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HANSARDWindsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Public Health, Marketing and Organic Product Standards and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2023When will the noble Lord recognise that the Conservatives now want Northern Ireland out of the United Kingdom?04 Dec 2023HANSARDWindsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Public Health, Marketing and Organic Product Standards and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2023The noble Baroness is quite correct. The overwhelming majority in the public opinion poll reported this weekend in Northern Ireland want to stay in the United Kingdom. I was not…04 Dec 2023HANSARDTurkey: Earthquake ReliefMy Lords, the damage has been considerable in Diyarbakır in Turkey, which I have previously visited. It is right on the border with Iran. Have there been any reports of damage in…06 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillDoes the noble Lord accept that in Northern Ireland, when we have a democratic vacuum, the men of violence fill the gap? Is he aware that only last week, because there was a call…07 Nov 2022HANSARDHer Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIMy Lords, I am delighted to join in these tributes to Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. I am afraid that my recollections will age me. Shortly after the Second World War, I…10 Sept 2022HANSARDEmergency Services Mobile Communications ProgrammeMy Lords, why is the system restricted to Great Britain and not extended to the nation as a whole?20 Jul 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [HL]Hear, hear.22 Jun 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [HL]My Lords, very briefly, we are talking about equality and respect, but are we also talking about equality and respect for both regional and minority languages? I employ around 200…22 Jun 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [HL]I have very bad hearing, and I did not hear whether the noble Lord used the Sinn Féin term of “north of Ireland” or “Northern Ireland”. Which was it?22 Jun 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [HL]That is not the answer to my question.22 Jun 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [HL]He would not have taken your side.22 Jun 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, back in the middle of the last century when I was Minister of State for Home Affairs in the old parliament in Northern Ireland, I had the task of reforming the local…23 Mar 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland: Supply of MedicinesMy Lords, important as medicines and trade are, does the Minister recognise that the main challenge of the Northern Ireland protocol is a possible constitutional crisis?09 Dec 2021HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: EU NegotiationsMy Lords, the Belfast agreement has been mentioned, and I was very much involved in its negotiations. Can the Minister confirm that, in the agreement, all communities were…18 Nov 2021HANSARDNagorno-KarabakhMy Lords, I just returned at the weekend from a visit to Karabakh, where I saw thousands—yes, thousands—of homes which had been demolished or vandalised by the occupying troops…15 Nov 2021HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Power-sharingMy Lords, does the noble Lord agree that the protocol is a breach of the Belfast agreement, that it may undermine that agreement and bring about the closure of devolved government…16 Sept 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland: ViolenceMy Lords, having been very much involved in the negotiations leading to the Belfast agreement, I ask whether the Minister can confirm that it has already been breached by the…13 Apr 2021HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern IrelandMy Lords, at the time of Brexit, the Government announced that there would be 10 free ports in the United Kingdom. Last week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer named eight of these…15 Mar 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: Grace PeriodMy Lords, likewise, I welcome the noble Lord to his position at the Dispatch Box. As one living near the border between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, and as a…10 Mar 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: Grace PeriodMy question is this. In so far as the future is concerned, there must be agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union. Will the Government ensure that the common…10 Mar 2021