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HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolAs I have said, research co-operation is one of the many areas where we continue to co-operate with the EU. Our focus today is on the Windsor framework to ensure that we can…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolI am happy to look at that—I think that list already exists—but the key thing is exactly that: it is less than 3%. It is there in black and white—I am not pretending it is not…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolIt will depend on what the manufacturer is producing. For a large chunk of manufacturing goods, there are no international or EU standards; they are all produced to UK standards,…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolI am glad that the hon. Gentleman has recognised how powerful the Stormont brake is. It is absolutely right given the unique circumstances in Northern Ireland that it does have…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolCan I thank my hon. Friend for his support? It is an area that I know he knows well, and I can give him that assurance. We will continue to engage, as we have done, with all…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolOn the hon. Gentleman’s last point, the whole point of the Stormont brake is that he does have control over those laws. I hope that when he engages with the detail of it, he will…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolI would say to the hon. Gentleman that I have spent a lot of time, care and attention listening to, and engaging with, the concerns of Unionism in Northern Ireland—their concerns…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolNo. It is that approach—talking about it in the hon. Lady’s terms—that creates the uncertainty. It is a perfectly reasonable thing for the United Kingdom to re-examine all the…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolWith the greatest respect, I would say to my right hon. Friend that this is also about the people of Northern Ireland. It is about the communities in Northern Ireland and the…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolThis is incredibly important. What we should be focused on is Stormont being up and running. The people of Northern Ireland need and deserve their institutions to be functioning…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolI do believe that the new arrangement we have made—the Windsor framework—provides the basis for peace, prosperity and stability in Northern Ireland. That is why I have brought it…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolI thank my hon. Friend for his warm words of support and assure him that the Foreign Secretary, in particular, is intensely engaged with his counterparts in Spain to try to find a…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point from his experience as a Home Office Minister. He is absolutely right that we need to enforce these lanes; that is the assurance that we…27 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. and learned Gentleman is jumping ahead. We are still in intensive discussions with the European Union to ensure that we can find an agreement that meets the tests…22 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question and for the role that he has played in recent months in articulating Unionists’ concerns. I have heard him loud and clear when he…22 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe best way to ensure that children do not grow up in poverty is to make sure that they do not grow up in a workless household. That is why I am proud that, under the record of…22 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsI join my hon. Friend in commending all her local sporting organisations for the job they do. She is absolutely right that prevention is better than cure, and ensuring that we can…22 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsMy right hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right that we need to keep going, but he is also right that we need to find enduring solutions to the challenges faced by the people…22 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Lady for raising this issue, and express my sympathies to Brianna’s family and friends for what has happened. I know the hon. Lady will be playing her part in her…22 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsFirst, I welcome my hon. Friend back to her place. I know that this issue concerns her and her constituents, which is why we must absolutely stop the boats and stem the tide of…22 Feb 2023