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HANSARDMurder of Henry NowakWhen the race card was played by his murderer, was Henry Nowak treated differently because of the colour of his skin, causing the innocent victim to be handcuffed and the murderer…02 Jun 2026HANSARDDraft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026I certainly am not going to object to consumers—my constituents—having a £30 bill reduction per annum, though I recognise that that is within the context of Northern Ireland…02 Jun 2026HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Code of PracticeI suggest to the Minister that the very clear Supreme Court judgment and the resulting guidance render the Gender Recognition Act 2004 irrational. That Act persists with the…01 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsTomorrow is the 32nd anniversary of the Chinook disaster, when we lost so many of our high-ranking anti-terror and security experts. Yet the families of those individuals still…01 Jun 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthIt is strikingly surreal to be debating a King’s Speech from a Government who are patently on their last legs. This is the King’s Speech of a Prime Minister who is working out his…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthIf the Minister is truly interested in sweeping away some of the barriers of the Irish sea border, in circumstances where sanitary and phytosanitary rules are being aligned, would…18 May 2026HANSARDBacking Business to Create Economic GrowthI am sorry the hon. Member is so ill informed. Let us take the SPS deal. The Government are seeking an SPS deal not between the United Kingdom and the EU, but for GB and the EU.…18 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressPrime Minister, in my part of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, we have been subjected for some years to the humiliation of being governed by laws that we do not make and…13 May 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over)rose —27 Apr 2026HANSARDDunmurry Police Station AttackFollowing two car bomb attacks in one month, what my constituents want to know is what will be done to snuff out this terrorist threat before it develops further—and that must…27 Apr 2026HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over)The Member refers to the absence of publication of any amendments by the Secretary of State—promised, but not delivered. Might that be because this Secretary of State, who has…27 Apr 2026HANSARDGovernment Procurement StrategyIs there an expectation that the procurement principles enunciated today will be followed through with local authorities? If so, can we expect to see an end to the scandal of…22 Apr 2026HANSARD Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentYesterday, the focus of many Members was to ask the Prime Minister why he never thought to ask whether Mandelson had security clearance. There was great reticence about asking…21 Apr 2026HANSARDSecurity VettingThis House and the country are being asked to believe that, although the right hon. and learned Gentleman is the Prime Minister, and provoked a raging controversy while making the…20 Apr 2026HANSARDStrategic Defence Review: FundingAs I said earlier in the week, Northern Ireland’s geographical position means that it increasingly occupies a key geo-security location, particularly in the light of the threat to…15 Apr 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe right hon. Member makes a very valid point. Does he agree that defeating terrorism is about not just the physical defeat of terrorism but ensuring that, through its…14 Apr 2026HANSARD “For Women Scotland” Court Ruling: First AnniversaryI do not think that was ever common sense, and if that is the depths to which the hon. Member has to stoop to try and find an argument, it is a very ineloquent commentary upon…14 Apr 2026HANSARD “For Women Scotland” Court Ruling: First AnniversaryIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Stringer. I commend the hon. Member for Upper Bann (Carla Lockhart) on raising this debate in a timely manner, as we approach the…14 Apr 2026HANSARDMiddle EastThe Prime Minister knows that his Government’s coffers have been swollen by hundreds of millions by the extra tax take, particularly VAT, on rising fuel prices. Would it therefore…13 Apr 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe Minister was asked a very precise question by the hon. Member for North Dorset (Simon Hoare). That question was this: outside of any monetary obligations under the treaty,…13 Apr 2026