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HANSARD Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) (No. 2) Billrose —05 Mar 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) (No. 2) BillI am just wondering why so many people would want to bypass Aberdeen that it needs three roads round it.05 Mar 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) (No. 2) BillMay I take the Secretary of State back to where she started, before she began going through the departmental allocations and the detail of the Bill? The whole point—it has been…05 Mar 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) (No. 2) BillGeneral disappointment has been expressed that, for the third year now, expenditure in Northern Ireland is being approved through this unusual process in the House, with little or…05 Mar 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) (No. 2) BillThe hon. Lady mentioned education. In the year for which we are now finalising the accounts, additional money was secured for education. That money was meant to go to frontline…05 Mar 2019HANSARDRelationships and Sex EducationNo, I will not take any interventions, because other people wish to speak. The core issue is the freedom of individuals and families to make decisions about what the appropriate…25 Feb 2019HANSARDRelationships and Sex EducationInitially, the regulations will not apply to Northern Ireland, although I suspect that eventually they will. However, even though they will not apply in my constituency, I…25 Feb 2019HANSARDRelationships and Sex EducationNo, I will not. It is important that the state should not have a monopoly on such issues when it comes to the teaching of youngsters. I thought it significant that many Members…25 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUThe hon. Gentleman has cited the Belfast agreement, and has talked of its falling and smashing on the floor. Will he at least do us the courtesy of reading it? There is no…14 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUMay I welcome the assurances that the Secretary of State gave in a very clear way from the Dispatch Box at the beginning of this debate? The first is that the Government will…14 Feb 2019HANSARD UK’s Withdrawal from the EUThe whole point is that Northern Ireland would be treated separately from the rest of the United Kingdom. That damages the Union. The withdrawal agreement limits our ability to…14 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUThis week, the European Commission published a document spelling out the implications of the withdrawal agreement. It made it quite clear that Northern Ireland would have to…12 Feb 2019HANSARDBorder: Use of TechnologyThis week, the EU chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has indicated that he has a team studying how we could have checks without having any points along the border, including by…30 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018Does the Prime Minister agree that, rather than chasing a fantasy, there is now an opportunity, which Michel Barnier himself presented when he told the Irish Government that the…29 Jan 2019HANSARD Leaving the European UnionI welcome the fact that the Prime Minister has rejected the demands of the leader of the Labour party to raise the white flag in the negotiations by moving the date of leaving the…21 Jan 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland: Security SituationThe current Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has overseen a deterioration in cross-border relations because of his belligerent behaviour towards Britain during the Brexit negotiations.…21 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal CreditI know from my private conversations with the Minister that he genuinely wants this system to work, and I welcome the changes he has made. May I suggest that, when it comes to…14 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActDoes the Secretary of State realise that the withdrawal agreement and especially the backstop arrangement, which would forcibly remove Northern Ireland from the rest of the United…09 Jan 2019