United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Amendment 11, page 36, line 34, a...

I am delighted to move amendment 33 in my name and that of my colleagues. Before anybody asks why...

My hon. Friend is making a powerful point about the huge flaws in the propositions of clause 46 t...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to make that point. It is also a point to note that the Major ...

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I will give way in some time. I would make some progress because I know lots of people wish to sp...

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If the hon. Gentleman would like to tell me why the Scottish Government should not be overseeing ...

The hon. Lady is giving a typically bitter speech around the role of the UK Government into Scotl...

I am very interested that the hon. Gentleman raises growth deals, because every single growth dea...

Does my hon. Friend agree that it is a disgrace that hon. Members are raising that point when in ...

This UK Government appear to have no intention of making up the shortfalls on any of those growth...

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If the hon. Member for Aberdeen has some more money from the UK Government for the growth deal, I...

Aberdeenshire—but I will forgive the hon. Lady for that mistake. I want to take her back to her p...

I would like to find out how much money the UK Government would like to put to that, because they...

Does not the previous intervention show the risks that are associated with clause 46, in that it ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, because none of this is in Scotland’s hands. The budget purse...

I am not sure if my hon. Friend is aware of this, but just today it was announced by Horizon that...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that. I was about to mention the proposed power station...

My hon. Friend is making an extremely important point about Erasmus. In the highlands, we have be...

My hon. Friend is absolutely correct to point this out. Erasmus is a fantastic programme, and it ...

The hon. Lady is making an interesting speech about the appropriate level of government for makin...

It is called devolution, which this Parliament voted for and which the Scottish people, the Welsh...

The hon. Lady knows I do not support independence—I support the Union—but I agree with what she s...

I agree 100% with the hon. Gentleman’s point. I was going to mention the Advocate General later o...

What the right hon. Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire (Stephen Crabb) fails to realise is that at ...

My hon. Friend is correct. These matters are clearly for the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish...

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If the hon. Member wants to tell me why he supports this attack, I will bring him in.

I thank the hon. Lady for giving way. I wanted more to go back to a point about Scotland being ta...

Those powers are not being given straight back. If we look at the provisions of the Bill, it is p...

I rise to support clauses 46 and 47 and to disagree with the Opposition amendments. It is a great...

Taking away the semantics about money and all the rest of it, I am sure that the right hon. Membe...

I do not see any problem at all. I cannot for one moment believe that the United Kingdom Governme...

Of course, the right hon. Gentleman has never supported devolution. I think he described it in hi...

No, most certainly that is not the point, and that is not my position. I am a democrat, and I hav...

The right hon. Gentleman says he is a democrat. In view of that, does he acknowledge that the Sew...

I do not accept that it does any of those things. I think we are legislating in a perfectly legal...

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware of the comments emerging from Speaker Pelosi and others in the ...

I am not pursuing a hard Brexit; I am pursuing the independence of our country which was voted on...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Wokingham (John Redwood) and, in particular,...

I am pleased that the hon. Gentleman followed the debate surrounding the valleys and the Vale of ...

Unsurprisingly, I disagree with the right hon. Gentleman. These are competences and responsibilit...

I rise to speak to amendment 19, which stands in my name and those of my hon. Friends the Members...

The hon. Gentleman is making a crucial point. Of course, it is not just Speaker Pelosi making the...

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. The consensus across Congress is behind the Good Friday a...

I am amazed at the hon. Gentleman’s comments. He will know that our biggest trading partner outsi...

We want a trade deal. We want to be able to trade right around the world, but the warning is clea...

I am amazed at the hon. Gentleman’s defence—[Interruption.] Yes, I am amazed at everything he is ...

This withdrawal agreement took a long time to negotiate. The British Government and this Prime Mi...

At the heart of the purpose of politics is a marriage between the common good and the national in...

I am not sure whether the right hon. Gentleman has read clause 46 or the amendment correctly. Cla...

The problem at the heart of the hon. Gentleman’s proposition—this was reflected in the opening sp...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

No, I will not give way again.

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No. I say to the hon. Gentleman that I am conscious of your strictures, Dame Eleanor, that we sho...

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I am not going to give way. I have made that clear.

Although it is true that the vast major...

I will give way one more time. As I have given way to a Scottish separatist already, I will give ...

Can I ask the right hon. Gentleman a simple question? How many seats did his party win in Norther...

I am sorry, but I did not catch what the hon. Gentleman said—forgive me.

The right hon. Gentleman spoke a lot about the last election and about how many seats the Conserv...

The Northern Irish political dynamic is a subject that I will not stray into, Dame Eleanor, becau...

The right hon. Gentleman is correct: I will not permit it. This is Committee stage of the Bill an...

I am very grateful, Dame Eleanor. Any time the hon. Gentleman wants to debate Northern Irish psep...

I stand here after three of the most bizarre years of constitutional contortions, when parliament...

The hon. Gentleman is making a passionate speech and I am grateful to him for giving way. Could h...

There is a list of areas in clause 46 where the Government are taking powers for direct funding i...

It is a privilege to speak so early in the debate. I rise in support of clauses 46 and 47 and to ...

My right hon. Friend is making an excellent point that is well illustrated by the official Opposi...

My right hon. Friend makes an important point, but let me be absolutely clear: I believe in devol...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

I will not give way again, because lots of colleagues want to speak.

The Bill strikes the r...

On that point, this Bill could not be better timed as people recover from covid-19. Investing in ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. There is a pragmatic purpose at the heart of the Bill, as wel...

The right hon. Member says that he believes in devolution and respects it. Does he not share my c...

It would be great—it would be perfectly neat—if LCMs were provided, but we are in a political con...

I am pleased to follow the right hon. Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire (Stephen Crabb) because I ...

If the UK Government were asked to support an environmental scheme that was cross-border and woul...

I do not think that is the logic of what I am proposing. It is perfectly possible to uphold the p...

It is an unusual pleasure to speak so early in a debate.

I am delighted to stand to support...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I have only just started, but as it is the hon. Member, yes, of course.

I agree with the hon. Member about nationalism and separatism and all that, but we are a bit cyni...

I am reliably informed by a former Secretary of State for Wales, my right hon. Friend the Member ...

As I said earlier, the Tory Chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committ...

I would have to see the details of what my hon. Friend the Chair of PACAC said. I would have to s...

I am spoiled for choice, but I will give way to the hon. Member for Glasgow Central.

I have a question for the hon. Gentleman. Why does he feel it is appropriate for the UK Governmen...

I think it is appropriate for the UK Government to be able to spend on projects that will benefit...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. He is obviously passionate about Britain, and good luc...

To be honest with the hon. Gentleman, I would be trying to convince his colleagues in Edinburgh t...

Is the hon. Gentleman aware that the amount of money available to spend on frontline services in ...

I will avoid commenting on the meagre amount of chips that you get in the House of Commons Dining...

I was groaning in despair because all the hon. Gentleman’s remarks deny one fundamental principle...

The hon. Lady is powerful and passionate in making her case, but this Bill does nothing of the so...

It is a privilege to have the opportunity to contribute to this debate and to serve under your ch...

I am not sure that the best argument is to talk about the poorer areas of the UK being in some of...

I will come on to explain in further detail specific cases as to why the UK Government need the p...

I completely agree that my constituents in the Rhondda, which is one of the poorer communities in...

I am happy to respond to the hon. Gentleman. In relation to the Coal Authority, he is aware—this ...

I think I am agreeing with the right hon. Gentleman in some small measure, which is obviously hur...

I think the hon. Gentleman and I are in a spirit of agreement. I will come on to further examples...

The right hon. Gentleman talks about levelling up and areas where the UK Government have competen...

The hon. Gentleman makes a fair point: we need to bring forward much more detailed proposals abou...

I would like to pick up that point. As an MP for the border constituency of Clwyd South, I know t...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and he highlights, at a constituency level, the challenges be...

My right hon. Friend is making an important point. He will remember the original devolution campa...

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I have a more practical, current example, relating ...

I rise to support my party’s amendments because I firmly believe that seeking the consent of devo...

The hon. Gentleman has just given us a list of projects that he is putting great big flags on the...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for that intervention, because it might have been signed off, but ...

For me, these infrastructure projects say everything about the Union dividend. It is a fact that ...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point, and I intend to deal with some of those points later in ...

The hon. Gentleman has been very generous with his time, and I am listening intently to what he i...

As I was about to say—the hon. Member was doing so well until he said he would not back the borro...

My hon. Friend has set out quite a considerable list of things the UK Government could do now to ...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. As I say, if this were backed up by additional resources...

I am listening very intently to what the hon. Gentleman is saying, as I did to what the hon. Memb...

On the contrary, there is every reason to do that precisely because I have been making the argume...

I rise to speak with enthusiastic support for clauses 46 and 47, and I start by saying that long ...

The hon. Gentleman has just said that Storm Dennis should be recognised as a UK responsibility, y...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for the intervention, but I refer him back to answers previously given...

As Martin Howe QC outlined in a recent article, a single unified internal market is a key block i...

The title to the Bill is to do with the issue of Northern Ireland’s status. The Bill ensures that...

Yes, I do. Four as one is the way forward.

At a time when thousands of businesses around th...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McDonagh, but part of me feels I should beg...

And still you cannae win an election.

I remind the hon. Member that I am here because I won an election.

I’m talking about your party.

If I were to be told now that the aim of the Bill was to ensure that any money going to Scotland ...

The hon. Lady misrepresents our position. Nobody is saying that we do not want the UK Government ...

Yes, I agree that there should be collaboration—that is where the Bill does not respect the devol...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

No, I will not, if the hon. Lady does not mind.

We need that option, rather than just havin...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Edinburgh West (Christine Jardine), who gave a tho...

I must say that it is astonishing and perhaps a little bit frightening that here we are, elected ...

I am listening closely to the hon. Gentleman’s argument. How would he reconcile his position with...

I was going on to make this point, which answers that question. Rather than have the funds taken ...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way again. If someone is living in a deprived cons...

I think that people living in Scotland care that the priorities for spending on infrastructure in...

It is a pleasure to serve under you chairmanship, Ms McDonagh.

This is one of the more diff...

I do not know if there are too many people across the country today sitting in front of their TV ...

My right hon. Friend will share my shock and dismay at the comments that the hon. Member for Foyl...

I thank my hon. Friend, who has hit the nail on the head. We have all these threats—I have heard ...

The agrifood and fisheries sectors are very important in my constituency and across Northern Irel...

Well, the whole withdrawal agreement disadvantages the economy of Northern Ireland. Some aspects ...

It is a pleasure to speak in this lively debate and to follow the right hon. Member for East Antr...

Twenty-seven per cent. of final goods produced in Wales are exported to the rest of the United Ki...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We both represent border constituencies, and we share that co...

My hon. Friend is making some strong points in favour of the Bill. As a mid-Wales MP, she knows o...

I absolutely will. My hon. Friend makes a very important point, which I will come back to later.<...

Will my hon. Friend clarify something for me? If I am right and have interpreted the Bill correct...

That is certainly a good point and one that has been hotly contested. The Welsh Government wasted...

Unfortunately, I missed it, but I have heard from one of the enraptured fans of the hon. Member f...

I want to thank everyone from across the House for making incredibly strong contributions today, ...

The hon. Lady talks about the freedom of political choices. How come the people of Scotland have ...

The hon. Gentleman will recall that a few years ago the people of Scotland had the political free...

Following up on the answer the hon. Lady gave my hon. Friend the Member for Kilmarnock and Loudou...

The United Kingdom is a Union—the clue is in the name. I will not forget, nor will I ever take it...

Is the hon. Lady able to explain what the devolution settlement is, and therefore the powers that...

There are multiple devolution Acts, which I am happy to email to the hon. Lady if she wants to fi...

Does my hon. Friend not agree with me that it is rather concerning that a member of the governing...

As in so many things, I completely agree with my hon. Friend.

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I am not going to give way again. Sovereignty must apply to our United Kingdom, and I do not just...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I will not be giving way again; there are other Members who want to speak.

I now turn to my...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I will not give way again. I know by now I should not be surprised by SNP Members’ antics, but I ...

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way. She is perfectly capable of taking care of herself, but I ...

That is much appreciated. I must say I really respect the fact that we on this side of the House ...

Before I call Pete Wishart, I just want to remind everyone that 18 Members still wish to particip...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Dehenna Davison). I just love all...

I would just like to thank the hon. Member for his mansplaining.

I am grateful to the hon. Lady. I have to say that I enjoyed her speech. I just wish that the Con...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I tend to eat Tory Back Benchers for breakfast, but if the hon. Gentleman wants, I will let him c...

I am grateful for his vivid description of the political impact of the Bill, but does he not reco...

It is probably just as well I have eaten, because I would otherwise consume that with no problem ...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No, I won’t. [Interruption.] I might give way later, as the hon. Gentleman is a prize on the Gove...

My hon. Friend is making a fine speech and points out the way that devolution has been torn apart...

Yes, what they want to do is up to them. Get on with it, for goodness sake, just do not take our ...

My hon. Friend is reminding Conservative Members of that point, and is it not the case that the E...

That is exactly the essence of what this is all about—this idea that somehow they know better for...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I do not have time. I am conscious that other people want to come in.

Before devolution, th...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart). As I am...

Will the hon. Member give way?

I will not give way to the hon. Member, who has been on his feet longer than anybody, despite not...

Before I start my comments, I would like to say that it is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend th...

I have gladly worked with my hon. Friend across the Black Country. He will know that Andy Street ...

Of course I agree with my hon. Friend, but I want to focus my remarks on devolution and on this a...

Let us just get this straight: this Bill is pure political opportunism from a Government so wrapp...

Give us an example.

I will give the hon. Gentleman an example.

Those powers have been used to improve the livel...

The hon. Lady asked for an example of levelling up. The town of Kidsgrove got a £25 million deal ...

I will gladly come to the examples of where the Welsh people are being robbed. This UK Government...

The hon. Lady and I share an ambition to see great investment projects in Wales, but I am sure th...

The right hon. Gentleman’s slip-up—“All this power does”—had it spot on. That gives away the fact...

Is it not the case that there is no proof of any additional money coming? As the hon. Lady says, ...

The hon. Member is exactly right. Both the Welsh Parliament and the Scottish Parliament now have ...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I will not.

The UK Government must think again. How far are they willing to threaten peace,...

I will speak to clauses 46 and 47, because I am a good, well-behaved Member of this House, but I ...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will not give way. The Bill gives the people of your country far more say over how that money i...

We have been around this so many times. The devolved powers are the responsibility of the Scottis...

We are talking specifically about clauses 46 and 47. We are talking specifically about this money...

Order. You are not the only one who is doing this, Tom, but I remind everybody to not use the wor...

I am very sorry, Chair. I know that you have let me get away with it once or twice before, and it...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Ipswich (Tom Hunt). Having followed the ...

Will the hon. Member give way?

No; there are many Members still to speak before the end of the debate.

The EU has broken i...

Will the hon. Member give way?

No, I will not; there is not much time.

The dreadful flood in November 2019 along the River...

On 23 June 2016, the British people voted to take back control from European Union. Parliament pr...

If the hon. Member thinks that this Bill is so great, can he explain why the Prime Minister has j...

I think it is right that the Prime Minister is willing to have a conversation and be pragmatic in...

The hon. Gentleman may have missed it, but during my speech I listed all the powers that are bein...

I did miss the hon. Lady’s speech, but colleagues around me are looking slightly non-plussed as t...

The hon. Gentleman is talking about money being spent and decisions being made in this House, but...

I cannot pretend that I know a great deal about that.

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I will let my right hon. Friend intervene.

If the hon. Member for Pontypridd (Alex Davies-Jones) was in her place earlier, she would have he...

I thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention. I feel like I am chairing this debate. I will...

The hon. Gentleman is making some very good points about how Government spending directed central...

The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. As has been discussed at length in this debate, bei...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will not give way, because I have literally one sentence left.

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Oh, go on.

I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. Even on the example of the A75, Members should check H...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention and for pointing out that the EU was kind enough...

Thank you, Mr Evans, for allowing me to speak in this lively debate. To put it bluntly, and I do ...

I want to try to bottom this out. This is an Administration that passed the Wales Act 2017, which...

I can wholeheartedly say: spending powers. The Government will take that power away from the Wels...

Order. Before I call Gavin Robinson, I just want to remind everybody that we are clearly limited ...

Thank you, Mr Evans. Of course I will focus the majority of my remarks on amendment 22, but I hop...

That is a fib.

It is, no doubt about it.

I have been here for the guts of four hours during this debate, w...

The hon. Gentleman speaks very wisely. I have listened to the debates this week. I served for 18 ...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I have great regard for him. We served on the Defence Commit...

I rise to support the amendments standing in the name of my right hon. Friend the Member for Donc...

I am going to try asking this question, as a number of my hon. Friends have. Which specific power...

I am happy to respond to the hon. Member. Clause 46 specifically says:

“A Minister of the C...

Will the hon. Member give way?

I will not, because time is short, and I have already given way once.

A central plank of ou...

Will the hon. Member give way?

I will not, because other Members want to speak.

Finally, I want to address state aid. We h...

I am delighted to participate in the debate, and I am going to do something unusual: I am going t...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

No, I will not. I was trying to educate the hon. Gentleman a wee bit. I am always happy to clear ...

I am very grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way—it shows that perseverance is rewarded eventua...

What the hon. Gentleman does again, as, to be fair to him, many of his colleagues have done, is d...

May I state at the outset that I am extremely proud to be Welsh—that is no secret—but I am also a...

Of course, all of us in this House respect the devolution process and Welsh decision-making in Ca...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments, but it is certainly clear to me from comments I have...

The United Kingdom of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales is the most successful union of nation...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I will not.

By strengthening our internal market, our nations’ economies will be protected....

Will the hon. Lady give way?

No.

Faced with a choice of supporting our Union or the European Union, I know whose side I ...

There is nothing like a dame, Dame Rosie.

This debate today! I remember sitting in the thea...

Will the hon. Member give way?

I know that the hon. Member has spoken a bit. I would normally give way, but I am not going to on...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) and I thank him for his cou...

I rise both to reflect on today’s debate and speak to amendments 14, 15 and 16, which are tabled ...

I am very interested in amendments 14 to 16. Will the hon. Gentleman clarify a little further the...

I am happy to take that point, because I would have imagined that the consultation that the Gover...

First of all, I thank you, Dame Rosie, for presiding over us in Committee this afternoon and I th...

Will the Minister give way?

I certainly will not, because the hon. Gentleman has asked every single speaker this afternoon to...

Order. I want to explain for the benefit of any people who may be watching that normally Members ...

Of course, Dame Rosie, and I mean no discourtesy, either to them or to your chairing of the debat...

The Minister has given no concessions and very little by way of explanation for why these powers ...

Order. I must inform colleagues that, unfortunately, the pass readers in the Aye Lobby are not wo...

Amendment 14 has been selected by the Chairman of Ways and Means for separate decision.

Ame...

It has not been possible to mend the electronic pass reader, so we will repeat the same procedure...