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HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementWe welcome details that businesses have sought anxiously all year, and of course we keenly anticipate a wider trade deal that might finally allow us to continue to enjoy the…09 Dec 2020HANSARDGlobal Malnutrition: FCDO RoleI thank the Members who have brought forward this debate. This year, the Nobel peace prize committee awarded its prize to the World Food Programme, because it wanted to turn the…08 Dec 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is a pleasure to follow that thoughtful speech from the right hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood). I have a daughter who is younger than the Brexit negotiations, and…07 Dec 2020HANSARDStructural and Investment Funding: Transition PeriodThe spending of the shared prosperity fund, according to clauses in the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill, would override devolution, with no duty to consult on spend in…02 Dec 2020HANSARDStructural and Investment Funding: Transition PeriodWhat recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of devolving spending in Northern Ireland of (a) structural and (b) investment funding after the…02 Dec 2020HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: Implementation ProposalsThe Government frequently claim that Brexit will not lead to a lowering of standards on foods, medicines and rights, so presumably the resistance to agreeing a level playing field…18 Nov 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU without a DealThe health service in Northern Ireland is facing incredible pressure from the pandemic, with warnings from some hospitals about running out of beds and key supplies for covid and…04 Nov 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU without a DealWhat recent assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on Northern Ireland of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.04 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Disparate ImpactIt is very clear that, alongside BAME communities, women have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. They make up the large majority of workers in those sectors that…22 Oct 2020HANSARDEU Exit: Negotiations and the Joint CommitteeWe have 73 days to go here and businesses, deep in the middle of a pandemic, are trying their best to prepare, but there are many unanswered questions that add up to costs that…19 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportLast Friday, in an interview with the BBC, the Prime Minister said that additional resources would be available for Northern Ireland in the light of restrictions due to alarming…06 Oct 2020HANSARD Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillLike others, while acknowledging that regulation of covert human intelligence sources should be on a legislative footing and that they have a role in modern policing, we have…05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Maternity and Parental LeaveDo we move around the Room by passing behind you?05 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Maternity and Parental LeaveI thank those hon. Members who have led on the issue for many months and set out quite a lot of achievable solutions. It is very clear that the pandemic has affected absolutely…05 Oct 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI feel like a Pez dispenser of clarification on the Good Friday agreement. In discussing sovereignty, does the right hon. Gentleman agree that it is not an ornament on the shelf?…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market Billrose—22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI rise to support amendments 81 to 85, which are in my name. I will also pick up on a couple of the points raised by the hon. Member for Hitchin and Harpenden (Bim Afolami), who…22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillWe come at this in a different way. Can the hon. Gentleman name a single power that will not potentially be affected? Can he name a single devolved power that is ring-fenced? On…22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillWill the hon. Member give way?22 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillDo you know what? I will give way, but only once, because for a few years your party held court here, and they were terribly damaging years for Northern Ireland, and it is time…21 Sept 2020