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HANSARDEU Tariffs: United States and Northern Ireland EconomyI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question. As the Prime Minister has said, tariffs are not good news for anyone and no one wants a trade war. The Government are doing…08 Apr 2025HANSARDEU Tariffs: United States and Northern Ireland EconomyThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right about the benefits that the Windsor framework has given businesses in Northern Ireland in terms of access to the EU market. I would…08 Apr 2025HANSARDEU Tariffs: United States and Northern Ireland EconomyThe situation that Northern Ireland businesses may find themselves in if there are EU retaliatory tariffs is a product of the Windsor framework, which gives benefits to businesses…08 Apr 2025HANSARDEU Tariffs: United States and Northern Ireland EconomyAs I think I have said to the hon. and learned Gentleman before, I would not have started from here myself in relation to the cause that led eventually to the negotiation of the…08 Apr 2025HANSARDClonoe InquestI really welcome the opportunity that the right hon. Member for Goole and Pocklington (David Davis) has given me and the House to listen to this debate, and I welcome the…02 Apr 2025HANSARDUK Industrial StrategyI have already pointed out examples of that investment. To Harland and Wolff, I would add the order that is going to Thales to make more missiles for Ukraine, which will create an…02 Apr 2025HANSARDUK Industrial StrategyLast Thursday I visited Foyle port and its innovation park. A new data centre will be built there to tap into the renewable energy that is available alongside it. That is a really…02 Apr 2025HANSARDDefence Expenditure: Supply ChainI certainly will. Those who served in Operation Banner were protecting the people of Northern Ireland and standing up for the values of our country. We have discussed that a great…02 Apr 2025HANSARDUK Industrial StrategyMy hon. Friend gives me the chance to talk about the great success of Wrightbus, based in Ballymena, which has won a huge new order from Go-Ahead. It is making the electric and…02 Apr 2025HANSARDClonoe InquestI would like to give the right hon. Gentleman an assurance that when parliamentary time allows, I plan to bring forward legislation to try to find a way forward. The House will be…02 Apr 2025HANSARDDefence Expenditure: Supply ChainThe Ministry of Defence has agreed to deliver precisely that “Safeguarding the Union” commitment through its defence industrial strategy, which will look at how the UK’s defence,…02 Apr 2025HANSARDAutumn Budget 2024I would point out to the hon. Member that the previous Government left— [ Interruption. ] However much they may deny it, the previous Government left a fiscal black hole that had…02 Apr 2025HANSARDUK Industrial StrategyEconomic growth is the priority for this Government, and our industrial strategy is central to achieving it. Last week I co-hosted a roundtable with the Minister for the Economy…02 Apr 2025HANSARDAutumn Budget 2024The figures the hon. Gentleman just referred to do not reflect the Treasury’s assessment of the number of farms that will be affected, which is based on claims submitted in the…02 Apr 2025HANSARDUK Industrial StrategyIn respect of tariffs that affect the whole of the United Kingdom, as I have already said to the hon. Gentleman, we will have to see what they are and take the appropriate action…02 Apr 2025HANSARDDefence Expenditure: Supply ChainThe Government’s commitment to increasing defence expenditure to 2.5% of GDP from April 2027 will provide an opportunity for defence companies in Northern Ireland to secure…02 Apr 2025HANSARDUK Industrial StrategyWe do not yet know, apart from the tariffs on cars and on steel and aluminium, what else the US Administration may announce later today. But the effects of any tariffs, if…02 Apr 2025HANSARDDefence Expenditure: Supply ChainI do indeed agree, because it is an opportunity for UK defence businesses, including in Northern Ireland, to take advantage of the increased defence expenditure. I have already…02 Apr 2025HANSARDUK Industrial StrategyWe will discover more later today about the decision that we are told the US Administration are about to make. Tariffs are not good for any country, and they are not good for the…02 Apr 2025HANSARDUK Industrial StrategyAs I pointed out in my previous answer, the Windsor framework, which was negotiated by the previous Government and was a huge improvement on the Northern Ireland protocol, is the…02 Apr 2025