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HANSARD 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 FormationFirst, we would be allowed to do that—100%. Secondly, there would be a written ministerial statement stating that exact fact so that Ministers and others in the Northern Ireland…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland Executive FormationI thank the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for his kind comments. Yes, I absolutely believe that this deal will bring greater prosperity to Northern Ireland. When…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 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 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 FormationThe hon. Gentleman raises a number of important points. I think it is fair to say that Northern Ireland was part of a single energy market across the island of Ireland well before…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 FormationMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. I am delighted to give her the assurance she seeks, because this announcement will reduce neither our ability to diverge, nor our…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 FormationAnd Daventry. I can confirm that 100%. I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. I am very proud that he is a proud Brit, as I am.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 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 2024HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his contributions, but I have said all I am going to say on that matter for today. It has been nearly two years since the institutions have been up…24 Jan 2024HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third Time. I wish to place on the record my sincere thanks to everyone involved in the Bill’s passage through the House for their…24 Jan 2024HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI hear what the hon. Gentleman says, but that is a complete package that is available for a restored Executive. I promised at the beginning of this debate to be as brief as…24 Jan 2024HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillWith the leave of the House, Mr Deputy Speaker, I would like to close this Second Reading debate. At the beginning, I spoke for a whole two minutes, because I wanted to hear what…24 Jan 2024HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. This is a very short and, I would like to think, perfectly formed Bill. I thank all those who have helped to expedite this…24 Jan 2024HANSARDRestoration of Power SharingI cannot answer for the DUP, and would never seek to do so, but behind all this is the concern that it had about the Northern Ireland protocol as we left the European Union and…17 Jan 2024HANSARDRestoration of Power SharingIt will not have escaped your notice, Mr Speaker, that four years ago, on 11 January, the Northern Ireland Assembly reformed. The First Minister effectively collapsed the…17 Jan 2024