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HANSARD Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No. 3)May I invite my hon. Friend to remind the House and the country that the instincts of the Government sitting behind this Act were benign and in support of public health, not…19 Oct 2021HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill (Instruction)The hon. Gentleman will know that many Government Members had serious concerns about Prorogation at the time of which he speaks, but does he not accept that we are now back in…13 Sept 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin) for instigating the debate. It is nice to see a mainstream debate on the affairs of Northern…15 Jul 2021HANSARD Legacy of Northern Ireland’s PastMy right hon. Friend should be commended for trying once again, as others have done, to resolve legacy. As we do so, can we resolve not to use the language—I know that he has not…14 Jul 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillI welcome the speech made by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State. I particularly echo his welcome and congratulations to the right hon. Member for Lagan Valley (Sir…22 Jun 2021HANSARDNegotiations: Lord Frost and the European CommissionLike the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry), Jo Cox was in my intake in 2015. She was a sparkling light among us and we miss her enormously. I…16 Jun 2021HANSARDBallymurphy Inquest FindingsThis is clearly a tremendously emotional moment. I thank the Secretary of State for prior notice of his statement and for its tone and its contents. For many, the events of which…13 May 2021HANSARDRecent DisorderMay I associate myself, as others have, with the remarks that the Secretary of State made with regard to the horrible and horrific event yesterday in Dungiven? That and recent…21 Apr 2021HANSARDNorthern IrelandI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. I echo the comments of the shadow Secretary of State. Our thoughts and prayers are with the injured PSNI officers and the vast…13 Apr 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolThank you, Mr Speaker. May I say to my right hon. Friend that it is not the what but the how? The Government did not reluctantly inherit the protocol; they authored it jointly…10 Mar 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationMay I echo the thanks to the hon. Member for Bristol South (Karin Smyth) and welcome the hon. Member for Pontypridd (Alex Davies-Jones) to her Opposition Front-Bench duties? I…03 Mar 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: ImplementationI am sure my right hon. Friend will agree that we have to make the protocol work and work well, but the window for doing so is small and shrinking. May I urge him during this…02 Feb 2021HANSARDPayment Scheme for Victims of the TroublesMay I first, on behalf of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, echo my right hon. Friend’s opening comments this morning? I welcome, too, as he has, the movement on the…20 Jan 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol: Disruption to TradeWe clearly must make the protocol work and work well. It seems to me, certainly from evidence that the Select Committee has been hearing, that many of the problems have been…13 Jan 2021HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementI thank and congratulate my right hon. Friend on arriving at the position that he has. The Good Friday agreement is protected, the Union has been secured and, more importantly,…09 Dec 2020HANSARDStructural and Investment Funding: Transition PeriodDoes my right hon. Friend agree that any spending requirements and demands made by and within Northern Ireland would be enhanced and likely to receive a more welcome ear in the…02 Dec 2020HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentThe Secretary of State has announced a very difficult decision, which he will know is not without consequences. Like many with an interest in the affairs of Northern Ireland, my…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: Implementation ProposalsIt is 43 days until 31 December and covid-hit businesses are exasperated —and I share that exasperation. Every witness the Select Committee on Northern Ireland Affairs has heard…18 Nov 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU without a DealMay I wish you a happy first anniversary in the Chair, Mr Speaker? Criminality, smuggling and modern slavery, as my hon. Friend knows, cannot be the winners in a no-deal Brexit…04 Nov 2020HANSARDNew Decade, New Approach: ImplementationCovid and Brexit are of course the headline acts—my right hon. Friend is right—but the NDNA cannot be forgotten. The Government response to our Northern Ireland Affairs Committee…30 Sept 2020