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HANSARDGovernment’s Legislative Programme: Northern IrelandThe UK Government’s legislative programme for the first Session was set out at the state opening of Parliament on 17 July 2024. This statement summarises the programme and how it…18 Jul 2024HANSARDDevolved Institutions: Northern IrelandI am grateful to the Secretary of State for that reply. One other challenge that the institutions face is dealing with the continuing legacy of the troubles. Seven days from now,…24 Apr 2024HANSARDDevolved Institutions: Northern IrelandThank you, Mr. Speaker, for your eloquent tribute to Frank Field. He was a brave and a generous man. We look forward to working with the right hon. Member for Belfast East (Gavin…24 Apr 2024HANSARDTroubles: Legacy and ReconciliationRecognising that the issues raised in today’s judgment will take some time to be conclusively determined by the higher courts—assuming that the Government appeal—does the…28 Feb 2024HANSARDTroubles: Legacy and ReconciliationThe Government’s legacy Act is opposed by victims groups, all the political parties in Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and others. This morning, the…28 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandOn the issues about which the right hon. Gentleman complains, it pains me to say it but they were put in place because the House of Commons voted to pass the European Union…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandI am very grateful to the Minister for that explanation, and of course I am aware that the joint report predated the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, but if it was in effect…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandMay I say to the right hon. Gentleman that we have just had a wonderful example of the persuasive power of his argument? Whoever we are, and whatever view we hold, getting the…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandWhether this Humble Address is or is not a love letter to anyone, I will leave for others to debate, but it certainly can be described as a coda to the recent restoration of the…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandThe first point I would make to the right hon. Gentleman is that the three examples I have just given have nothing at all to do with the Northern Ireland protocol or the Windsor…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandI see that the Secretary of State is nodding. It is also important to remind ourselves of the significance of those regulations and the democratic checks that they will create.…01 Feb 2024HANSARD United Kingdom Internal MarketI begin by agreeing with the Minister that businesses in Northern Ireland want to make the current and future arrangements work, that they want them to work well and that there is…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandI am a teetotaller, so perhaps I do not feel the suffering in that example in the same way as other Members. However, the right hon. Gentleman is an observant student of Northern…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandWe have seen quite a lot of disruption to arrangements in recent years, have we not? The point I tried to make a moment ago was that our departure from the European Union caused a…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandThe Stormont brake was the result of a negotiation between the Government and the European Union. It was a really big step forward—it is why we are having this discussion now, and…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandI am grateful to the Secretary of State for his explanation of the first set of regulations that we are considering, and I join him in wanting to see the institutions up and…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandThe right hon. Gentleman makes an extremely powerful point. I hope everyone will notice the near—if not complete—unanimity that we will see reflected in the House today. Those who…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandIt is very kind of the right hon. Gentleman to say that we are intensely relaxed about the prospect that we might form the next Government, and who am I to disagree with him in…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandThe hon. Member makes an extremely powerful and useful point. The businesses that I have spoken to in Northern Ireland support Northern Ireland’s access to the EU market. In…01 Feb 2024HANSARD Northern IrelandI take that point, but we are talking about two separate categories: one is a long list relating to the legislation that formed part of the original protocol in the annex; and the…01 Feb 2024