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Anne McLaughlin
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(3 years, 1 month ago)
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Mr Speaker
Order. We don’t want to fall out again, do we? We have got Anne McLaughlin in Glasgow waiting.
Anne McLaughlin (Glasgow North East) (SNP) [V]
One of the biggest global growth markets for local companies until Brexit was the EU. A1 Kilt Hire in my constituency was doing a roaring trade hiring out kilts to wedding parties across Europe, but nobody in the UK Government has been able to tell it if and how it can continue trading because its products are for hire and not for sale. HMRC could not even tell it if it would have to pay tax when the kilts were returned. Where on earth can hire companies that have survived this double whammy so far go to for advice on continuing to trade in Europe? Given the Minister’s two previous answers, I am guessing that it is not him.
Mr Speaker
With the Minister’s family background, we might get a good answer.