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HANSARDRestoration of Power SharingThere is a big opportunity over the coming weeks to restore the Northern Ireland Executive. Does the Secretary of State agree with me that key to that is the UK, Dublin and the EU…06 Sept 2023HANSARDPolice Service of Northern Ireland: Security and Data Protection BreachPSNI officers face significant physical risks, but they also face significant reputational and relationship risk when they are revealed to be members of the PSNI. The Catholic…04 Sept 2023HANSARDCovid 19 Inquiry: Judicial ReviewCan I urge the Minister to build not on the legal aspects of this statement but on the discussions with the inquiry? How can the Government build trust with the inquiry—it has a…05 Jun 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandWill my right hon. Friend reconfirm, first, that the Stormont brake stops and gives total control to the Assembly in Northern Ireland on any new EU law or regulation; and,…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandSome things never change, but I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his continued monomaniacal focus on this issue. I also want to acknowledge the work done by hon. Members in…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandI welcome today’s debate and vote. The Windsor framework has my full support. I also welcome the fact that the Labour party, the Lib Dems and almost the SNP, I think, are…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern IrelandOn that point, and in respect of any other improvements or changes that need to be made, does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the best way to exert influence now is for…22 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolI join the tributes to John Caldwell, who was shot in front of his son while loading footballs into his car after training kids at a football match in Omagh last week. I welcome…27 Feb 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillIt is worth confirming to the House that all MLAs, from whatever party—even if some of those parties do not want to be part of the Executive—are working on their constituency…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillI support this proposed legislation. We had the bandages in New Decade, New Approach of keeping Ministers in place after the Executive fell, and we are now on to the elastoplast.…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?29 Nov 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillDoes my right hon. Friend agree that the EU, on the issue of medicines, did show flexibility this year, and did start to move into the area that we were discussing earlier—the…29 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We are in the last-chance saloon. We have all seen that political decision making on public services is required now. There is a short period,…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Derry Addiction CentreWill the hon. Member talk a little more about the team behind Northlands? I recall from my time as Secretary of State that it is not a commercial or money-making enterprise; it is…02 Nov 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]May I add to the comments of the hon. Member for Hove (Peter Kyle) about the tragedy in Creeslough? I welcome the Bill that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has brought…12 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]It was key during the negotiation that neither of the commissioners had the right to promote, and the hon. Member’s party and others—including the DUP—were correct in ensuring…12 Oct 2022HANSARDInflationCan the Minister confirm that the Government will not balance the forthcoming tax cuts on the backs of the poorest people in our country?11 Oct 2022HANSARD Energy Prices: Support for BusinessI welcome my right hon. Friend’s package, which is already having an effect in North Yorkshire—Angus Fire, in the small town of Bentham, emailed this morning to thank him for this…22 Sept 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesI welcome the new Secretary of State. I hope he has had time to savour those moments of ecstatic relief upon realising, as a former Chief Whip, that he no longer has…07 Sept 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillJust on a point of clarification for the Committee, if the Northern Ireland Assembly is not up and running, the provisions in the Bill state that when the consent vote comes, the…13 Jul 2022