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HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillThe point I am making is quite clear. There is a difference of opinion here, and I think it is unwise to reject out of hand the representative body for the dairy sector in…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI am not quite sure where to start with that intervention. The right hon. Gentleman suggests we take the instance of my community in Hove and Portslade, on the sunny Sussex…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI am certainly very grateful for the intervention, and to the witness for giving the benefit of his insight, wisdom and experience to a Select Committee of the House—insight…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI am grateful for the intervention. I make two simple points: first, I used the word “could” encounter, not “would” or “be compelled” to encounter. Secondly, let us take a…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillAgain, my right hon. Friend makes a fundamental point about the weakness of the Bill. It is basically a one-sentence Bill. Paragraph (a) in clause 1 states that the Bill “provides…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillThe Minister has clarified that the Government would not act on a whim. However, she did so by saying, in essence, that they would not act on a whim, but they had the power to do…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillThe hon. Member talks about what I said, but all I did was quote the words of the Dairy Council for Northern Ireland; I was not expressing my views. When I talk about an industry…19 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillIt was a Labour Government who delivered the framework for the Good Friday agreement in the first place. We respect devolution to Northern Ireland. The key thing is that, yes,…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillWhy?13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillNew Zealand has been able to negotiate quite diligently and swiftly a veterinary agreement with the European Union. Turkey has been able to agree a customs arrangement with the…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI am going to finish now, so that we can hear directly from Conservative Members. We have always to remember that the Conservative party was the one that enabled, delivered and…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI suggest that had the Prime Minister gone to live in Northern Ireland and gone to camp out there—bearing in mind that he is the person who went to Northern Ireland and promised…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillNo, I have given way once. The hon. Gentleman is seeking to catch the Deputy Speaker’s eye, and I look forward to his contribution. New clause 10 would ensure that all legal…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her thoughtful contribution; I know that she cares deeply about these issues. Since I have been in this job I have striven, as I hope my…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI will give way, but then I will make some progress, because I am very keen to hear from other Members.13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillNo, I will not give way. If the right hon. Gentleman were really committed to this issue, he would not have walked in halfway through and started intervening on people. The time…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI certainly will not be giving way to someone who did not show the courtesy to be here for the whole debate.13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI certainly do support the new clauses and the amendments that I am putting forward, which I believe will go some way towards fixing the problem, and of course I will, in the hon.…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillThe question that the hon. Gentleman is asking is three years too late. It should have been asked as the Government were negotiating, proposing and delivering the protocol in the…13 Jul 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI am grateful that you are in the Chair today, Dame Eleanor, and that I have the opportunity to speak in this debate. As the new Secretary of State, the right hon. Member for…13 Jul 2022