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HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 3(5)The hon. Lady has not answered any of my questions. She does not accept, as the Minister outlined in the report, that section 25 of the 1945 Act is not adequate. She does not…16 Oct 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 3(5)That is right. The people of Northern Ireland are concerned by the proposals and by the absence of any regulation over the next five months. We will be devoid in Northern Ireland…16 Oct 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 3(5)There is no concern about honesty. There is no denying the will that this House has shown, nor is there any difficulty in acknowledging the court judgment that came before Belfast…16 Oct 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 3(5)I am very grateful to have the opportunity to speak in this debate. During the course of my remarks, I hope to consider what I can only describe as the conspiracy theories that…16 Oct 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 3(5)I will, but I am conscious of time and I have a bit more to say.16 Oct 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 3(5)I could not agree more. It was a great shame that back in July that disincentive was provided to the restoration of the Assembly, and we are seeing the outworkings of that. Is it…16 Oct 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 3(5)My right hon. Friend is entirely right. This is an issue that we are going to have to return to. When I read the reports before us this evening, the very first line told me that I…16 Oct 2019HANSARDNorthern IrelandThe Minister knows we are well known for looking forward rather than backwards, but the hon. Member for North Down (Lady Hermon) is right that the statutory instrument had been…07 Oct 2019HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI commend the Secretary of State and, in particular, the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, the hon. Member for Louth and Horncastle (Victoria Atkins), for the work…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Irish Border: Customs ArrangementsI thank the Minister for acknowledging that the Belfast agreement is not a one-dimensional document—that it is concerned not solely with north-south relations, but with east-west…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Wrightbus (Ballymena)May I thank the Secretary of State for the personal commitment he has shown to the workers of Wrightbus and, indeed, to Harland and Wolff in my constituency, which he has referred…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 5I thank the hon. Lady for the thoughtful and considered way in which she is dealing with these issues in detail. She is making absolutely correct points. There was a response,…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 5The paucity of information in the report is staggering and the response about immigration status totally inadequate. It says that the Department of Justice does not hold this…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 7I am grateful to the Secretary of State for allowing me to intervene once again. He mentioned Kincora boys home, which is in my constituency. Although the report that he has laid…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 7I want to support the hon. Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris), whose campaign has been hugely encouraging and personal to her. It has had a huge impact across the United…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 3(2)I listened to what the Secretary of State had to say on political donations. In terms of what is in the report, he is absolutely right—that is the position—but the report misses…09 Sept 2019HANSARDDraft Historical Abuse Bill (Northern Ireland)I thank the Minister for his responses and my hon. Friend the Member for North Antrim (Ian Paisley) for raising this urgent question. The Minister will have heard the sense of…24 Jul 2019HANSARDPensions for Severely Disabled Victims (Northern Ireland)I thank the Minister for his principled and precise words. He has recognised that if the institutions are restored, the amendments will fall. If the institutions are restored,…22 Jul 2019HANSARDPersecution of Christians OverseasI am very grateful to my hon. Friend for allowing me to intervene. As he praises the commitment of others across the House, may I just pay tribute to the work that he does in his…18 Jul 2019HANSARDDomestic AbuseMay I praise the Minister and her colleague the Minister for victims—the Under-Secretary of State for Justice, the hon. Member for Charnwood (Edward Argar)—for the determined and…16 Jul 2019