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HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Marketrose—01 Feb 2024HANSARD United Kingdom Internal MarketPerhaps the Minister can tell us what proof companies will have to give and how onerous that proof will be. What will happen where it becomes clear that there is abuse in goods…01 Feb 2024HANSARD United Kingdom Internal MarketI only have one minute left. We are told in paragraph 100 of the Command Paper that for goods going through the green lane, some declarations of “standard commercial information”…01 Feb 2024HANSARD United Kingdom Internal MarketWill the Minister admit to the bottom line, as contained in proposed new section 13C(2)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, set out in the draft Windsor Framework…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandI acknowledge the point made by my right hon. Friend, but does he also accept that, in proposed new section 13C of the Windsor Framework (Constitutional Status of Northern…01 Feb 2024HANSARD United Kingdom Internal MarketWill the Minister give way?01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandThe Secretary of State indicates that there are now “vital democratic safeguards”—he used the plural term—to guard against EU law, including the Stormont brake. Can he tell us…01 Feb 2024HANSARD United Kingdom Internal MarketI will not go over the wide range of what is in the Command Paper or the SI, but will focus on some particular points in the SI. It is well known that I do not support this deal…01 Feb 2024HANSARD United Kingdom Internal MarketWill the Minister give way?01 Feb 2024HANSARD United Kingdom Internal MarketDoes the Minister accept that all the statistics show that it is not true that 20% of the trade that goes through Northern Ireland goes to the Irish Republic? In fact, it is about…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland Executive FormationDespite the gains made by my party leader and deputy party leader in these negotiations, the fact remains that there are still EU-manned border posts being built in Northern…31 Jan 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIs it not a fact that, now this Government have the Assembly on the fishing hook, they really do not care one iota about scrutiny of the bait being used to get the Assembly back?…31 Jan 2024HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI am not too sure why we have the Bill in this form today, with the suggestion that we could have further legislation on 8 February. I suppose the generous interpretation is that…24 Jan 2024HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillThe right hon. Gentleman is making an important point. Many public sector pay awards have been made—nearly 50 over the past year. The only reason the current one is not being made…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillI welcome the fact that the Government have introduced this Bill, even though it may well be a belated acceptance that some policies they had been following in pursuit of net zero…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillDoes the right hon. Lady accept that, despite the way in which some Members of this House have tried to rubbish that idea and argue that having our own oil and gas does not mean…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillDoes the hon. Gentleman accept that for the 90,000 employees of the oil and gas industry in Scotland and the 200,000 across the United Kingdom, an answer that says it is a moot…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillDoes the hon. Member accept that one of the reasons why we have not had investment in the refining industry in the United Kingdom for decades is precisely because the net zero…22 Jan 2024HANSARDLoan ChargeI beg to move, That this House is deeply concerned that HMRC has confirmed the suicides of 10 people facing the Loan Charge and that, despite the Morse Review, thousands face…18 Jan 2024HANSARDLoan ChargeThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I hope that the point I was making about Tony Lloyd was picked up. I want to pass on the condolences of our party to his family, and I pay tribute…18 Jan 2024