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HANSARDNorthern Ireland’s Place in the UKI agree with my hon. Friend. This relates to a range of areas, including the strategic transport network, which will bring people and businesses across the UK closer together and…08 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland’s Place in the UKMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is because of our UK-wide NHS that everyone in our country can expect to receive quality health services, regardless of where they…08 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland’s Place in the UKMy hon. Friend makes an important point, highlighting one of the reasons why, when we published our Command Paper in the summer, we said that, as of then, the conditions to…08 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland’s Place in the UKThe right hon. Gentleman makes an important point. I want to be clear: the Northern Ireland protocol is not working for the people of Northern Ireland. Societal and economic…08 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland’s Place in the UKYes, absolutely. An important part of that is looking at how we deliver on areas of the Good Friday agreement that have not yet been delivered on, including things such as…08 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland’s Place in the UKIn the year of Northern Ireland’s centenary, the Government have delivered the largest funding settlement to Northern Ireland since devolution, record investment in public…08 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland’s Place in the UKI feel sorry for the hon. Lady; she should think bigger and better and be more optimistic about the future of the United Kingdom. It is absolutely right that we look at the things…08 Dec 2021HANSARDConsultations on Addressing Legacy of Northern Ireland's Past: Victims GroupsSince publishing the Command Paper, the Government have engaged with a range of stakeholders, including victims groups, who we have always said must be central to discussions on…08 Dec 2021HANSARDConsultations on Addressing Legacy of Northern Ireland's Past: Victims GroupsAs I have said before, we are working through the feedback that we received over the summer and autumn following the engagement that we had with a range of parties with an…08 Dec 2021HANSARDConsultations on Addressing Legacy of Northern Ireland's Past: Victims GroupsYes, my hon. Friend is absolutely right. One of the key points that we made in the Command Paper—we will be setting out a lot of the work we are doing on this—was about ensuring…08 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol NegotiationsThe status quo cannot continue. Nearly six months ago we presented a Command Paper outlining how we thought we could resolve the serious issues within the Northern Ireland…08 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland’s Place in the UKIn July, I appointed an advisory committee to provide advice on appropriate delivery partners to establish the Castlereagh Foundation, the legal form it should take, the role of…08 Dec 2021HANSARDConsultations on Addressing Legacy of Northern Ireland's Past: Victims GroupsI appreciate that this is a complex issue, and I will be very clear about this. We want to ensure that we are delivering for the people and the whole of Northern Ireland, for the…08 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol NegotiationsThe objectives of the Northern Ireland protocol include ensuring that the everyday lives of people and their communities are not disrupted, that the UK internal market is…08 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol NegotiationsThe UK Government have been very clear and transparent about our intentions all the way through, as we were when we launched the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill last year, as…08 Dec 2021HANSARDConsultations on Addressing Legacy of Northern Ireland's Past: Victims GroupsI do not recognise what my hon. Friend just outlined. I said that I would set out to Parliament our intended direction of travel and what we wanted to do before the summer recess,…08 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol NegotiationsWe have always been clear that we want to ensure the protocol works for people in Northern Ireland, and at the moment it does not. In my engagement with business representative…08 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol NegotiationsThat is very much at the heart of the discussions that Lord Frost is continuing to have with the EU. The hon. Lady highlights a clear problem. The EU needs to come to the table…08 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol NegotiationsMy right hon. Friend is right that we have not yet triggered article 16. As we said, the conditions have been met, but article 16 is not the solution in and of itself; it is the…08 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol NegotiationsMy hon. Friend will appreciate that it would be inappropriate for me to comment on an open court case, but we are determined to ensure we resolve the issues for the people and…08 Dec 2021