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HANSARDRelationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023Having been a governor of several schools, I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s intervention because it allows me to say that as chair of a school for seven years, I can tell…26 Jun 2023HANSARDPower SharingI am grateful for the Secretary of State’s detailed answer. There are ways forward that the DUP and other parties have supported, but the Government have chosen a different path.…21 Jun 2023HANSARDPower SharingToday is a day of reflection across Northern Ireland, and I share the Secretary of State’s support for those who are participating. The Secretary of State has said that the…21 Jun 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Interim Arrangements) BillI thank the Minister for setting out the measures in the Bill. We will not oppose it, as it is necessary to allow civil servants to keep running Departments in Northern Ireland in…10 May 2023HANSARDPower SharingThe Government’s analysis of why power sharing collapsed is that, under the Good Friday agreement, the rights and aspirations of some parts of the community were being undermined.…10 May 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Interim Arrangements) BillMy job, at times like this, is not to take the opportunity that the right hon. Gentleman has put before me, but to stand to one side and allow this conversation to unfold between…10 May 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Interim Arrangements) BillOn numerous occasions today the Minister has urged the Northern Ireland parties to get back in. It is my job to hold his feet to the fire as well, and to point out that he, as a…10 May 2023HANSARDPower SharingWe have recently been reminded of some of the lessons from the Good Friday agreement. One such is the importance of structures to delivering successful negotiations. The Windsor…10 May 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Interim Arrangements) BillI rise briefly to express my gratitude to the Minister for seeing the Bill so deftly through all its stages today, and also to share his thanks to those who made it happen and…10 May 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Interim Arrangements) BillI am repeating what I said because I am not sure that the Secretary of State was paying as much attention as he might have done at the time. I said: “The longer the Executive are…10 May 2023HANSARD Belfast/Good Friday Agreement: 25th AnniversaryIt is a pleasure to follow the Secretary of State, who made a thoughtful, considered and important speech from which we can all benefit. Let me also thank him for putting forward…30 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandMy right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Holborn and St Pancras (Keir Starmer), the leader of my party, said in January that any protocol deal struck between the UK…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI am grateful for that, because we will be getting to it. [Interruption.] It is interesting that Conservative Members want me to speed up but they keep intervening. I will get…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandFirst, I thank the right hon. Lady for her time as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. I readily acknowledge that many people made peace possible in Northern Ireland 25 years…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s intervention and for the opportunity to have this exchange, as it gives me the opportunity to say something. I can only speak for the Labour…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandIt does show that negotiating and talking delivers more than rowing, but it also shows that people should think carefully about what they vote for in the first place. It is a…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandThe right hon. Gentleman makes the argument for why he should have voted against the protocol in the first place. Labour Members did oppose the protocol when it was imposed, but…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s intervention and pleased that he recognised the legitimate concerns of the Democratic Unionist party. All of us, right across the UK, want to…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention and for coming to a similar view to the Labour party. He is a Scottish MP, and I want to express my sympathies with…22 Mar 2023HANSARDBelfast Agreement AnniversaryI am grateful for the Secretary of State’s words. The PSNI will also need support after Air Force One departs. Due to a funding shortfall, officer numbers will soon fall to a…22 Mar 2023