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HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillGiven the right hon. Gentleman’s concern for the Assembly and for democracy in Northern Ireland, does he think that the protocol should be decided on by that very Assembly?27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am grateful to the right hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson) for setting the parliamentary precedent that we are now allowed to…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right in what he is saying about the Bill. Does he agree that the UK Government will not be able to complain if the European Union chooses…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillMy hon. Friend is quite right that there is an advantage to business and to the economy of Northern Ireland. Interestingly, last week the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland…27 Jun 2022HANSARDTrade between NI and rest of UKEven a fool now knows that Brexit has damaged UK trade and GDP, but do the Government have any assessment of the GDP gain and the benefit to business that the protocol has given…22 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesWhat I am discerning from this debate is that where you have Tories you get strikes. That is the lesson from Scotland and Wales. It is always instructive to find out from the…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?15 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Speaking as Chair of the International Trade Committee, it was to the dismay of the Committee that we found out that the Government were…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesNot sadly at all.15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesI am trying to do that and face the right hon. Gentleman, which is not easy, Mr Deputy Speaker. Surely it is ironic that, with a Prime Minister who talks about a higher-wage…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesI am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way. Is it not ironic, or does he not think it is ironic that, with a Prime Minister who talks about a higher-wage…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail Strikesrose —15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?15 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThe hon. Gentleman makes some good points on housing, but I have just been given some figures by Calum Iain MacIver of the Western Isles Council. My part of Scotland in the…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillThe hon. Gentleman asks an important question. At the very least, the Bill should match what the European structural funds were doing. Those funds dwarf the paltry levelling-up…08 Jun 2022HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI represent an entirely coastal constituency. Does the hon. Lady agree that it is an absolute travesty that, now we have left the EU, we will be given just a quarter of the sum…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportAnswer!25 May 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportAlthough the Prime Minister is still, unwittingly, a great asset for Scottish independence, the question everywhere is this: how to goodness is he still the Prime Minister of this…25 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillWill the right hon. Lady give way before she moves on?23 May 2022HANSARD Public Order BillIs there perhaps a case for introducing a retrospective clause, given the confession we just heard from the right hon. Member for New Forest East (Dr Lewis)?23 May 2022