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HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationI entirely agree with my hon. Friend on that. It gives me an opportunity to say thank you to everyone who has been involved in the vaccine roll-out across the UK. Our national…02 Feb 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationI am always grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his interventions, because he so often talks good sense, and I find myself uncomfortably agreeing with him—not all the time,…02 Feb 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationI look forward to appearing in front of my hon. Friend’s Committee next week. He is right: it is important to recognise that the regulation as laid places within the Commission’s…02 Feb 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I had the opportunity to talk to Vice-President Šefčovič over the course of the weekend, on Friday night and on Saturday afternoon as well. As…02 Feb 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is striking that every political party in Northern Ireland, every political party in the Irish Republic and every political party in this…02 Feb 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. We must make that progress.02 Feb 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationYes, absolutely—my hon. Friend is completely right. On Friday evening, immediately following the publication of the EU’s regulations, the Prime Minister was on the phone to…02 Feb 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationAgain, I offer my sympathy to the hon. Gentleman and his staff who have faced this intimidation and graffiti. Members across the House stand fully in solidarity with him. He is…02 Feb 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationI am grateful to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley (Louise Haigh) for the chance to update the House on recent developments on the Northern Ireland protocol. On Friday…02 Feb 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationMy right hon. Friend is absolutely spot on and makes the central point. People in Northern Ireland will have heard, during the whole Brexit process, professions of care and…02 Feb 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationThe hon. Lady makes a very important point. In reflecting on the gains that have been made since the Belfast agreement was secured, we need to recognise that that agreement…02 Feb 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationAbsolutely. The very idea that the UK armed forces should be prevented in any way from operating in any part of the United Kingdom is utterly unacceptable.02 Feb 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her comments, which I wholeheartedly endorse. She is absolutely right to say that it was a serious mistake on the part of the Commission; I…02 Feb 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationI am grateful to my hon. Friend for the work that he and his Committee have done to help ensure that the protocol is well understood and to resolve some of the problems that have…02 Feb 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationI could not agree more. The hon. Gentleman and his party colleagues have been assiduous in bringing to my attention and to the attention of the Secretary of State each of their…02 Feb 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. As I mentioned briefly in my response to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley (Louise Haigh), the whole point of the Joint Committee is…02 Feb 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationI entirely agree with my hon. Friend that we have to put the interests of all the citizens of the United Kingdom, including the citizens of Northern Ireland, absolutely first. I…02 Feb 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationI absolutely agree with the hon. Lady that in the hours and days ahead the focus should be on making life better for the people of Northern Ireland by making sure that goods can…02 Feb 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: there is no need at all for that level of physical inspection. I will continue to work with those on the ground to reinforce that point.02 Feb 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationI entirely appreciate and understand the right hon. Gentleman’s point of view. He is right: he and his party colleagues issued consistent warnings and concerns about the operation…02 Feb 2021