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HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I begin by asking the leave of the House to take all stages of the Bill. The Secretary of State sends his apologies; I am…23 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillThe right hon. Gentleman makes some legitimate points. The particular point about mandatory coalition is of course an important part of the Belfast/Good Friday agreement strand 1,…23 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Budget BillI will give to the right hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson) and then to my hon. Friend the Member for North Dorset (Simon Hoare), but then I will try to make a bit of…23 Jan 2023HANSARDTrade with Rest of UKThe Government have committed to ensuring unfettered access for Northern Ireland businesses to the rest of the United Kingdom market. We have therefore not implemented export…14 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade with Rest of UKI am most grateful to my hon. Friend. It is, of course, unacceptable that essential goods such as seed potatoes, used successfully in Northern Ireland for generations, can no…14 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade with Rest of UKI am sorry to say that I have not seen that data this morning. I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for highlighting it; I shall be certain to look it up and reflect on it. I am…14 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade with Rest of UKI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for the clear stance he has taken on the protocol—no one, including across the European Union, can mistake it. It has become clear that…14 Dec 2022HANSARDTrade with Rest of UKThe Secretary of State and I agree that that is what we are trying to negotiate. If we are not able to negotiate it, it will be what we seek to deliver through our Bill, which…14 Dec 2022HANSARDElectronic Travel Authorisation: Impact on TravelI agree with my hon. Friend, and I pay tribute to him as an outstanding former Immigration Minister. Of course, we will be respecting the common travel area. There will be no…14 Dec 2022HANSARDElectronic Travel Authorisation: Impact on TravelWe speak regularly with a spectrum of businesses and organisations in Northern Ireland, and I would like to repeat the assurances that we have given about electronic travel…14 Dec 2022HANSARDElectronic Travel Authorisation: Impact on TravelWe have been engaging with Tourism Northern Ireland. Home Office colleagues have begun that engagement, and of course we will engage widely with everybody who is interested in…14 Dec 2022HANSARDElectronic Travel Authorisation: Impact on TravelWe will continue discussions with Tourism Northern Ireland, but as I said, clear communication is what is needed to make sure that people meet the requirements to enter the UK. We…14 Dec 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Billrose —29 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillIn speaking in favour of clause 1 standing part of the Bill, I do not propose to go through the Bill clause by clause and elaborate on its purpose, because the Secretary of State…29 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillAbsolutely no problem. We will implement that as the hon. Gentleman suggests.29 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillYes, we published the guidance as my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State was making his opening remarks. I draw the House’s attention to paragraph 15 of the draft guidance,…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillHe went to the conference in Blackpool.29 Nov 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillThe hon. Member has won the argument, and I can tell her that we are making enormous progress towards delivering abortion. The Government can confirm that services will be…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillMy goodness, what an excellent debate this has been. The hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) told us why we are here. “We are here because we do not have an Executive,” he…29 Nov 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillThe right hon. Gentleman makes his point with great clarity and force, but I think he encourages me to stray a little too far from the Bill on this occasion. If I recall…29 Nov 2022