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HANSARD Northern IrelandAnd, of course, the agreement that the right hon. Member did not support. We will vote for this motion, because it has been made very clear that this is a vote on the whole…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandIn the very short time I have, I will make a number of brief points. We do not like the Stormont brake, for a number of reasons. I would never have agreed the Stormont brake,…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsWell, I have to say it is great to hear of the conversion that the Prime Minister has had on the benefits of the single market. Given Northern Ireland’s access to the dual…01 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolI associate myself with the remarks about Betty Boothroyd, and I join colleagues, particularly my colleagues from Northern Ireland, in sending our love and support to the Caldwell…27 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI am also grateful to the Secretary of State for taking this action. I commend him and all the politicians who got us here, but does he agree that the real thanks and praise…22 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillDoes the Chairman of the Select Committee agree that in this sensitive period, when we are hopefully at the end of the negotiations, we all have a responsibility to be careful and…22 Feb 2023HANSARDNorth-west of Northern Ireland: Investment5. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help increase investment in the north-west of Northern Ireland.08 Feb 2023HANSARDNorth-west of Northern Ireland: InvestmentThe Minister will know that the people of Derry have been waiting five and a half decades for a full-scale university to be built in the city. Given that we have no Government at…08 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillNo, I am not being childish. The DUP’s argument is that this is a constitutional rupture and the people of Northern Ireland have been taken out of the United Kingdom. That has…23 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillI am extremely frustrated, as the Minister knows, because this has been going on since the New Decade, New Approach and beyond. We have people dying every single day of…23 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right: we would not be where we are today were it not for the actions of the DUP. And where are we? We have people dying in their homes because…23 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillOf course, the right hon. Gentleman is a former Finance Minister, but we should not go into his record in that Department if we want to get through the day. He knows that I am no…23 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillThat is astonishing, given the fact that we had the Sunningdale agreement, where we had people working in those institutions. They were brought down, frankly, by people associated…23 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillIt is interesting that people in Derry are entitled to some Government funding—thank you very much! My constituency has the highest unemployment, the highest claimant count and…23 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillI promise not to make as many final points as were made in the previous speech. Listening to some of the contributions, one would almost think that Brexit was a bad idea for the…23 Jan 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillWhen it comes to workers’ rights or environmental protections, does the shadow Minister suspect, as I do, that this is a Government determined to throw people’s rights on to the…18 Jan 2023HANSARD BBC Local RadioI am grateful to the Minister for giving way, and thankful to the hon. Member for East Londonderry (Mr Campbell) for securing the debate. Tim Davie has offered a number of…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Industrial ActionI know that the Secretary of State likes to fly around in his own private plane, but I can tell him for a fact that while he has been doing that, many nurses in my constituency…10 Jan 2023HANSARDTrade with Rest of UKOf course we all agree that there needs to be a deal with the European Union to resolve some of the outstanding issues. Would the Minister care to comment on the data released…14 Dec 2022HANSARD BBC Local RadioI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for securing the debate. An announcement was made last week about my local radio station, Radio Foyle, and we will not even get morning…08 Dec 2022