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HANSARD NATO Accession: Sweden and FinlandI thank the Minister for advance sight of her statement. The accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO is an historic decision that is wholeheartedly welcomed by the Labour party.…06 Jul 2022HANSARD Women’s Rights to Reproductive Healthcare: United StatesI am sure the whole House is grateful to my right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame Diana Johnson) for asking the urgent question and to you, Mr Speaker,…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Women’s Rights to Reproductive Healthcare: United Statesrose—28 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillNegotiate—just as Labour did to get the Good Friday agreement. We negotiate. We do not break international law and alienate our partners and allies not just in Europe but across…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI will make some progress.27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillLess than three years ago, the Prime Minister stood at the Dispatch Box seeking to persuade the House to support the withdrawal agreement that he negotiated with the European…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol Billrose—27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI will not; I will make some progress. The Government are bringing the Bill to the House because they object to the text that they negotiated, and the choices that they freely…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI will not at the moment. Let us deal with Northern Ireland first as context. None of us in this House doubts that the situation in Northern Ireland is serious. Opposition Members…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI am grateful for the right hon. Gentleman’s experience in these matters, and indeed when the protocol was being negotiated in the first place. May I say that I met EU ambassadors…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI accept the sincerity with which the hon. Gentleman makes his remarks. Let me just say that they have said that trust is at an all-time low. The question for this House is…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillMy right hon. Friend is exactly right. I have been to Washington on three occasions in the past six months, and I can say that across the political divide, Republicans and…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillThe hon. and learned Lady knows that there is not a serious Queen’s Counsel in the country who would support the use of the doctrine of necessity in the way in which the…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI think that the right hon. Gentleman is putting words in my mouth. Article 16 arises in relation to the defence that the Government suggest: the doctrine of necessity—that is,…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillLet me just make some progress, because I have been on my feet for a long time and lots of hon. Members want to contribute to the debate. Our country’s reputation is a matter…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillThe right hon. Gentleman has, like me, been in this House for many years. This is too serious an issue for any shadow Minister or Minister not to have spent the whole weekend…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillMy hon. Friend makes a very important point. Should this Bill reach Committee stage, I hope that proper scrutiny and consideration will be given to the powers that the Foreign…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI must make some progress, because I am very conscious that we will run out of time. As I have outlined, the Bill is damaging and counterproductive, and it is also unnecessary. We…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillYes, it needs to be improved, but the question is how. What is the best method to achieve that? Is breaking international law and placing ourselves in a situation in which our EU…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillWhat can I say to the hon. Gentleman? The Opposition think that there is a better way forward through negotiation, but at least the proposition that he suggests is legal. I will…27 Jun 2022