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HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for the responses they have made to these amendments. I assure the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, and my noble…19 Jan 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillThe noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie of Downpatrick, attended the meeting with the Minister for Europe yesterday at which I was present. I think that issue was raised then, and he was…19 Jan 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillI am grateful to the noble Lord for his intervention. I think that is a matter that I will have to raise with my noble friends in the Scottish Office and the Welsh Office. The…19 Jan 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Empey referred to “mission creep”, and the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Basildon, referred to the scope of the Bill. I confess that when I started…19 Jan 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillI appreciate the noble Baroness’s sentiments. To give one example, I recall that, in the aftermath of the referendum, the then First Minister, Arlene Foster, and the then Deputy…19 Jan 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the warm welcome from the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Basildon. As my noble friend Lord Empey said to me after Second Reading, it all goes downhill…13 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillMy understanding is that the council is chaired by Robert Chote who, my noble friend will recall, ran the Office for Budget Responsibility. It is a similar body, and will comment…13 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillNo, not all of it, but I hope he will forgive me if I do not reply in detail to each and every point. I will look at Hansard and write to him on any that I have missed. The noble…13 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, and the noble Baroness, Lady Suttie, for these amendments. If I may, I will on this occasion take them in reverse order. As…13 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, for her manuscript amendments. Obviously, she referred to a number of arguments that are currently being considered by the courts…13 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillMy Lords, I am extremely grateful to the noble Baronesses, Lady Smith of Basildon and Lady Suttie, for the amendments in this group. I shall begin with Amendment 6 in the name of…13 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Alderdice, for moving Amendment 5 on dual mandates. I am afraid my noble friend Lord Dodds knows me too well on this issue, because I am…13 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillMy Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Basildon, I am conscious that I speak to this group of amendments surrounded by a number of people who were directly responsible…13 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.29 Nov 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillMy Lords, before I move to Bill itself, I first thank noble Lords from across the House for their good wishes on my appointment. I am pleased to see in the Chamber this evening a…29 Nov 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillMy Lords, I am incredibly grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to such an excellent and well-informed debate this evening and, if I may say so, for giving a new…29 Nov 2021HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Power-sharingMy Lords, given the rising political temperature in Belfast, does my noble friend agree that it would be a supreme and tragic irony if the EU’s implementation of a protocol that…16 Sept 2021HANSARDEngland: Historic CountiesMy Lords, as one of the Members of this House who was born, bred and still resides in the West Riding of Yorkshire, I assure my noble friend that the Government and the new…16 Sept 2021HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (EUC Report)My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this important debate today, and a privilege to serve on the European Affairs Committee’s Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland…13 Sept 2021HANSARDSports Participation in SchoolsMy Lords, I refer to my interests in the register. In my part of the country, the West Riding of Yorkshire, and across the whole of the north of England, rugby league plays a huge…09 Sept 2021