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HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementMy hon. Friend makes an absolutely critical point. I thank him and the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, which he chairs, for the rigorous scrutiny that they have applied…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 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 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 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 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementI am very grateful to the hon. Lady for the warm welcome that she gave to this agreement, and I also thank her for the kind words she offered Sir John Major: the process of…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to update the House, and indeed the people of Northern Ireland, on the implementation of the Northern Ireland protocol as part of the…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 AgreementMy hon. Friend never gets it wrong, and he is right. It is there in the withdrawal agreement and in the protocol that we accept the acquis in a specific number of areas in…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementThe Simpsons character I most remembered was Groundskeeper Willie, because he is an Aberdonian. [ Interruption. ] I am not sure what his position is on independence, but as…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. It is about UK authorities carrying out our procedures in our territory under our laws.09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementI absolutely do, and I also hope that on the EU side we see something of the same pragmatism that we have seen on this particular issue.09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right: there is more work to do. I always enjoy any opportunity to be in Northern Ireland with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementNo, I do not think that it is Honda; I think that there is a global problem with container traffic. That point has been well made by those who are leading our major ports.09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementThe hon. and learned Lady will know that since we introduced those clauses into the Bill, we have succeeded in signing any number of trade agreements with other countries. That is…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementThe Chairman of the Select Committee on Education makes a very important point. My noble Friend Lord Agnew will shortly bring forward a paper on procurement reform, which will…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementFar be it from me to prevent Liberal Democrats talking about whatever they wish to talk about. As I recall, the first person in this House to argue for an in/out referendum was…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementIt is absolutely the case that the EU will be paying for it. I hope that while people from the EU’s agencies are in Northern Ireland, they will take advantage of Northern…09 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementAbsolutely. The citizens of the beautiful Ards peninsula will continue to enjoy the rights that we uphold as shared UK citizens.09 Dec 2020