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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActsI am grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend for focusing attention on manufacturing. Is it his assessment that this deal would lead to new rules of origin checks and other…19 Oct 2019HANSARD HMRC Impact Analysis: CustomsWhat has become of the Tory party? If the Minister really believes that a £15 billion additional burden on business is acceptable, can he tell us how large a burden would be…08 Oct 2019HANSARD Preparations for Leaving the EUMinisters recognise that the key to the level of chaos at Dover after a no-deal Brexit is the number of non-compliant trucks arriving without customs documents. In June, HMRC…08 Oct 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019I am grateful to the Minister for that answer, but if the information and declarations are still required by the EU side, what is the benefit in not requiring them on the UK side?07 Oct 2019HANSARDChild PovertyChild poverty is being driven up by the five-week delay during which people have to wait before they receive universal credit. Will the hon. Gentleman confirm that what Ministers…07 Oct 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019I think the Minister is telling us that businesses need 12 months to prepare for providing these declarations, but he is also telling us that, from day one of a no-deal Brexit,…07 Oct 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019I am grateful to the Minister for explaining that the UK authority is not going to require these declarations, but what about the EU side? Will the EU still require them? He makes…07 Oct 2019HANSARDCustoms Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hanson. I have a question for the Minister that builds on those that have been asked. I understand that safety and security…07 Oct 2019HANSARD Brexit NegotiationsIn the referendum, the right hon. Gentleman held out the prospect of frictionless trade with the European Union. I think he has acknowledged that, whatever else one says about the…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Child Maintenance Service: Payment Recovery from Absent ParentsI was looking through my records this afternoon, and I saw that I wrote to the Child Support Agency on behalf of one of my constituents on 30 September 1999. She finally received…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Child Maintenance Service: Payment Recovery from Absent ParentsI congratulate the hon. Member for Glenrothes (Peter Grant) on securing the debate. I would like to say a little more about the case I referred to in an earlier intervention. By…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Child Maintenance Service: Payment Recovery from Absent ParentsWill the hon. Gentleman give way?02 Oct 2019HANSARD Irish Border: Customs ArrangementsI think that the Minister is seeking to assure us that there will not be any customs posts, checks or controls anywhere at or near the border.01 Oct 2019HANSARD Irish Border: Customs ArrangementsBut the Prime Minister has said this morning that Irish customs checks will be the reality after Brexit. So where will the checks envisaged by the Prime Minister take place?01 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. In June, HMRC said that at least 20% of the 10,000 trucks reaching Dover on day one of a no-deal Brexit will not comply with French customs, leading to very long delays and…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerAs the Minister knows, the Freight Transport Association says that long delays at Dover are inevitable after a no deal because hundreds of non-compliant trucks will continue to…25 Sept 2019HANSARD British House Building IndustryWe are in the grip of a major housing crisis. You will not remember, Madam Deputy Speaker, but I can just remember “Cathy Come Home”, and the determination of our predecessors in…05 Sept 2019HANSARDSummer AdjournmentI am pleased to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow North East (Mr Sweeney), and I commend the work that he has described, not least his campaign to save the Springburn…25 Jul 2019HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentGiven the welcome change of the Prime Minister’s recognition of the benefits of migration, will he bring forward the reconsideration system proposed by the former Home Secretary,…25 Jul 2019HANSARD TOEIC: Overseas StudentsBy 2017, more than 35,000 refusal, curtailment and removal decisions had been made in ETS alleged cheating cases. Thousands of those accused and denied visas remain in the UK…24 Jul 2019