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HANSARDSecurity SituationThe threat from dissident republican terrorism continues to be severe in Northern Ireland. This Government’s first priority is to keep people safe and secure. Vigilance against…06 Mar 2019HANSARDSecurity SituationI want to see access to the European arrest warrant, or a similar instrument, continue into the future. As a Minister in the Home Office, I worked very hard to ensure that we have…06 Mar 2019HANSARDSecurity SituationI am sure the hon. Gentleman is referring to the contribution that investment has made to the security of Northern Ireland, and he will notice that I have my Invest NI pen with me.06 Mar 2019HANSARDSecurity SituationWe discussed the matters of cross-border security and east-west relations at both British-Irish Intergovernmental Conferences in the past 12 months. Close work between the Garda…06 Mar 2019HANSARDSecurity SituationThe way to guarantee that the European arrest warrant continues in three weeks’ time is to vote for the deal.06 Mar 2019HANSARDSecurity SituationMy hon. Friend should not believe everything he reads in the newspaper. I assure him that I am working closely with the Defence Secretary, the Attorney General and Members on both…06 Mar 2019HANSARDUN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against WomenI absolutely disagree that that is what this Government are doing. We are determined to ensure that we fulfil all our obligations on human rights matters. Many of the matters…06 Mar 2019HANSARDUN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against WomenThe Government recognise the sensitivity of this issue and the range of views expressed by stakeholders on all sides of the debate. We take our obligations under the convention…06 Mar 2019HANSARDSecurity SituationThe judgment from the Supreme Court on the Pat Finucane case came out last week. It is a complicated matter, because although the judgment says that the article 2 obligations on…06 Mar 2019HANSARD Point of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Before I proceed to the main business, I wish to clarify the comments I made earlier today to the House during Northern Ireland…06 Mar 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) (No. 2) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I rise to ask the House to give a Second Reading to a piece of proposed legislation that delivers on this Government’s…06 Mar 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) (No. 2) BillThe hon. Gentleman may have more information than me. All I can say is that we know the Northern Ireland civil service is looking at that and we will act appropriately at the…06 Mar 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) (No. 2) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that important issue. It is clear that the derogation needs to and will continue, but that is not a long-term, sustainable solution. As he…06 Mar 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) (No. 2) BillThroughout the whole budgetary process, we have ensured that we have liaised with the main parties in Northern Ireland and politicians to make sure that we reflect both the…06 Mar 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) (No. 2) BillI will take one final intervention and then I will make some progress.05 Mar 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) (No. 2) BillThere may be information on certain departmental spending, but, on the total, this is a number that is owned by NICS, not by the Northern Ireland Office, and I would not want to…05 Mar 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) (No. 2) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. As I have stated to the House on a number of occasions over the 14 months that I have been in this role, and as my…05 Mar 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) (No. 2) BillThat is absolutely the case. The shadow Secretary of State is absolutely right. The Bill puts on a statutory footing the spending that has already happened and that which will…05 Mar 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) (No. 2) BillIt is probably helpful if I clarify that point. We have to put on a statutory footing, by the end of March, the spending for the financial year 2018-19—the year we are in. That is…05 Mar 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) (No. 2) BillThe hon. Lady makes a number of important points, the first being that we have rightly increased spending for the Department of Education. This is an area in which there is a…05 Mar 2019