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HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillThe Minister will accept that, if what the noble Lord was told by the other House is put into operation, that will be totally unacceptable to the people of Northern Ireland and to…31 Oct 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillCan the Minister tell the House whether there is any clarity on the differential between the tariff proposed for Northern Ireland and the tariffs in England and the Republic of…31 Oct 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019: Section 3(5)My Lords, I join other noble Lords in thanking the House for the opportunity to speak in the gap concerning the issues before the House. People say, “Here’s another report”—but a…28 Oct 2019HANSARDHistorical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Bill [HL]My Lords, in September 2011 the Northern Ireland Executive announced that there would be an investigation and inquiry into historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland…28 Oct 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019: Section 3(5)To clarify, I was talking about the Assembly election and having it on 31 January. We are very happy for that to take place.28 Oct 2019HANSARDBrexit: Movement of Goods between Northern Ireland and Great BritainOn 8 December 2017, the then Prime Minister gave this emphatic unilateral commitment: “There will be no new borders within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern…24 Oct 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministerial Appointment Functions) (No. 2) Regulations 2019Does the noble Lord not realise that it was one of the demands that Sinn Féin made—one of the red lines that it drew to attention—before Stormont could be returned?09 Sept 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministerial Appointment Functions) (No. 2) Regulations 2019I thank the noble Lord for his remarks. However, I cannot see how this House—never mind the Government—was an honest broker when it handed two of Sinn Féin’s major demands to it…09 Sept 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministerial Appointment Functions) (No. 2) Regulations 2019My Lords, I have listened with great care and interest to the speeches of the noble Lords, Lord Hain and Lord Empey. If either noble Lord has any magical formula to restore…09 Sept 2019HANSARDReport Pursuant to Sections 3(1), 3(6), 3(7), 3(8), 3(9) and 3(10) the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019I join other noble Lords in congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Caine, on an excellent speech and on the passion he shows in the interests of the people of Northern Ireland. When…09 Sept 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy Lords, I once again listened with care to the noble Lord, Lord Hain, as he introduced this amendment. On reading it, I was rather alarmed that the words, “through no fault of…17 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy Lords, when I spoke earlier about consulting Assembly Members, I was told I should be speaking to Amendment 16, so I am delighted that the noble Lord, Lord Kerr, knows that I…17 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy Lords, I have no doubt whatever of the sincerity of the noble Lord, Lord Hayward, or of anyone else who has spoken in support of his amendment. I trust he will acknowledge that…17 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy Lords, in the debate on Monday evening I joined many noble Lords in supporting the issues that the noble Lord, Lord Empey, has brought before the House. These amendments…17 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI notice that Amendment 11 often states that the Secretary of State “must” do something, but new subsection (6) states: “The Secretary of State may, by regulations, make any…17 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy Lords, I know that this debate is going on somewhat—I notice some faces that are dismayed that it is doing so—but I had an appointment tomorrow morning with a consultant in the…17 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI am making no comment whatever. I had a long personal relationship with the noble Lord in the Northern Ireland Assembly—we spent many happy occasions together—and I am not making…17 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillThe Minister was talking about 22 to 28 weeks; then he said “the foetus”. A child born at 22 weeks who lives—that is happening; as a minister I have seen and visited many little…17 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy Lords, I join other noble Lords in their support of the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Empey. I do so bearing in mind that these are all devolved issues. Like him,…15 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillMy Lords, I join with my colleagues. I am a signatory to this amendment and rise to support it. Introducing same-sex marriage is a move that has been highly divisive in Northern…15 Jul 2019