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HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillThe right hon. Gentleman is being generous with his time, but he might be using the wrong tense. I always hesitate to disagree with him, but I think trust has been restored.…22 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillGiven the examples of flexibility, change and evolution that the right hon. Gentleman has highlighted, does he agree with me, and with a growing body of opinion, that the legal…22 Feb 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget Billrose—23 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillIf the hon. Member would like to set out in a short email or letter to the Committee the scope of the inquiry that he envisages and the reasons that underpin it, I will take that…23 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillMy hon. Friend will probably know that the Select Committee was in Northern Ireland last week. I think this endorses and underscores the point he was making a moment or so ago, as…23 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillI understand why the right hon. Gentleman is trying to say what I said, but I am afraid he is missing the mark. What I actually said, if he had heard me, was that I appreciate…23 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillThe point about the democratic deficit is important, as everybody would understand. Does the right hon. Gentleman share my understanding that both Westminster and the EU are very…23 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillI very much agree, and I wrote to the PSNI only today, following our visit, asking it to put in writing in more detailed terms what we heard last week, so that the Select…23 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillIt is a pleasure to follow the shadow Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Hove (Peter Kyle). I think we could have waved at each other last week when he was trapped somewhere…23 Jan 2023HANSARDFair Taxation of Schools and Education Standards CommitteeIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for West Ham (Ms Brown), who spoke with her usual passion and great knowledge of her constituency. There are a few of us in the Chamber…11 Jan 2023HANSARDFair Taxation of Schools and Education Standards CommitteeIt all sounds absolutely fantastic, but the shadow Minister is hiding his light under a bushel. If that is not on his Labour party website and if his Leader has not mentioned…11 Jan 2023HANSARDFair Taxation of Schools and Education Standards CommitteeThere will be nobody who does not agree with the basic premise that we want to see excellence in all of our schools. Can the hon. Lady explain why she thinks she needs a Select…11 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportMicro and small businesses are the lifeblood of my constituency. Many of those businesses will be off grid and will be using oil. I welcome my hon. Friend’s statement, but can he…09 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland ExecutiveAt the time of a cost of living crisis, clearly, too many people are feeling the adverse effect of the absence of Stormont. If my right hon. Friend has not seen it, could he look…14 Dec 2022HANSARD Government PPE ContractsWas everything that was done, done perfectly? No, and no doubt all the lessons will be learned but, as the Minister says, we would all be well advised to remember, because it was…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillI agree with my right hon. and learned Friend. We have sought to be equal across the piece. On a personal note, I have some considerable sympathy with those MLAs who have made…29 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillI said the Assembly had nothing to do with the negotiation of the protocol. That is reserved to Ministers in this place. On the implementation, of course, the right hon. Gentleman…29 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillI will not give way, because I want to be quick. That is the principle underlying these amendments. I hope the Secretary of State will use his powers and use them speedily,…29 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillI rise to speak, Dame Rosie, while trying to maintain my composure, having been rejected by the Minister of State, but I am sure that both he and I will cope. I wish to speak in…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillI think we all take the point about Sainsbury’s, but may I respectfully say to the right hon. Gentleman that what he says sounds very much like a moving of the goalposts? When he…29 Nov 2022