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HANSARDUS-UK Trade Deal: Northern IrelandWhere there is a set quota for imports of beef, how can Northern Ireland participate in that if the UK cannot offer a reduced tariff rate in Northern Ireland? Does that mean that…12 May 2025HANSARDUS-UK Trade Deal: Northern IrelandFor all his verbosity, the Secretary of State came nowhere close to addressing the issues that arise from the fact that this Government and this House do not control the trade…12 May 2025HANSARDUS-UK Trade Deal: Northern Ireland(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade if he will make a statement on the US-UK trade deal, with particular reference to the impact on Northern…12 May 2025HANSARDTrade NegotiationsHow can the Government make a trade deal for the whole of the United Kingdom if they do not control the trade laws for the whole of the United Kingdom? Northern Ireland is still…06 May 2025HANSARDCounter Terrorism Policing: ArrestsThe Prime Minister says that border security is national security, but how can there be national security if there are no border checks on illegal immigrants at the international…06 May 2025HANSARD Windsor Framework: Parcel DeliveryIndeed. This is a real issue. In my constituency of North Antrim, I have many satellite small engineering firms. Many of them are subcontractors to Wrightbus, for example. They…30 Apr 2025HANSARDStrengthening the UnionDoes the Secretary of State think that the imposition from tomorrow of a parcels border between Great Britain and Northern Ireland will strengthen the Union, given that parcels,…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Windsor Framework: Parcel DeliveryI beg to move, That this House has considered the impact of the Windsor Framework on parcel deliveries across the Irish Sea. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Windsor Framework: Parcel DeliveryOf course, the natural, inevitable consequence of that is that GB suppliers will simply say, “It’s not worth the candle. We’re not going to make the effort. Why should we put…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Windsor Framework: Parcel DeliveryThe right hon. Member makes a key point. When people bring business-to-business parcels into Northern Ireland from their own country, from GB, and those parcels are decreed—as the…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Windsor Framework: Parcel DeliveryThe answer for the Secretary of State, and indeed the last Government, shamefully, was to sacrifice the territorial integrity of the United Kingdom and to allow part of the United…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Windsor Framework: Parcel DeliveryThe Secretary of State ignores the impact on consumers of the general product safety regulation, which requires the business in GB that is sending to Northern Ireland to have an…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Windsor Framework: Parcel DeliveryIn a moment. Information must be provided about the country of origin each item, the value of each item and the total value of all the items in the parcel, and any goods that are…30 Apr 2025HANSARD Irish Republican Alleged IncitementWith the scale of imprisonment that we have seen in recent months for those who make inappropriate comments on social media, does the Minister agree that confidence in policing…29 Apr 2025HANSARD Child Rape GangsSurely there is something fundamentally flawed with the process of local inquiries if the option of holding the inquiry rests with the defaulting authority. Is there not equally…28 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsUnder the Windsor framework, the Government, through the Cabinet Office, regularly supply data to the European Union about the number and type of checks conducted at the Irish sea…24 Apr 2025HANSARD Ukraine War: London TalksHow can the Minister describe yesterday’s talks as productive if the United States continues to make unreasonable demands of Ukraine that the United Kingdom does not support?24 Apr 2025HANSARD“For Women Scotland” Supreme Court RulingGiven that article 2 of the Windsor framework ridiculously requires Northern Ireland to be in dynamic alignment with EU equality directives, which include embracing…22 Apr 2025HANSARDPersecution of ChristiansIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Butler. The first Christian martyr was Stephen. Stephen was martyred simply because of his loyalty to the head of the…08 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsEarlier, when the Chancellor was talking about the impact of tariffs, she pledged that the Government would act in our national interest. How can it be in the whole national…08 Apr 2025