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HANSARDNorthern Ireland BorderThe DUP is executing a series of reckless stunts today to try to regain some political memorandum and distract from the terrible mess that it has made, but removing officials and…03 Feb 2022HANSARDGlobal Vaccine AccessI thank the hon. Member for North East Fife (Wendy Chamberlain) for initiating this debate on an issue that I know she and others have been highlighting since covid vaccines…13 Jan 2022HANSARD Afghanistan: Humanitarian CrisisThe unfolding crisis in Afghanistan is nightmarish in its scale and complexity and the Social Democratic and Labour party entirely supports the pathway set out today for an…12 Jan 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: Veterinary AgreementDoes the Minister accept that the UK is a sovereign nation and that deciding—for the protection of all its businesses and particularly for the fragile area of Northern Ireland—to…15 Dec 2021HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: Veterinary AgreementI am happy to remind the hon. Member. It is all over Hansard and in TV clips. I think it was one Mr Boris Johnson and one Lord David Frost. I believe that at Christmas-time they…15 Dec 2021HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: Veterinary AgreementThey are issues that flow from Brexit and from the trade and co-operation agreement voted through by a large majority in the sovereign Parliament of the UK. I did not support it.…15 Dec 2021HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: Veterinary AgreementIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees. I thank the hon. Member for Rochdale (Tony Lloyd) for bringing the debate and for his long-standing and genuine…15 Dec 2021HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: Veterinary AgreementNo, my children are not seed potato fans. As I said, we are dealing with a series of responses—the consequences of the UK’s decisions and, as I said, they are the UK’s decisions.…15 Dec 2021HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: Veterinary AgreementThe point is that the UK has made it very clear that it will not sign up to commit to those rules. That is fundamentally the issue—that the UK has not agreed, as a continuum, to…15 Dec 2021HANSARDHuman Rights LegislationThe Lord Chancellor’s statement made a cursory reference to the devolved regions. I am not sure if he ever got round to reading all of the Good Friday agreement after he revealed…14 Dec 2021HANSARD Abortion Services Commissioning: Northern IrelandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard, and I thank the hon. Member for Pontypridd (Alex Davies-Jones) for securing this debate. The issue of abortion in…14 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol NegotiationsThe Secretary of State will be aware of recent Office for National Statistics data indicating that Northern Ireland is faring the best of all UK regions due to the protection and…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Parliamentary Partnership AssemblyIt probably does not need saying, I suppose, that the context and the needs of the people and the economy of Northern Ireland will continue to loom fairly large as this…06 Dec 2021HANSARD Climate Goals: Wellbeing EconomyI thank the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas) for bringing forward this debate and for many years of leadership, giving vision in this area and a lot of…30 Nov 2021HANSARD Climate Goals: Wellbeing EconomyThe hon. Member is absolutely right. We have proven that the theories he outlines, which are supposed to be in place, have not worked, and that our economy has not worked. The…30 Nov 2021HANSARDBlack Friday: Financial ProductsIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Robertson. I thank the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Stella Creasy) very much for introducing the debate, and I congratulate her…23 Nov 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeI thank the hon. Member for her generosity in giving way. People across south Belfast, and indeed across Northern Ireland, have expressed their distress at the forced separation…16 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsThe public have made very clear over the last two weeks their demands for high standards. To be consistent with the new, more respectable position of the Government, does the hon.…16 Nov 2021HANSARD Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillWhen we last debated this Bill in June, the context was that Sinn Féin had just threatened the collapse of the institutions. Fast forward back to groundhog day, and we are here…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillI agree entirely. Among the many things that we discussed under the Good Friday agreement, the primacy of the rule of law and of trust are contained in that as well. They have…26 Oct 2021