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HANSARDWindsor FrameworkThe purpose, as I understand it, is to ensure that any proposals for divergence can be managed in a way that is consistent with the integrity of the United Kingdom internal…07 Mar 2023HANSARDWindsor FrameworkWell, I appreciate very much the comments of the noble Baroness and the tone with which she expressed them. Of course, we all hugely desire the restoration of the political…07 Mar 2023HANSARDWindsor FrameworkI am very grateful to the noble Baroness. She is absolutely right that Northern Ireland needs stability and certainty. As I said in response to a Question last week, for those of…07 Mar 2023HANSARDStormont BrakeI am grateful to the distinguished former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for his tone and his comments. On the nature of the engagement, I can assure the noble Lord that…02 Mar 2023HANSARDStormont BrakeMy Lords, the Stormont brake gives the Northern Ireland Assembly a powerful new safeguard. If the brake is pulled, the United Kingdom can veto new EU goods laws that would have…02 Mar 2023HANSARDStormont BrakeI am grateful to the noble Baroness. Of course, she and I both served on the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, and she continues to serve on the European Affairs Committee’s…02 Mar 2023HANSARDStormont BrakeAs my noble friend—he is my noble friend—will be aware, one of the effects of the Windsor Framework is to reduce very significantly the amount of EU law that will be applicable in…02 Mar 2023HANSARDStormont BrakeI very much agree with the sentiments behind my noble friend’s question. As I have indicated, the Secretary of State will speak to all the Northern Ireland parties in the very…02 Mar 2023HANSARDStormont BrakeI thank the noble Lord. I must call him my noble friend, because we go back so many years. He makes very important points. I thank him for his contributions on these subjects, not…02 Mar 2023HANSARDStormont BrakeOf course, and I recognise that different parties will have different views and concerns. One purpose of the engagement that my right honourable friend will undertake in the…02 Mar 2023HANSARDStormont BrakeThe noble Baroness will not be surprised to hear that I cannot tell her off the top of my head the precise number of EU laws that remain within Northern Ireland. As I said…02 Mar 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation and Organ and Tissue Donation) BillThat the Bill be now read a second time. Relevant document: 26th Report from the Delegated Powers Committee27 Feb 2023HANSARDPostponement of Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2023That the draft Order laid before the House on 25 January be approved. Relevant document: 27th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand…27 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation and Organ and Tissue Donation) BillMy Lords, before I turn to the main business, it is only right that I invite the House to join me in condemning unreservedly the despicable and cowardly attack on DCI John…27 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation and Organ and Tissue Donation) BillMy Lords, I am very grateful, as always, for the contributions on the short Bill before your Lordships’ House this afternoon. I thank noble Lords at the outset for their unanimity…27 Feb 2023HANSARDPostponement of Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Postponement of Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2023. Relevant documents: 27th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny…22 Feb 2023HANSARDPostponement of Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2023My Lords, before I begin, for the more historically minded among your Lordships, I was reminded this morning by my noble friend Lord Lexden that today is the 137th anniversary of…22 Feb 2023HANSARDPostponement of Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2023My Lords, I am grateful to all those who have participated. I put on record that we have spent three times as long as the House of Commons scrutinising this order—which is…22 Feb 2023HANSARDPostponement of Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2023I am grateful. The draft order before us, which was laid before the House on 25 January 2023, will allow for a short postponement of the local elections in Northern Ireland to…22 Feb 2023HANSARDPostponement of Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2023I do not have anything that I can confirm at the moment, although I think that Coronation visits are very well-established in history. When I was in Fermanagh a couple of weeks…22 Feb 2023