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HANSARD Northern IrelandIt is less than 3%. This preserves access for Northern Ireland businesses to the single market, and yesterday I listed a whole host of different areas in which these EU laws are…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI would say to the hon. Gentleman that I think I am right.22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandThose vehicles will be using the trusted trader service. There will be 21 fields of information, mostly auto-populated, which will mean no certificates will be needed from vets or…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question, which I did not hear completely. The green lane will be open for goods travelling into Northern Ireland for consumption in Northern…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI thank the hon. Gentleman for his very, very pro-Unionist comments. He is entirely right. Through the protocol, seed potatoes and a host of other products were no longer…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandThe brake cannot even start to be a thing until Stormont goes back and the Executive function.22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI very much look forward to having that conversation with a fully functioning Assembly and Executive. Some have described this as a consultative role for MLAs, but it is not. It…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. I was also told that this would be an impossible ask. Throughout my time in the European Parliament and, indeed, as chairman of an…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandWe are maintaining that 3% of EU law. My right hon. Friend has helped to answer the question that my hon. Friend the Member for Lichfield (Michael Fabricant) posed. There will be…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI have made it perfectly clear that we are maintaining 3% of EU law in Northern Ireland. This is the bare minimum to maintain Northern Ireland’s access to the single market, which…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI gave the majority of that list in the course of those proceedings, and I said that I would write to my right hon. Friend, which I will do. The old protocol had some measures…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI thank the hon. Gentleman for his words, with which, however, I fundamentally disagree. I am a Unionist, and proud to be a Unionist. I believe that each of the four nations of…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI entirely agree with my hon. Friend. We are just coming up to the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday agreement, which has built peace and stability…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI beg to move, That the draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023, which were laid before this House on 20 March, be approved. It is my usual practice to take…22 Mar 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework: Economic CompetitivenessMy hon. Friend knows a great deal about this subject. As he knows, a grace period on veterinary medicines is in place until the end of December 2025. I would like to think that…22 Mar 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework: Economic CompetitivenessWith the greatest respect, the positions of Northern Ireland and the other nations of the UK are, as I have said before, not completely comparable. Northern Ireland is undoubtedly…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI will give way first to the hon. Member for Strangford.22 Mar 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework: Economic CompetitivenessI think the hon. Lady has completely missed the point. There is a huge amount of inward investment that wants to flow into Northern Ireland from outside these isles—and, yes, we…22 Mar 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework: Economic CompetitivenessI thank the hon. Gentleman for acknowledging what a good deal the Windsor framework is. As the Prime Minister has said, Northern Ireland will now be in the unique position of not…22 Mar 2023HANSARDBelfast Agreement AnniversaryI agree with my hon. Friend that this historic moment is an achievement not just for Northern Ireland but for the entire United Kingdom. We have an educational initiative that is…22 Mar 2023