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HANSARDNorthern Ireland Motorsport Taskforce ReportMy hon. Friend has identified that there is a significant opportunity. The volunteers he mentions need to be properly recognised. The report identifies that this army of…15 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI really cannot.09 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillThank you, Dame Rosie, for allowing us to make these points. I hope that we will be able to continue this debate and that we see the formation of an Executive in Northern Ireland.…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy hon. Friend makes an appropriate point. Either we decide to direct-rule all powers in relation to Northern Ireland and deal with the issues honestly, openly and transparently…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillThank you, Dame Rosie, for giving me the opportunity to speak during the Committee stage of this important Bill. This Bill is called the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation)…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI really do not have time. The hon. Member is a cousin of mine. She knows that I always want to give way, but now I do not have time. Other Members wish to speak.09 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?09 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillThe hon. Lady knows where I stand on this issue, and my position is very different from hers. She rightly indicates that there needs to be a framework, but if new clause 10 were…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillPlease. Unfortunately, the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Stella Creasy) is not here at the moment but the issue of abortion has been made the centrepiece of this debate. It is very…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillThe point my right hon. Friend makes about the late Sir Anthony Hart’s inquiry is all the more poignant and pointed when we consider that the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillThe hon. Gentleman is being very generous. He makes a point about rights. There is the protection of rights in the Assembly: the petition of concern allows for all rights to be…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillNo one challenges the hon. Gentleman’s sincerity, both on the point of his desire to see relations fixed in Northern Ireland and his opinion on this matter. We are just at…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillIs the hon. Member at all concerned that the implication of this could impact on the negotiation process and de-incentivise one of the parties from negotiating at this particular…09 Jul 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI really cannot. I always give way to you, and I really cannot.09 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. Let me turn now to some of the other points that have been raised in the debate. I am glad that the Chairman of the Select Committee,…08 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI accept that it is not the intention of the hon. Lady, but it is the point that has been put forward on a number of occasions by experts on these issues.08 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillThe hon. Gentleman has expressed the view today and on many other occasions that a crash-out Brexit would be against the terms of the Belfast or Good Friday agreement and this…08 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI wholeheartedly agree with the point made by the hon. Member for Vauxhall (Kate Hoey). Other issues include the contaminated blood scandal, which is another issue on which there…08 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillIs the hon. Lady aware of the briefing passed out this evening by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, which indicates that the amendments tabled to the Bill are about usurping…08 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI understand the hon. Lady’s position, although it is very different from mine. Does she recognise that there is not a right to terminate an unborn life under the European…08 Jul 2019