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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)I take the initial point of the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston that we should perhaps have included the other devolved nations. It is an indication of the weakness of…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)My apologies for being late for the start of the sitting, Sir Gary. About eight years ago, I bought myself a car. For a long time, the car did pretty much what I wanted it to do,…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)The Minister has great faith in the new system, but none of us can have any faith in it because we have not seen it. When can we expect to see the intended replacement for the…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)On the basis of the Minister’s answer, I assure him that we will come back to him in due course and tell him when we are prepared to support clause 18, but we are not prepared to…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)First, I have a concern similar to the hon. Gentleman’s. It is the same concern that the SNP has expressed repeatedly throughout the progress of this Bill and many others. If the…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)Following the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Argyll and Bute, the existence of schedule 2 specifically tells us everything we need to know about the nature of what is…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)I think the hon. Gentleman knows perfectly well that that is not the case. The European Union is about sharing and pooling sovereignty; there is no shared or pooled sovereignty…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)It is also for the people of Scotland to decide what restrictions are put on the actions of their national Parliament and national Government, as it is for the people of Wales and…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)I will not oppose the amendment, but I need to put on record that the fact that such a detailed technical amendment is needed is clear evidence that the people who draft…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)Thank you, Sir Gary, for calling me to speak. You will be aware that I attempted to intervene on the Minister to correct his mistake, because we are not in the same position with…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)The Minister appears to be admitting that the ideological, arbitrary and unnecessary deadline of the end of next year is more important than the basic processes of democracy and…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)It is not only in their debate style that we have seen a complete contrast between the Minister and his colleague the Minister for Industry and Investment Security, who was in…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)Who is best placed to decide whether any of this retained EU law is in Scotland’s best interests? Is it the 5.5 million people who live in Scotland or the Minister?29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)I genuinely and sincerely thank the Minister for the contemptuous way in which he has dismissed the demands of the people of Scotland, because he has added another couple of…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)I will stick to amendment 62, Sir Gary. The amendment is the last chance in the Bill to respect the decision of the people of Scotland in 2014. Among other things, they voted the…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)On a point of order, Sir Gary. I am looking for some clarification. The earlier amendments that would have introduced these new clauses were voted down, so we were unsure whether…29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)rose—29 Nov 2022HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)If the Minister checks his record, he will find that in three of the four referendums I have voted in in Scotland, Scotland voted in accordance with my wishes, and only one of…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSpending Priorities: Autumn Statement14. What assessment he has made of his Department’s spending priorities in the context of the autumn statement 2022.24 Nov 2022HANSARDSpending Priorities: Autumn StatementThe Republic of Ireland is facing exactly the same global economic impacts as the United Kingdom, but the recent Irish Budget was able to increase support for transport across the…24 Nov 2022