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HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI am listening with great interest to the series of amendments that my right hon. and learned Friend has been dealing with and asking Members to withdraw. Has he noticed that…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillCan the hon. Gentleman explain how it is right for the voters of Northern Ireland to be subjugated to laws that are passed in the Council of Ministers behind closed doors, without…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol Billrose—13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillSection 38 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 includes the word “notwithstanding”. In relation to section 38(2)(b), the use of that word applies to direct…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI think that would be fine at this stage. My hon. Friend refers to “grave and imminent peril”. Does he not agree that at the heart of this entire problem lies the issue of the…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy hon. Friend is referring to certain tests of a reputational character, so I would be grateful if he would tell the Committee what those tests are right now.13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol Billrose —13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol Billrose —13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillOn Second Reading, the right hon. Gentleman and I had an exchange on the democratic deficit. There is also the question of scrutiny. In terms of the political institutions and the…13 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol Billrose —27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillDoes the right hon. Gentleman accept, as he said earlier, that a serious democratic deficit exists at the moment in the making of laws by European institutions—in the Council of…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillThis Bill stands behind the Union, and the Union itself is dependent on the sovereignty of the United Kingdom Parliament. These are fundamental constitutional issues, on which the…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillIs the hon. Gentleman aware that in 1937 de Valera himself actually tore up the Anglo-Irish treaty in exactly the same kind of way as he is accusing other people of doing?27 Jun 2022HANSARDBill of RightsDoes my right hon. Friend accept that there will be many who will be extremely glad that he has now introduced his Bill of Rights? It means, as he said just now, that our…22 Jun 2022HANSARD EU Retained LawMay I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the enormous progress he is making with respect to the freedoms Bill, and the opportunities that it will give the United Kingdom to…22 Jun 2022HANSARD High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) BillI am listening with great interest to what the hon. Gentleman is saying, as I did to the Minister. On the question of the financing, I happened to be sitting on the train from…20 Jun 2022HANSARD High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) BillI would be amiss if I did not point out that in my constituency, where HS2 is proposed to go from top to bottom, the experience of consultation, communication and the manner in…20 Jun 2022HANSARD High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) BillThe hon. Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi) had the brass neck to refer to this strike as a Tory rail strike. I have never seen a rail strike more inspired by the Labour party than any…20 Jun 2022HANSARD Point of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I wish to put on record my congratulations to the Government on bringing in the Bill.13 Jun 2022