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HANSARDBulb Energy: AdministrationBulb was the seventh largest energy supplier in the United Kingdom. How much bigger does a supplier have to be before it is too big to be allowed to fail? What are the Secretary…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Critical Benchmarks (References and Administrators’ Liability) Bill [Lords]I am grateful to the Minister for setting out so clearly the background to the Bill and why it is needed, and for his answers to some of the questions that I raised. I do not…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Critical Benchmarks (References and Administrators’ Liability) Bill [Lords]I wish to reciprocate in my thanks to the Minister for responding with the courtesy and in the spirit of co-operation that we always get from him in these debates. This is…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Critical Benchmarks (References and Administrators’ Liability) Bill [Lords]I will not detain the House by repeating my comments on Second Reading. I am grateful to the Minister for his answers to a number of my questions, but one question he did not pick…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Critical Benchmarks (References and Administrators’ Liability) Bill [Lords]It is comforting to hear that most of these contracts will have transitioned over. In the Lords, the Government estimated that the total value of those contracts was about £300…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Critical Benchmarks (References and Administrators’ Liability) Bill [Lords] (Allocation of Time)I do not intend to oppose the motion. As I mentioned earlier, for once the time allocation of six hours is likely to be enough. However, I think the House deserves a better…18 Nov 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI advise the Leader of the House that I was here on Tuesday for the Finance Bill. The debate was well subscribed on the SNP Benches. There was precisely one Back-Bench…18 Nov 2021HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillIt is my great pleasure to contribute to this debate. Today, 16 November, we mark the feast of St Margaret Atheling, Queen of Scots, one of our two national patron saints and,…16 Nov 2021HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillOh, go on, go on.16 Nov 2021HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillI am pleased to hear about the Government’s commitment to taking on those who make money by promoting tax avoidance schemes. One such scheme that has been on the go for a long…16 Nov 2021HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillDoes the shadow Minister agree that, as part of the drive to deal with money laundering, there is also a need for significantly greater transparency so that the people who buy up…16 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.15 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the right hon. Member for Rayleigh and Wickford (Mr Francois) referred to earlier, and may well be planning to refer to again in a few minutes, we have seen report after report…15 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Is it in order for a member of any Select Committee to make a lengthy public statement about proceedings of that Committee which have been…08 Nov 2021HANSARDYoung JobseekersIn May this year, the then Minister for Disabled People, Work and Health, the hon. Member for North Swindon (Justin Tomlinson), told the Work and Pensions Committee that the…08 Nov 2021HANSARDWages: Lowest-income HouseholdsAll those announcements are, of course, welcome for low-earning households in which somebody has a job, but none of them will deliver a single penny into the pockets of the very…02 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsThe sad thing is that no matter how much anyone in this House presses the Scottish Government on their decisions, a record amount of that money coming back to Scotland has already…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI give way with pleasure.01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsDoes the hon. Gentleman accept that the SNP policy is that spirits should be fairly taxed regardless of how they are produced, unlike the system that has been maintained in the…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWill the hon. Gentleman give way?01 Nov 2021