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HANSARD Northern IrelandI can give the hon. Gentleman that confirmation. It will be for Ministers to make sure that the panel is completely independent.01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandIt is the UK Government in that area.01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandIf my right hon. Friend goes through paragraphs 136 to 141 of the Command Paper, she will see us stating that we know that the current situation is not right. We have a grace…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandI had the pleasure of serving for five years on the European Scrutiny Committee under the wise chairmanship of my hon. Friend, and he is absolutely right. That scrutiny is what…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandI thank the hon. Gentleman for that point; he makes it fairly. To be honest with him, there was one party that was staying out of government, and that party represents a…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandI believe that it does—100%.01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland Executive FormationI thank the hon. Gentleman for that. As I mentioned in my statement, he has been integral to what has been happening over the past few weeks and months. I really do enjoy working…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland Executive FormationYes, I absolutely can.31 Jan 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland Executive FormationI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question; he is absolutely right. I know of his history and the story about his wife, which he has mentioned to me a number of times. I thank…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland Executive FormationI thank the hon. Lady for her questions. May I recommend that she re-reads the Windsor framework and indeed the Command Paper?31 Jan 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland Executive FormationI thank my right hon. Friend—one of the longest-serving former Secretaries of State in this House—for her comments and questions. She is absolutely right in all she says. The…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland Executive FormationI thank the hon. Gentleman for welcoming the proposal. He mentioned at the very beginning of his question that the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement relies on the consent of both…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland Executive FormationI thank my hon. Friend. I know that he is passionate about Northern Ireland: indeed, I saw his passion when I hosted him and he visited and looked around Northern Ireland. The…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland Executive FormationI thank my right hon. and learned Friend for his welcome for this package of measures. It is a package, and it has been negotiated over a long period of time, with a better…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland Executive FormationI thank the shadow Secretary of State for his very kind words and for all the work he has done with me on these matters. I really do appreciate the way we have been able to work…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland Executive FormationI thank my hon. Friend for his question. He and I have had a number of discussions over the years on these sorts of matters, and his question is a very wise one. As I mentioned,…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland Executive FormationI have to tread slightly more carefully on that particular issue, because as Secretary of State I am responsible for making an independent assessment of the conditions that might…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland Executive FormationWith permission, I will make a statement on Northern Ireland Executive formation. This Saturday would mark two years without a fully functioning devolved Government in Northern…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland Executive FormationOn the second point, it is for the people of Ireland and Northern Ireland to decide their futures in that particular matter. I remind the right hon. Gentleman that there is a…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland Executive FormationOff the top of my head, I cannot give an example, because I have not yet needed to do that in the PBL—parliamentary business and legislation committee—as I have stated. The…31 Jan 2024