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HANSARDSpending Review: Northern Ireland ExecutiveThe hon. Gentleman needs to keep up. I answered a parliamentary question yesterday in which I made it clear that we will deal with this issue, which arises because of the…02 Jul 2025HANSARDSpending Review: Northern Ireland ExecutiveThe spending review settlement does indeed reflect the Government’s commitment to providing resources right across the United Kingdom. A year ago, people were saying there was…02 Jul 2025HANSARDSpending Review: Northern Ireland ExecutiveMy hon. Friend will have noticed the funding made available for local growth. As part of the spending review, discussions on the fiscal framework will be taken forward by the…02 Jul 2025HANSARDSpending Review: Northern Ireland ExecutiveI regularly meet the Northern Ireland Finance Minister to discuss funding. The Government will provide Northern Ireland with a record settlement of £19.3 billion per year on…02 Jul 2025HANSARDEU Trade Agreement: Economic ImpactWe will continue to consult as widely as possible in taking forward the agreement that has been reached and outlined with the European Union. There is help available for small…02 Jul 2025HANSARDEU Trade Agreement: Economic ImpactI was interested by that observation in the FSB report because, as the House will testify, I spend a lot of my time extolling the virtues of the dual market access that Northern…02 Jul 2025HANSARDSpending Review: Northern Ireland ExecutiveThe answer to the right hon. Gentleman is that it is additional.02 Jul 2025HANSARDSpending Review: Northern Ireland ExecutiveThe spending review gives the Northern Ireland Executive more funds to disperse as they see fit. It comes alongside the publication of the industrial strategy, the funds that the…02 Jul 2025HANSARDEU Trade Agreement: Economic ImpactOn the agricultural machinery point that the hon. Member raises, if the machinery is coming into and staying in Northern Ireland, it can be brought in, subject to cleaning, with a…02 Jul 2025HANSARDEU Trade Agreement: Economic ImpactI can happily give my hon. Friend that assurance. He will have noticed how in another context—the trade agreement reached with the United States of America—we said that we would…02 Jul 2025HANSARDEU Trade Agreement: Economic ImpactOnce we have negotiated the legal text and put our rulebook in line with current European arrangements, there will be: no need for SPS paperwork; no mandatory identity checks or…02 Jul 2025HANSARDEU Trade Agreement: Economic ImpactIt certainly would. It is a rare agreement that invites so much praise, certainly across the range of opinion in Northern Ireland. We all want to see it progress as quickly as…02 Jul 2025HANSARDA75 and A77 Roads: Economic ImpactI have many and varied responsibilities, but I was not aware that the A9 was one of them. I hope that the Scottish Government will have heard my hon. Friend’s strong plea.02 Jul 2025HANSARDEU Trade Agreement: Economic ImpactThe Government’s new strategic partnership with the EU will deliver a broad range of economic benefits for Northern Ireland. In particular, a new agreement on agrifood and plants…02 Jul 2025HANSARDEU Trade Agreement: Economic ImpactIt is the requirement of the Windsor framework, which the last Government negotiated, to address the basic problem of having two different systems and an open border. Everybody…02 Jul 2025HANSARDEU Trade Agreement: Economic ImpactI do not accept the hon. Gentleman’s characterisation. At some point, he has to acknowledge that following our departure from the European Union—this was the issue that the…02 Jul 2025HANSARDEU Trade Agreement: Economic ImpactGoods flow freely from Northern Ireland to the rest of the United Kingdom. Further, one of the great advantages of the trade agreements that have been negotiated with India, the…02 Jul 2025HANSARDVeterinary Medicines: Northern IrelandThe Government are committed to safeguarding supplies of veterinary medicines to Northern Ireland and to the protection of animal health and welfare. I therefore wish to update…19 Jun 2025HANSARDPatrick Finucane InquiryI wish to provide an update to the House on the Government decision to establish an independent statutory inquiry into the murder of Patrick Finucane in February 1989. Today, the…13 Jun 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland: Civil DisorderI would like to update the House on the civil disorder in Ballymena and elsewhere in Northern Ireland. I have been in contact with the First and Deputy First Ministers and the…12 Jun 2025