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HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eleventh sitting)I am sorry to intervene again so quickly, but the precautions in subsection (7) do not address any of the matters that I raised. Subsection (7)(a) in particular is vital and…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I can assure the hon. Gentleman that I have been a supporter of small businesses significantly longer than he has perhaps. I did make it clear that this is a way that we can…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)Even by my standards, it feels as if it is a long time since I stood up to start speaking, so I will bring my comments to a close, Sir Graham. The examples that I quoted of a…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)Although I understand the intention behind the new clause, some of the wording concerns me. I supported new clause 1 because it was quite clearly permissive and expansive. This…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am grateful again for those comments. The hon. Lady has referred again to what is in the explanatory notes. Unless somebody has changed the rules, the explanatory notes are not…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)If the hon. Lady thinks she is a long way from home—tell me about it. There was discussion, and quite a lot of questions to some of the early witnesses, about whether we needed to…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)That is a valid point, but I do not think it is. The difficulty with the case-by-case basis is that it creates uncertainty and worry for the small business concerned. We are…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eleventh sitting)rose—10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eleventh sitting)Does the hon. Lady share my understanding that the definitive statement on what the Bill is about is the long title of the Bill, not the explanatory notes? Does she agree that the…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Eleventh sitting)I certainly sympathise with the hon. Gentleman’s desire for that information to be published. Can he explain why the Bill should require that it be published, rather than leaving…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)I hear what the Minister is saying, but I am still not convinced that he was listening to all the comments from this side of the Committee. However, I do not seek to divide the…10 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Twelfth sitting)The new clause is a significant improvement to the Bill and I hope that the Government will support it. It takes action to close a loophole that I certainly did not spot reading…10 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Support Schemes: Ineligible PeopleI am pleased to be able to sum up in this debate for the Scottish National party. I commend the hon. Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson) on securing the debate, and everyone who…09 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Support Schemes: Ineligible PeopleI am grateful to the Minister for letting me intervene. It is patent nonsense to suggest that we cannot tell the difference between shareholders who are directors of a small…09 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Support Schemes: Ineligible Peopleindicated dissent .09 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Support Schemes: Ineligible PeopleWill the Minister give way?09 Dec 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-outIf I had not been on the call list for this urgent question, I would have been joining friends and colleagues of Leslie, to pay our final respects to a warm-hearted man who sadly…08 Dec 2020HANSARDGambling and LotteriesEvery year, the gambling industry spends £1.5 billion on advertising to encourage us all to gamble more, which is 25 times more than we spend giving help to people with a problem…08 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Seventh sitting)Can the Minister explain, first of all, why subsections (3) and (4) are included here as part of a supplementary clause when they clearly affect definitions, and as such go to the…03 Dec 2020