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HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) (No. 2) BillThat is an important point and I very much hope that the business rates review will look at it. There is no doubt that online retailers are not currently paying their fair share.…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) (No. 2) BillI value this opportunity to raise the issue of business rates and their impact on the retail sector. The hon. Member for North Norfolk (Duncan Baker) raised many similar points,…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) (No. 2) BillI am listening carefully, and I bow to the hon. Gentleman’s expertise on this subject, as I know he has studied it long and hard. We have talked a bit about the divide between…30 Sept 2020HANSARD Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) (No. 2) BillI have listened carefully to what the Minister has said about the revaluation moving from April 2021 to April 2023, but I wonder whether there is a danger that those properties…30 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillDoes the right hon. Gentleman agree that there are plenty of reasons to oppose this legislation that do not necessarily involve the case for Scottish independence?29 Sept 2020HANSARDSupport for ManufacturingMore than 90% of the UK’s manufacturing companies have kept working, even at the height of the pandemic, keeping food on supermarket shelves and medicines and ventilators in our…29 Sept 2020HANSARDSupport for ManufacturingMay I ask the Minister, the voice of business within the Government, what she is doing to ensure that these vital jobs and skills are being protected?29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Rosie. I rise to speak on behalf of the Liberal Democrats on parts 1, 2 and 3 of the Bill. In part 1, which deals with the…22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThe hon. Member touches on quite an important point. I do not believe that it is in the scope of the Bill to address this, but of course we have devolved Assemblies for Scotland,…22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI entirely agree. I was going on to say that the Secretary of State also awards himself the power to vary the statutory requirements in the non-discrimination clause, such as on…22 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Job Retention SchemeLike many Members on both sides of the House who have spoken, I come to praise the furlough scheme and to beg the Government not to bury it. There is no doubt that it has saved…17 Sept 2020HANSARDBusiness, Energy and Industrial Strategy CommitteeI note the importance placed in the report on cross-party working to ensure that these actions are supported in the long term, so let me take this opportunity, on behalf of the…10 Sept 2020HANSARDAviation SectorWill the hon. Gentleman give way?10 Sept 2020HANSARDProtection of Jobs and BusinessesDoes my hon. Friend agree that the Government must take urgent action towards their target of net zero carbon, and that now is the time to invest in the transition away from…09 Sept 2020HANSARD Business and Planning BillI can only echo what the hon. Member for Kensington (Felicity Buchan) said about anti-social behaviour, which has been an absolute plague on communities across London and, I am…21 Jul 2020HANSARD Trade BillIt is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for South Ribble (Katherine Fletcher), as I recall I did when she made her maiden speech. I rise to speak in support of new…20 Jul 2020HANSARD UK Internal Market: White PaperThis talk of powers being returned disguises the fact that the Government are denying all of us here a much more important power—that of scrutinising the trade deals that are…16 Jul 2020HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) BillNo, I would not concede that, and I will tell the hon. Member why: it is because we are talking about sectors that are not going to be improved or helped by a revival of the…13 Jul 2020HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) BillI should declare an interest, in that I moved house earlier this year, about four weeks before lockdown started, when the purchase of a family home in a constituency whose house…13 Jul 2020HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) BillI thank the hon. Lady for making the point better than I could, in response to the hon. Member for Redcar (Jacob Young), because it is precisely that: uncertainty about people’s…13 Jul 2020