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HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillThe point about seed potatoes is particularly interesting, because that represents the entire community in Northern Ireland—companies that employ right across the community and…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillThat is unreasonable.19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillBut it’s coming from the same cows, being milked by the same machines.19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way on that point?19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI thank the hon. Member for tabling amendments so that the issue can be debated properly and thoroughly, but this is where I start to disagree with him. One of the conditions laid…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillWill the hon. Member give way?19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI thank the hon. Member for giving way. I should just put on the record that I represent one of the largest farming constituencies in Northern Ireland; I was previously the…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillLast autumn, the Chancellor announced several VAT changes and confirmed that he had to speak to the EU to make those changes. There have been talks with the EU, but those changes…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillIt is an honour to follow my right hon. Friend the Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson). There is no doubt that the Bill before us is a repair job, because Brexit was not…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillCan the hon. Member perhaps explain how the mixing of that milk will be changed by this Bill?19 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillWhy is the Bill necessary? That is what the Committee has just been asked. That is the question. Well, the preamble to the protocol states clearly that its objective is to uphold…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI am appealing to the hon. Member. He can use this opportunity to stand here and slag off the Government—a slagging off that they probably deserve—but that is not going to solve…13 Jul 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI welcome the fact that the Leader of the House has not listed any business on the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill for 12 July, given that celebrations about the glorious…07 Jul 2022HANSARDAmbulance and Emergency Department Waiting TimesFifty per cent. of the entire Northern Ireland budget is spent on the health service, which is a higher proportion than in the rest of the UK. But this is not just about the…06 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillIn the debate about the difference between murders that have occurred, and whether they have affected one section of the tribe in Northern Ireland or another section, I often…04 Jul 2022HANSARDAssisted DyingEach of us has personal experiences of our closest, our nearest and dearest, dying—if we do not, we one day will. I watched my father die, I watched my father-in-law die and I…04 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillAmendment 107 is, of course, about addressing whether serious offences should be excluded, for example murders that occurred after 1998. Would it not be appalling if the people…04 Jul 2022HANSARDAssisted DyingNo, I do not have injury time. The hon. Member for Bristol South (Karin Smyth) touched upon the issue of Oregon. It is not a debate that is widely discussed and we should say that…04 Jul 2022HANSARDAssisted DyingI am not for one moment saying, and I do not think that I can be accused of saying, that those who look at assisted dying do not care about palliative care. I do not think anyone…04 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillThank you for calling me, Mr Evans. I want to speak first to amendment 98 and then to amendment 115 if I get an opportunity. Amendment 98 is very specific. It says that those who…29 Jun 2022