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HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and for the comments he made earlier, which I learned a great deal from. I see this going forward via the Northern Ireland…26 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]I congratulate the Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office, the hon. Member for Wycombe (Mr Baker), on retaining his position on the Front Bench. I am sure that he had an…26 Oct 2022HANSARDDraft Flags (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary, I believe for the first time. The Committee will be pleased to hear that I will keep my comments brief. In Northern…17 Oct 2022HANSARDDraft Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Murray, for the first time, and I hope not for the last. I also commend the Minister for his maiden statutory instrument…17 Oct 2022HANSARDCost of LivingThe only long-term solution to this crisis is a more sustainable energy policy, which the Government have failed to deliver for 12 years. In 2017, Nicola Sturgeon announced a…12 Oct 2022HANSARDCost of LivingThe shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh South (Ian Murray), has a long-standing family commitment, which is why the privilege of asking…12 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]I would like to begin by passing on my condolences and that of the Labour party for the 10 people who were tragically killed last week in Creeslough. I would also like to thank…12 Oct 2022HANSARDDevolved GovernmentThe former Foreign Secretary stopped protocol negotiations back in February. Now that she is Prime Minister, her team has been briefing conflicting reports about her intentions.…07 Sept 2022HANSARDDevolved GovernmentI welcome the new Secretary of State to his place and pay tribute to both of the Northern Ireland Secretaries that we have had since July. I particularly pay tribute to his…07 Sept 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillAfter I have made this point, I will, because I am always interested in the hon. Member’s views on this issue. What the Government are proposing would impose additional layers of…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI am always very grateful to my right hon. Friend for his interventions in these debates; they always add a great deal. He has, with his forensic mind, picked a situation that…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillIt would be a pleasure.19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI beg to move amendment 37, page 7, line 10, leave out “the Minister considers appropriate” and insert “is necessary”. This amendment changes the threshold for giving a Minister…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillThank you Dame Eleanor; it is a privilege to serve under your chairship this afternoon. We are now covering clauses 12 and 17, which deal with subsidies and VAT. These are complex…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI am very grateful for that intervention. For the record, I think that all the interventions I receive here are helpful. They are certainly in the spirit of the debate that this…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillAgain, I will not repeat the debate from the first day of Committee, when all those issues were explored in detail. It is a shame to hear the hon. Gentleman say that of the former…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI am going to move on, because we need to stick to the clauses before us. I will give way once, but I promise, Mr Evans, that I will then crack on with the business before us.19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillOf course I will give way, but I will not rehearse the debates of the previous two days.19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillFirst, I am slightly disappointed that the right hon. Gentleman did not take the opportunity to correct the record from his previous intervention. My stance and that of the Labour…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillIt is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship once again, Mr Evans. I shall start by responding to a point made by the right hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson). To…19 Jul 2022