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HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Twelfth sitting)New clause 26 seeks to give retail clients greater legal protection against the mis-selling of financial services products, and new clause 27 seeks to give small businesses…03 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Eleventh sitting)Then I will do that—thank you. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair once again, Mr Davies. It is probably accurate and correct that the new clauses are grouped together,…03 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.03 Dec 2020HANSARDArcadia and Debenhams: Business Support and Job RetentionAs Arcadia collapses and jobs are put on the line in Aberdeen and across the country, Amazon pays less than £300 million of tax on almost £14 billion of revenue. Does the Minister…02 Dec 2020HANSARDFiscal Policy: Household Income (Scotland)In his spending review statement last week, the Chancellor failed even to mention Brexit, but the Office for Budget Responsibility was not quite so shy; indeed, it painted a…01 Dec 2020HANSARDFiscal Policy: Household Income (Scotland)What recent discussions he has had with his Scottish counterpart on the effect of his Department’s fiscal policy on household income in Scotland.01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 13, in clause 6, page 5, line 3, at end insert— “(10) Notifiable acquisition regulations must be reviewed one year after they are made, and at least once…01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Sixth sitting)I will certainly take that assurance from the Minister in the spirit in which it is given, but that is probably as far as that will go. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the…01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Sixth sitting)I will be brief, as our amendment 14 is incredibly similar to the amendment moved by the hon. Member for Ilford South—not the hon. Member for Southampton, Test; I know that much.…01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fifth sitting)Thank you, Mr Twigg; it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I once again thank all the witnesses who gave evidence in previous sittings. They did a sterling job and…01 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fourth sitting)Q You caught me making a note there, Sir Graham; apologies. Thank you very much for your evidence so far, Mr Jackson-Moore. It has been incredibly helpful. If I have picked you up…26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fourth sitting)Q As a follow-up to that, in terms of the fact that the Bill is obviously coming before the consultation has been concluded on the sectors and the consequences therein of being…26 Nov 2020HANSARDHydrogen TransportI appreciate the hon. Member’s giving way again; he is being very generous. I have been listening closely to his four points. I may have missed it, but I am not sure whether he…26 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you, Mr Butler, for your evidence so far. It has been incredibly enlightening. It is probably fair to say that national security—what is tantamount to national security—is…26 Nov 2020HANSARD Official Development AssistanceOn 30 June, the Secretary of State said in response to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Angus (Dave Doogan): “I assure the hon. Gentleman that we are committed to…26 Nov 2020HANSARDHydrogen TransportI apologise for missing the start of the hon. Member’s speech on an incredibly important matter. He has touched on hydrogen buses, which in Aberdeen, the city I represent, have…26 Nov 2020HANSARDFinancial Services Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I will be brief. The Minister has made a compelling case, but perhaps not as compelling as that made by the right…26 Nov 2020HANSARD UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership AgreementI thank the hon. Member for his contribution. He is absolutely correct. Thomas Blake Glover did indeed originate from Fraserburgh, but his house is in the Bridge of Don.…25 Nov 2020HANSARD UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership AgreementIt would be remiss of me not to start my remarks by touching on some of the connections of my city with Japan, because they are long and special. Where else to start other than…25 Nov 2020HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill (Second sitting)Q Obviously, the consultation in relation to the 17 sectors, which was mentioned earlier by a colleague, is going to run beyond the end of the Bill—perhaps, I imagine, of its…24 Nov 2020