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HANSARDPublic Services: BudgetThe hon. Gentleman is wrong in one aspect. The budget is fair and allows for the statutory things to be delivered. I meet with women’s groups very regularly—I met a whole group of…21 Jun 2023HANSARDPublic Services: BudgetThe budget for Northern Ireland was set out in the spending review a couple of years and is unchanged. All UK Government Departments are being asked to absorb inflation and energy…21 Jun 2023HANSARDPower SharingThis question is about the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill, which is currently on Report in the House of Lords. I disagree fundamentally with the…21 Jun 2023HANSARDPower SharingI very much look forward to being in a space where, following further conversations with the right hon. Gentleman, I can bring forward legislation in this place that does exactly…21 Jun 2023HANSARDPower SharingI give an assurance to the hon. Lady that no stone will be left unturned in trying to get the Executive back up and running. The one thing that I did learn from the Windsor…21 Jun 2023HANSARDPublic Services: BudgetThe police budget in Northern Ireland is devolved. It comes through the Department of Justice, which has to live within its means just like every other Department, but I regularly…21 Jun 2023HANSARDPower SharingI regularly discuss Northern Ireland affairs with my extremely interested Cabinet colleagues and keep them fully abreast of the efforts being made to restore the power-sharing…21 Jun 2023HANSARDEarly Learning and Childcare: FundingThe Government recognised in the Budget, as I have just mentioned, how important childcare is for all the reasons the hon. Lady gave, and we do work with the Department of…21 Jun 2023HANSARDEarly Learning and Childcare: FundingToday is a day of reflection in Northern Ireland. It marks an opportunity for people to think about the tragic and needless loss experienced by so many families during the…21 Jun 2023HANSARDPublic Services: BudgetFor many years, the UK Government have recognised the unique challenges that Northern Ireland faces. We have provided around £7 billion in additional funding to Northern Ireland…21 Jun 2023HANSARDIndependent Commission for Reconciliation and Information RecoveryMy hon. Friend raises a critical point and I would be delighted to meet her to talk about it. As I said earlier, many families across Northern Ireland and Great Britain still do…21 Jun 2023HANSARDIndependent Commission for Reconciliation and Information RecoveryI have identified the right hon. Sir Declan Morgan to be appointed chief commissioner designate of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery.…21 Jun 2023HANSARDIndependent Commission for Reconciliation and Information RecoveryI can do that, 100%. The hon. Gentleman is completely right.21 Jun 2023HANSARDOmagh Bombing InquiryOn 2 February, I announced that I would establish an independent statutory inquiry into the preventability of the Omagh bombing, the Real IRA-perpetrated atrocity in August 1998…12 Jun 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland UpdateSection 9 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Act 2019 (“the NIEF Act”) places me under a legal duty to ensure that the recommendations in paragraphs 85 and 86 of the…06 Jun 2023HANSARDIndependent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements: 2022 ReportThe role of the independent reviewer of national security arrangements in Northern Ireland is to monitor compliance with annex E of the St Andrews agreement 2006, reviewing the…18 May 2023HANSARDIndependent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery: ImplementationThe Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill represents the Government’s pledge to address the extremely complex and sensitive legacy of Northern Ireland’s past.…11 May 2023HANSARDPower SharingI thank my hon. Friend for his interest in this space. When power sharing is working in Northern Ireland, it is proven to work very well. Indeed, it has brought huge benefits…10 May 2023HANSARDPower SharingI thank the hon. Gentleman for his pivot to legacy, as it is something that I hope to talk about a great deal in the coming weeks. As I have said from this Dispatch Box a number…10 May 2023HANSARDPower SharingI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. I would say a couple of things on that. First, he could have watched the great BBC or UTV coverage last week when the political…10 May 2023