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HANSARD Northern Ireland: Murder of Lyra McKeeI assure the right hon. Gentleman that we will consider carefully all the points he made. He will know that the Fresh Start agreement committed not only money but resources to the…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland: Murder of Lyra McKeeI agree with the hon. Gentleman’s comments. What has been achieved in the past 21 years in Northern Ireland is absolutely remarkable. We cannot go backwards. We cannot allow the…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland: Murder of Lyra McKeeMay I pass my personal condolences to the hon. Lady as a friend of Lyra’s? It must have been the most horrendous weekend to have heard the news and still be coming to terms with…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland: Murder of Lyra McKeeI will be very happy to take that matter up with the Home Secretary. The hon. Gentleman’s words and sentiments are absolutely right.23 Apr 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland: Murder of Lyra McKeeI thank the Chair of the Select Committee. I know that he, as a former Minister in the Northern Ireland Office, is very familiar with the situation in Londonderry and the security…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland: Murder of Lyra McKeeMy conversations with the police officers of the PSNI, including at the Strand Road police station on Saturday, have given me absolute reassurance that the PSNI is determined to…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland: Murder of Lyra McKeeI agree with my hon. Friend: we need to keep seeing leadership of the kind that was shown last Friday and over the weekend, because this is a moment when people can make a…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland: Murder of Lyra McKeeHear, hear—those were very moving words. I pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman because the images of him in the Creggan estate on Friday—a boy from Londonderry, as he said—standing…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland: Murder of Lyra McKeeI thank the right hon. Gentleman for those comments. He rightly says that “shocked” and “horrified” absolutely sum up the feelings in Northern Ireland over the past few days. As I…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland: Murder of Lyra McKeeMy right hon. Friend and I share the honour of having served in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; it perhaps did not have the “Digital” at the time he was…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland: Murder of Lyra McKeeI would be very happy to take that matter up with the Foreign Secretary.23 Apr 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland: Murder of Lyra McKeeI agree with the hon. Lady. I do not think that there is anything that I can add to what she has just said.23 Apr 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland: Murder of Lyra McKeeI am determined that we will see devolution restored because it is the right thing for Northern Ireland and the right thing for the people of Northern Ireland. I absolutely agree…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland: Murder of Lyra McKeeThe hon. Lady speaks incredibly powerfully. There have been some wonderfully moving contributions and hers is certainly one of those. I am sure that Lyra’s family and friends will…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland: Murder of Lyra McKeeThe hon. Lady makes such a powerful point, but the words of Lyra McKee are the most powerful. Derry is a beautiful, beautiful city. It feels ironic in many ways, but on Thursday…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland: Murder of Lyra McKeeThe right hon. Gentleman talks about politics in Northern Ireland. Of course, Northern Ireland is one of the places in the world that has been most transformed by politics:…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland: Murder of Lyra McKeeI want to assure the hon. Gentleman that I am determined that we will see the Executive re-formed. I will come to this House to talk about that at an appropriate time. I think…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland: Murder of Lyra McKeeThe hon. Gentleman made a number of points, the final of which related to the investigation of previous atrocities and murders. He will know that we have conducted a consultation…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland: Murder of Lyra McKeeI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. The conversations that I have had with the political leaders across Northern Ireland over the last few days indicate that all…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland: Murder of Lyra McKeeI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments and agree with much of what he said. He sums up eloquently, in a way that is typical of him; he is a very eloquent speaker at the…23 Apr 2019