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HANSARDFlags (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019Not content.25 Mar 2019HANSARDFlags (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019I seek guidance from the Chair. I have indicated that I am not happy and I do not wish this to be accepted. I know we cannot vote but I think it should be debated in the Chamber.…25 Mar 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2018My Lords, on behalf of these Benches I extend our sympathies to the families of those young people who lost their lives in that tragic incident in Cookstown. This Statement is…21 Mar 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) (No. 2) BillMy Lords, like other Members, I was somewhat compromised by the early business and not able to be here in time for the start of it. I do not wish to repeat the debate. I want to…19 Mar 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland: Devolved GovernmentMy Lords, does the Minister not acknowledge that the longer this stalemate goes on, the more polarised politics in Northern Ireland becomes and the more dangerous the situation…18 Mar 2019HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to support this amendment, to which I have put my name. Sadly, we have arrived at a point where a deeply divided Conservative Party has deeply divided the…13 Mar 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) (No. 2) BillMy Lords, noble Lords will of course understand why, as he said, the Minister has made a liar of himself and had to come back to the House. It is fair to say that it is not the…12 Mar 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, I add my support to that argument. The people of Northern Ireland are being doubly short-changed: they do not have an Assembly, and what is being done in Parliament, in…07 Mar 2019HANSARDWorld Bank: Selection Process for PresidentMy Lords, if the World Bank is to be the champion of the world’s poor and leave no one behind, is it not important for the President of the World Bank to command the confidence of…28 Feb 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministerial Appointment Functions) Regulations 2019The Minister is making a powerful and practical point, but why cannot the Government proceed with some kind of independent mediator? Exactly as others have said, the perception of…18 Feb 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministerial Appointment Functions) Regulations 2019I think that the noble Lord, Lord Empey, was concerned with sins of omission rather than commission in terms of the content of the statutory instrument. He raises the point that…18 Feb 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland: DevolutionMy Lords, the absence of the Assembly in Northern Ireland has disastrously aggravated the polarisation of politics in the Province, as Assembly Members have simply retreated to…14 Feb 2019HANSARDAir Services (Competition) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I also have some questions. One of them arises from the comment made earlier by the noble Lord, Lord Deben, which suggested that some of this is theoretical or even…12 Feb 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland: Devolved GovernmentMy Lords, there is a real possibility now that Brexit may be extended well beyond the deadline in legislation for restoring the Assembly in Northern Ireland. In those…24 Jan 2019HANSARDInterchange Fee (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, makes a very serious point. We have only just achieved the abolition of these charges on credit cards, for which the Government tried to…22 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Stability of the UnionMy Lords, across the UK, Scotland and London voted most strongly for remain, which is somewhat ironic given the nationalists’ antipathy towards London and London-based government.…17 Jan 2019