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HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Hain, on his persistence in this matter. I am also encouraged that the Minister said last week at Second Reading that there would be…15 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI am grateful to the Minister for his undertakings. I am also grateful to noble Lords on all sides for their broad support for these measures. It was an omission on my part not to…15 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillThe noble Lord is correct. All our services are suffering, not through any lack of attention, or any attempt on anybody’s part not to provide a good service, but because people…15 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy Lords, the Committee will see that I have a number of issues in Amendments 12 to 16. I have to say—I have said this to the Minister before—that I believe that this Bill, which…15 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill15 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy Lords, I was the Minister responsible for further and higher education for some three and a half years and I had to deal with what is now Ulster University at some length. I…15 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy Lords, last month I asked an Oral Question which focused on the implementation of the recommendations in Sir Anthony Hart’s report. I join colleagues in conveying my…10 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI apologise for interrupting the Minister, but the Public Bill Office told me this afternoon that a Marshalled List will be produced tomorrow. Many of us will leave tomorrow…10 Jul 2019HANSARDSyria: Idlib AttacksMy Lords, is it not entirely incredible that after years of this type of attack, where the pattern is exactly the same in each province of Syria, and considering that within a…18 Jun 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland: Historical Institutional Abuse InquiryThe Minister will be aware that, in addition to the head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, as he said, all parties at Stormont have asked his right honourable friend to…13 Jun 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland: Historical Institutional Abuse InquiryTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the request from the head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service to introduce measures to compensate the victims…13 Jun 2019HANSARDParliament: Freedom of Speech and the Rule of LawMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker, commented on the difficulty of non-lawyers speaking against a background of so many noble and learned colleagues, and I certainly come…23 May 2019HANSARDProcedure CommitteeMy Lords, I thank the committee for its work. I support the recommendations before the House, but I strongly support what previous speakers said about the Chair’s role. Of course,…21 May 2019HANSARDVeterans: InvestigationsMy Lords, I would correct the noble Lord, Lord Wallace: not all parties support the Stormont House agreement. My party does not support it. I do not support it. It proposes to…16 May 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland UpdateMy Lords, naturally I welcome any process and I have complained bitterly that there has not been one, but, in a bizarre twist, four of the party leaders at Stormont, including the…29 Apr 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland UpdateI am sorry for coming back again to the Minister, but he did say that everything is on the table. Just be very careful. Everything is not on the table. If we start opening up the…29 Apr 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilMy Lords, my noble friend knows only too well that the backstop has been the area that has caused the maximum concern in both Houses. Can the Leader expand somewhat on the point…11 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, before we move to the next speech, I make a plea. Those of us who sit at this end of the Room cannot hear what is being explained from the Woolsack. I ask the…04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, I have form in speaking on emergency procedures whereby our legislation is put through in one day. It is frequently the case that legislation pertaining to Northern…04 Apr 2019HANSARDFlags (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I never thought I would see the day when we would be having a debate on flags in this context. I must correct slightly the noble Lord, Lord Deben. There was another…03 Apr 2019