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HANSARD Windsor Framework: Internal Market GuaranteeI beg to move, That this House has considered the Windsor Framework Internal Market Guarantee. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Allin-Khan. In bringing this…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Windsor Framework: Internal Market GuaranteeIt invariably amounts to Northern Ireland being treated as an EU colony, and it has all those characteristics. Into this comes some of these magical phrases, such as the internal…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Windsor Framework: Internal Market GuaranteeOf course, it was the last Government who, in their folly, brought this upon us. However, this Government, with maybe greater enthusiasm, are implementing the partitioning and…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Windsor Framework: Internal Market GuaranteeYes, and when it comes to spending money on partitioning the United Kingdom, this Government have no qualms. We have seen expenditure of £190 million to build border posts. Where…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Windsor Framework: Internal Market GuaranteeOf course it is, but that is the intent of the protocol. No one should be under any illusion: the Windsor framework is designed to set the scene to usher Northern Ireland out of…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Windsor Framework: Internal Market GuaranteeSadly, the only conclusion one can make is that they are happy enough about that. What is this internal market guarantee guaranteeing? That 80% of goods from Northern Ireland,…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Windsor Framework: Internal Market GuaranteeThe spin was that dual market access would make Northern Ireland the Singapore of the west, but the fact is that Invest Northern Ireland has had to say that there has not been a…10 Sept 2025HANSARDHydrogen Supply ChainsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I have the privilege of representing North Antrim, which has the success story of Wrightbus. One of Wrightbus’s many…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe shadow Foreign Secretary is coming to the nub of the matter. This is about the future security of the world, including the United Kingdom. We are arriving at a situation where…09 Sept 2025HANSARDHydrogen Supply ChainsYes, I am happy to agree with that. It feeds into this point: the Government talk about their industrial strategy, which is good, but that strategy needs to energise the…09 Sept 2025HANSARDHydrogen Supply ChainsThe range for hydrogen is excellent, but when drivers get to the end of that range, they need somewhere to refuel it readily. The refuelling is quick: a hydrogen bus can be…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI very much welcome the indication that Northern Ireland will participate in the defence growth deals, but will the Minister explain the interplay, if any, with the devolved…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefibrillatorsThank you for your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Sam Rushworth) for raising this important issue. Saving lives should be in the interests…02 Sept 2025HANSARDBorders and AsylumWhatever the promised tinkering with article 8, the reality is that this Government, or any Government, will only get a grip on out-of-control illegal immigration by quitting the…01 Sept 2025HANSARDUK Internal MarketWill the hon. Member give way?22 Jul 2025HANSARDUK Internal MarketIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dr Huq. I congratulate the right hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson) on securing this debate, which cuts to the very heart…22 Jul 2025HANSARDUK Internal MarketWill the Minister give way?22 Jul 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels: Migrant Criminal ActivityThe House will be aware of the serious street disturbances in my constituency last month following the alleged rape of a young 14-year-old girl. Last week, Ballymena magistrates…21 Jul 2025HANSARDTaxesA substantial level of political knockabout is inevitable in a debate such as this, but when it degenerates to the Punch and Judy of “It’s your fault—yes it is!” and “No, it’s…15 Jul 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Veterans: ProsecutionThank you, Ms Lewell. I note the selective stricture following a speech that exceeded twice the limit that was allegedly set, but I will do my best. May I begin, as a Member from…14 Jul 2025