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HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThat response is in precisely the same terms as the one we received last week in Committee, but we are not touching on, or interested in, what the local considerations may be. The…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Stone (Sir William Cash). He is right to chide the European Union for seeking to interfere with the integrity of this sovereign…29 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is a conundrum that we keep having to address, and the reason we have to keep raising it in these debates is that it is not…29 Sept 2020HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) BillThe Minister will probably make points like that when he concludes the debate. There has been no progression for Northern Ireland today. The right hon. Member for New Forest…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) BillThat is an absolutely compelling point, and I am glad that the hon. Gentleman has made it. There has been no progress on the commitment that was given for veterans who served in…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) BillI have enormous respect for the hon. Gentleman, and he is right that there is a different legal framework. That is the point I was making, and I acknowledge it. However, I am not…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Wrexham (Sarah Atherton), not only because she made an eloquent speech but because it has been a pleasure to serve with her on the…23 Sept 2020HANSARD Overseas Operations (Service Personnel And Veterans) BillThe Secretary of State invokes an Attorney General for Northern Ireland, so I will invoke Northern Ireland at this point. He knows that of the 300,000 veterans who served in…23 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillIt was not accepted by the Government, but the right hon. Lady was a member of the Government who brought forward three iterations of a withdrawal agreement that did not honour…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Stone (Sir William Cash), who has that classic flair of oratory, as when he said that some Members may be somewhat bothered to some…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThe Minister invites us to withdraw the amendments. This is the second occasion in the past week on which a Minister has stood at the Dispatch Box and held up an olive branch of…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI do agree. I know that the Minister went through a number of the amendments we have tabled and said, “Look, there are provisions about direct and non-direct discrimination, and…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThe first aspect of that question is the intended breach, and the answer is clearly no, because amendment 68 talks about “new requirements”, and if the hon. Gentleman reads the…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I mentioned the chilling effect. Arguably, if the UK Government and officialdom in Whitehall had not offered such religious…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI am very grateful for the question, and I know that the Government would respond by saying “Look in the Bill. It is for the Secretary of State and no one else to raise issues or…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillI think the second-last point—the penultimate point—was right, and I agree with the hon. Member. However, on the petition of concern and the cross-community voting mechanisms, she…21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThe right hon. Lady may be right on that point, but here we are yet again, seeking to legislate domestically within the United Kingdom to right the wrongs of a negotiation that…21 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I have great regard for him. We served on the Defence Committee together. I commend him for his service to this country and to our Province of…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillIt is, no doubt about it. I have been here for the guts of four hours during this debate, which has been going for four hours and 45 minutes, and at times I felt I had entered a…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThank you, Mr Evans. Of course I will focus the majority of my remarks on amendment 22, but I hope you will permit me a little latitude to work around our amendment.…16 Sept 2020