britain’s Future” document, in which we picked up on that particular point. The hon. Member for Redditch mentioned tax…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993I will pick up some of those points later. The reality is that meanwhile, the Government have presided over the slowest recovery since the 1920s—stubborn fact. The OBR has revised…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993My hon. Friend is absolutely right. May I nip back to the point about the 1.2% increase, if I may beg your indulgence, Madam Deputy Speaker? The 1.2% is the overall increase. What…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Comptroller and Auditor GeneralI rise to offer the Opposition’s backing to the appointment of Mr Gareth Davies as Comptroller and Auditor General. The position was initiated by William Gladstone, a Liverpudlian…06 Mar 2019HANSARDSingle-use Plastic WasteTalking of preventing waste, what with the millions wasted on the ferries fiasco, the drone debacle, the Northern rail mess, the Carillion collapse, the electronic tagging…05 Mar 2019HANSARDSingle-use Plastic WasteI am pleased that the Chancellor is, apparently, taking the issue of plastic waste seriously. The Government have committed £61.4 million to global research to help to prevent…05 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. In relation to the next item, the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) (No. 2) Bill, we have had no amendments to the law in…27 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Transparency of Securities Financing Transactions and of Reuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Davies. Once again, the Minister and I are in a Committee Room discussing a statutory instrument that would set up a regulatory…27 Feb 2019HANSARD Making Tax DigitalI thank the Financial Secretary for providing a copy of his statement in advance, and for his reference to Henry VIII. I must say that the Government are obsessed with Henry VIII,…19 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Financial Services Contracts (Transitional and Saving Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019The Minister says that organisations welcome the regulations, but at the end of the day, they welcome them because they are the only thing on the table. Would I welcome them, if I…13 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Financial Services Contracts (Transitional and Saving Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019On the point that the Minister just raised about exceptional circumstances, that is the problem with the totality of the legislation. The Government seem unable to set us on the…13 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Financial Services Contracts (Transitional and Saving Provision) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019That seems a much clearer position than the Government’s. In Quitman, Georgia, it is illegal to change the clothes on a storefront mannequin unless the shades are down. That seems…13 Feb 2019