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HANSARD Trade BillWill the Minister give way?19 Jan 2021HANSARD Trade BillI rise to support Lords amendment 8, in relation to Northern Ireland, and Lords amendment 3, in relation to acts of genocide. First of all, I will deal with Lords amendment 8. I…19 Jan 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditDoes the hon. Gentleman accept that a pressing reason to have a debate and vote on this issue today is the fact that all the evidence suggests that the restrictions resulting from…18 Jan 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditI think everyone in this House must acknowledge the work that the Government have done to try to help people through the economic difficulties caused by the response to the…18 Jan 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: Disruption to TradePeople living in Northern Ireland—those living with the consequences of this protocol—will be amazed at the complacency that the Government have shown over the economic damage…13 Jan 2021HANSARD Economic UpdateThe Chancellor has said that we are now seeing signs of hope, especially because a deal has been struck with the European Union. It does not look like that in Northern Ireland,…11 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthMillions of citizens will be watching helplessly as the Government plod towards another damaging lockdown and respond to the pied piper advisers in SAGE and their mournful dirge…06 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19Prime Minister, for the third time in nine months, the Government have introduced a damaging lockdown policy, which we know will cause thousands of businesses to go bankrupt, cost…06 Jan 2021HANSARD Public HealthThat is one of the points I was going to come on to. If we are in for this long lockdown, the Government first of all cannot continue to abandon the self-employed who have been…06 Jan 2021HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillOf course, it is not only in those areas. The Prime Minister talked about the way in which, because there was no longer any need for regulatory conformity, the UK could free…30 Dec 2020HANSARD European Union (Future Relationship) BillI am glad that in two days’ time we will be finally leaving the EU. That is something that my party and I personally campaigned for, and it is something that would probably not…30 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI am glad that the hon. Member has highlighted the role that the EU would have in state aid, not only in Northern Ireland but in Scotland, Wales and England where those firms have…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Energy White PaperThe Minister has described this as a labour of love, but it is more like a policy that Labour does love, with its price controls, subsidies, directing investment, telling firms…14 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillFirst, I welcome the fact that the provisions in clauses 42 and 43 safeguarding Northern Ireland’s position within the internal market and its unfettered access to that internal…10 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementThe Democratic Unionist party opposed the protocol and warned about all the problems that the Minister is now having to address. We welcome the changes that have been made today.…09 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)No, I am not, and the reason for that is that from the day that the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the EU, the cheerleaders for the EU have been those sitting on the…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)The Minister has said that he would not expect that Northern Ireland traders will be subject to VAT rules of another jurisdiction, but article 8 of the protocol makes it clear…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)On the VAT issue, which comes to the sovereignty issue once again, under article 8 of the Northern Ireland protocol, Northern Ireland traders will be subject to not just UK VAT…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)I note the hon. Lady’s concern for Northern Ireland, the Good Friday agreement and the people of Northern Ireland, but does she not recognise that if the protocol goes through in…08 Dec 2020HANSARD Taxation (Post-transition Period) (Ways and Means)I note that the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Anthony Browne) talked of being part French, part Norwegian and part Irish—he had other bits as well that I did not quite…08 Dec 2020