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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillMy right hon. Friend is entirely correct. What have we achieved over the last five years? A game, and not a very enjoyable game, of whack-a-mole, for it is about as strategic as…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI will respond in, hopefully, the same tone and say that it is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bootle (Peter Dowd). I suspect there is a big prize for him waiting in the…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillThat is a fair point, and illustrates the requirement to honour the agreement—supported by the Minister and her Labour colleagues back in February—to eradicate routine checks…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI agree with the right hon. Gentleman, and I am grateful to him for co-sponsoring the Bill and being present today. He is right: the people who say in this or other debates that…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI agree wholeheartedly with my hon. Friend. I want to give the hon. Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Rachel Blake) another example. She will have heard colleagues in…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI acknowledge the position that my hon. Friend outlines in her contribution. I wish it was not the case that so few Members will get to contribute. Indeed, I arranged for my right…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI had not intended to intervene on the hon. and learned Gentleman, but on that point, Invest Northern Ireland, the body charged with encouraging foreign direct investment into…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI will not give way to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Dr Gardner), because I am giving way to the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Ms Creasy).06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillWill the Minister give way to me?06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI will not respond to the hon. Lady’s last line; I will leave it to others to determine. She and I have engaged with each other—sometimes helpfully, and sometimes crossly—for…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI regard the hon. Lady as well, as she knows. She has made that point now on two occasions, and she is free to do so. I want to come back to the SPS point that has been raised on…06 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI am very grateful to the Minister, but could I just cautiously and gently urge her to draw back from the comments she has made about the movement and security around the border?…06 Dec 2024HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI commend the hon. Gentleman for the way in which he is engaging in this discussion, in the same spirit as the hon. Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater). We often hear that one…29 Nov 2024HANSARDCity and Growth DealsI associate myself with the Minister of State’s remarks about Ken Reid. He was a colossus of Northern Ireland politics, and journalism more broadly across the country. I thank her…27 Nov 2024HANSARDCity and Growth DealsThe Secretary of State knows that city and growth deals are about economic growth and ensuring prosperity within Northern Ireland. Is he aware of the concerns among businesses in…27 Nov 2024HANSARD Windsor FrameworkI thank the Secretary of State for getting to the point where he talks about progress, but I remind him, as he will have heard this morning, that every Ulster MP in Westminster…19 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsLebanon is in crisis, and my constituent Catherine Flanagan is in despair. Her three-year-old son David Nahle has been out of her care for the past two years. The Belfast High…13 Nov 2024HANSARD Police FundingWould the Minister accept that that was in relation to the likely fine from the Information Commissioner’s Office? The fine was greatly reduced, but there is no cover or resource…05 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Jarrow and Gateshead East (Kate Osborne). In reflecting on the maiden speeches that we have heard this afternoon, I will just add a…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Police FundingI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this important debate and on advancing his argument so expertly. When he acknowledges the projected pressures that police will face…05 Nov 2024