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HANSARDSpending Review 2025I thank the Chancellor for engaging productively in the discussions about sustainable budgets for Northern Ireland, for the willingness to negotiate further and for the…11 Jun 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence ReviewThe Secretary of State will know that the Democratic Unionist party, and the people we are privileged to represent from Northern Ireland, are hugely supportive of our armed…02 Jun 2025HANSARDVeterans: Legal ProtectionsThe Secretary of State will know that, as part of a Northern Ireland Affairs Committee inquiry, we have been engaging with victims across Northern Ireland and the rest of the…21 May 2025HANSARDVeterans: Legal ProtectionsI caution the Secretary of State that he should be adhering to the three-stranded approach, and where it is appropriate to talk to the Irish Government, it should be within that…21 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitSuccessive Governments and successive Parliaments have caused unnecessary and at times intolerable damage to our Union. We recognise the reductions in some checks on some issues,…20 May 2025HANSARD Defence Sector FinancingThe proposal for a multilateral bank is a fascinating, but part of this debate has been to focus on some of the inhibitors on providing private finance and investment in the…07 May 2025HANSARD Irish Republican Alleged Incitementindicated dissent .29 Apr 2025HANSARD Irish Republican Alleged IncitementMay I thank the hon. Member for North Durham (Luke Akehurst) for making that reference? Although it is natural that we refer to Jo Cox and Sir David Amess, it is important for…29 Apr 2025HANSARDDefence Expenditure: Supply ChainThe Secretary of State might recall that two years ago I launched a report that highlighted that Northern Ireland receives one fifth of the UK average spend on defence. That…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Irish Guards: 125th AnniversaryMy hon. Friend is right to mention the Guards from the Ards, just as it would be right to mention the Mini Micks—the cadets associated with the Irish Guards—and to recognise the…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Irish Guards: 125th AnniversaryI beg to move, That this House has considered the 125th anniversary of the Irish Guards. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard, and as a Parliament…02 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister will know that many in the House will be assuaged by his suggestion that he will act in the national interest in relation to tariffs, but most will not have…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Irish Guards: 125th Anniversaryindicated assent.02 Apr 2025HANSARDDefence Expenditure: Supply ChainThe House of Commons will this afternoon recognise 125 years of the Irish Guards as a British regiment. When we consider the capacity to arm those who defend us, should we not…02 Apr 2025HANSARDHorticulture Trade between Great Britain and Northern IrelandI thank the Minister for responding to this important and timely debate, secured by my hon. Friend the Member for East Londonderry (Mr Campbell). The Minister knows that we are…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformFirst it was the pensioners and their winter fuel allowance, then it was the WASPI women and broken promises, and now it is the sick and the vulnerable. We believe in protecting…18 Mar 2025HANSARD St Patrick’s Day: UK Bank HolidayI did not think I would have to wait so long to be the first to intervene on my hon. Friend. I congratulate him on securing this debate. He is right to highlight the unifying…18 Mar 2025HANSARD European Remembrance Day for Victims of TerrorismI appreciate the intervention because there is a task on the part of the Government, with the legislation they are considering at the moment, on storytelling, reconciliation and…11 Mar 2025HANSARD European Remembrance Day for Victims of TerrorismThrough you, Madam Deputy Speaker, may I thank Mr Speaker for selecting this Adjournment debate? Today is 11 March, and on every 11 March since the dreadful bombings in Madrid in…11 Mar 2025HANSARD European Remembrance Day for Victims of TerrorismI am very grateful to the hon. and learned Member. I have two things to say to him on that. First, I am glad he organised—for 13 years, I think—an event at Stormont to mark…11 Mar 2025