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HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementThat is the most difficult question I have ever faced in this House, because I love Northern Ireland and I love Wales as well, and there are all sorts of advantages to being…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementMy hon. Friend, like so many who served with distinction in Northern Ireland, contributed to ending terrorism. Those were hard-won gains, and there will certainly be no return to…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementThe hon. Gentleman makes several very important points. The first is that we absolutely need to support upland farmers, not just in his beautiful constituency and Cumbria, but…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. This House remains sovereign and it is the case that the territorial and political integrity of the United Kingdom remains robust.09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementIt will probably not surprise the hon. Lady to learn that I do not agree with her. When it comes to Brexit transition, we know that because we are leaving the single market and…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The United Kingdom Internal Market Bill is a critical piece of legislation which safeguards the rights of producers and consumers across the…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his words. We will do everything we possibly can to get a deal, but it cannot be a deal at any price. As for his point about my career…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementMy hon. Friend is bang on.09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementWe have been working with supermarkets and other traders to ensure that their supply lines and the provision of all the goods that consumers in Northern Ireland currently enjoy,…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementMy hon. Friend is right: this House is sovereign. This is as a result of bringing forward the UKIM Bill. I understand some of the unease and controversy that it generated, but he…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementWe are totally committed, and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland will be saying more about that in the coming days.09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question. I know that because of the geographical proximity of his constituency to Ynys Môn—to the island of Anglesey—he has a…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementYes, it is the case that as a result of some of the provisions in the Northern Ireland protocol, there will be a requirement on some businesses in Northern Ireland specifically to…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementThe right hon. Gentleman makes a very important point in drawing attention to a very important provision within the Northern Ireland protocol. The Government came under criticism…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementOn the first point, my hon. Friend is absolutely right: section 38 of the Act that gave effect to the withdrawal agreement upheld the sovereignty of this place, and there is…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman once again for his questions; they are masterpieces of metaphorical concatenation. He managed to bring in both Schrödinger’s cat and the…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementI thank the Chairman of the Select Committee on Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs for his question. I think it was Palmerston who said that there were only three…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementMy hon. Friend is a brilliant advocate for the life science sector, and I know that it provides jobs and investment in Cambridgeshire and beyond. It is also the case that there is…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementThe automobile sector is important not just in Luton, where there are so many skilled people producing fantastic products, but across the UK. Of course, if we secure a free trade…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementI am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his questions—and indeed for the work of his Future Relationship with the European Union Committee, which has helped us as we…09 Dec 2020