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HANSARD Northern IrelandI thank the former Secretary of State for his continued interest in Northern Ireland. I say to him simply that my Ministers in the Democratic Unionist party sat in Stormont for…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI thank the hon. Member for giving way. I just want to say two things: first, the people we trust are the people who elected us to stand for them. Secondly, as the hon. Member…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI welcome what the Secretary of State said yesterday: that we must not allow the threat of EU retaliatory action to influence Ministers in exercising their powers under the…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI will.22 Mar 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Businesses: Access to UK MarketThank you, Mr Speaker. The reality is that Northern Ireland’s place within the UK internal market has not been fully restored by the Windsor framework, because EU law applies to…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI agree with the right hon. Gentleman. That is why we need a solution that enables the United Kingdom Government and this Parliament to regulate the entirety of the United Kingdom…22 Mar 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Businesses: Access to UK MarketBut the reality for my constituents, and businesses such as McCartney’s delicatessen in Moira, is that although they can bring in sausages from Yorkshire or any other part of the…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolOn behalf of the Democratic Unionist party, I should like to add our voice in tribute to the late Betty Boothroyd, who was my first Speaker and a wonderful woman who brought so…27 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI thank the Secretary of State for his reference to the Taste of Ulster event. The distillery that presented the whiskey is Hinch Distillery in my constituency, and the Secretary…22 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI thank the Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee for that point. Of course, Norway is a sovereign country; Northern Ireland is not. Northern Ireland is part of the…22 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend on that. He rightly says that at the heart of this is the need to take Northern Ireland forward on the basis of a cross-community consensus…22 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI echo all right hon. and hon. Members’ tributes to young Dáithí and his family, including his father, Máirtín, who is here with him. I had the pleasure of meeting them both at…22 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsI thank the Prime Minister for his efforts in relation to the Northern Ireland protocol. It is unacceptable that Northern Ireland has been put in this place, with a protocol…22 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention and her continuous interest in Northern Ireland, which I know comes with family connections. She is right to say that we can walk into…22 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI thank my hon. Friend for his comments. He has many farmers and some of the largest agrifood businesses in his constituency, and I know that some of his local farmers have had…22 Feb 2023HANSARDTrade in the UKThe Secretary of State listed the support that the Government are giving to Northern Ireland businesses in relation to the operation of the protocol, and mentioned many millions…08 Feb 2023HANSARDTrade in the UKI thank the Secretary of State for that response. He will be aware that this morning in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom the Court has issued a judgment in relation to the…08 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsI echo the comments of the Prime Minister in relation to Holocaust Memorial Day, and as we think of the situation in Ukraine, we also extend our best wishes to President Zelensky…25 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillI simply rise on behalf of my party to thank the Minister and his officials in the NIO for the work they have done on this Bill. I want to thank Jayne Brady and Neil Gibson in…23 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillI do not dispute the Minister’s figures—my point was not about those figures and I was not challenging them—I was simply pointing out that, in relation to New Decade, New…23 Jan 2023