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HANSARDEngagementsQ4. Surplus waste incinerator capacity is taking pressure off efforts to reuse, recycle and reduce waste. Will the Government strengthen their bid to host the 2020 United Nations…10 Apr 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: No DealDoes my right hon. Friend agree with the Northern Ireland Department for the Economy that cutting corporation tax to the level enjoyed by businesses in the Republic of Ireland…10 Apr 2019HANSARD Waste Incineration: RegulationI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for allowing me to intervene in this brilliant debate. I agree with his propositions, particularly on the waste hierarchy and the…09 Apr 2019HANSARD PrivilegesAs Chair of a Select Committee, I am sure that my hon. Friend will have shared my experience that the difficulty in getting witnesses to appear is not necessarily around private…02 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)I am grateful to the right hon. Lady. This country has had half a dozen or so referendums in recent years, and we have honoured the outcome of those referendums on each occasion.…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)My hon. Friend is making a compelling case, and I am almost convinced—almost, but not quite. Will he confirm that he would replace the Northern Ireland backstop, with its…01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)Will the right hon. Lady give way?01 Apr 2019HANSARDUnited Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionI particularly appreciate my hon. Friend’s remarks in respect of Northern Ireland, but the hon. Member for North Down (Lady Hermon) is precisely right. Will he reflect on the fact…29 Mar 2019HANSARD Permitted Development and Shale Gas ExplorationI am enjoying the comments of the hon. Lady, my constituency neighbour, but for balance could she remind the House which country is top of the league table in the G20 for…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseDoes my right hon. Friend recall that the last time we went through something remotely like this was in 2009 in relation to Jack Straw’s well-meaning but ultimately doomed attempt…27 Mar 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland Assembly ElectionI fully understand the need to table the written ministerial statement, but it states quite clearly that the proposed talks should be “short” and “focused”, and I assume that that…21 Mar 2019HANSARDNo-deal EU Exit PreparationsWe have been treated to plenty of lurid stories over the past few months about a shortage of the radio isotopes on which a million people in our NHS depend every year. Will the…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Exiting the European Union (Armorial Bearings, Ensigns and Flags)I am not quite sure that I can follow that speech either in substance or in sentiment, but I shall do my best. On the face of it, this is a minor, unobjectionable, technical…20 Mar 2019HANSARD Article 50 Extension ProcedureGiven the centrality of Northern Ireland to the Brexit process, does the Minister agree that a solemn and binding change that involved Stormont in the future arrangements in the…18 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European UnionThis morning’s written statement’s bearing on tariffs is welcome, particularly the zero tariffs on goods travelling north to south on the island of Ireland, but what discussion…13 Mar 2019HANSARDUK’s Withdrawal from the European Unionrose —13 Mar 2019HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs: WiltshireSociety can be judged by the quality of the provision it makes for its most vulnerable members. I therefore welcome this opportunity to raise the situation of vulnerable people in…06 Mar 2019HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs: WiltshireI of course agree with the hon. Gentleman. I was once a governor at a special school, before I was elected. If I reflect on the provision then and the provision now, I am quite…06 Mar 2019HANSARDBusiness CommunityIs the Minister concerned about the possible impact on small businesses of the changes proposed to non-domestic renewable heat incentives in the legislation that we are about to…06 Mar 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) (No. 2) BillThese are unusual times for Northern Ireland and this is an unusual Bill. It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that what we have today is something of an essay crisis; that is…06 Mar 2019