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HANSARDDraft Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2022This is an uncontroversial measure, but I agree with the hon. Member for Hove: it is vital that functional Government is restored in Northern Ireland. We agree about restoring the…17 Oct 2022HANSARDDraft Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2022. Mrs Murray, it is a particular…17 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]I would certainly be glad to meet the hon. Gentleman, and I am confident that he knows that I did write to offer meetings shortly after I took up my post.12 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]I will deal with that point more fully later on, but I put on record on behalf of the Government that we have absolutely no intention whatsoever of behaving in that way, as is the…12 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]What a debate it has been. It has been really excellent—wide-ranging; at times hopeful and optimistic; at times reflective and reassuring; at times, it must be said, fearful and…12 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]I will come to the hon. Gentleman, but I have to say that I hear what he says about the need for parity in powers. I absolutely look forward to meeting him and his colleagues, and…12 Oct 2022HANSARDIdentity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]I am most grateful. On step-in powers, can I just say, as I said in an intervention, that the Government would not wish to intervene routinely in devolved matters? The use of the…12 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolI think we can all agree that the protocol, as it stands today, has become a thorn in the side of relations between us and Ireland, and indeed a thorn in Ireland’s side as it…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillIs it not the case that negotiations directly between Parliaments—that is the effect of what the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas) says—on any international…06 Sept 2022HANSARDNew Low-Carbon Technologies10. What steps he is taking to support new low-carbon technologies.07 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Low-Carbon TechnologiesI am very keen to help the Government find viable paths to net zero, which is why I took a meeting with a firm that has developed a route to continuous power from tidal basins.…07 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillWill my right hon. Friend give way? I did ask another question on this point.06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend. The other question was, where are these sites, and why are they necessary? What is the standard of the places in which people are being…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillAs we go about our often quite routine duties as Members of Parliament dealing with some quite bread-and-butter issues, it is easy to forget that we may sometimes be the object of…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillWhen my right hon. Friend and I were first elected, she will remember that terrorism prevention and investigation measures were highly controversial. Would she say something about…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillThe right hon. Lady makes an important point about the foreign agents registration scheme. Will she join me in encouraging my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary to consider…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillI absolutely support what my right hon. Friend says about the 1989 Act, section 1(1) of which states: “A person who is or has been…a member of the security and intelligence…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillThank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. It is a wonderful birthday present to rise to support the Government on this important and interesting legislation, which I am grateful to…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillThe right hon. Gentleman is making some very good points. I rather imagine that the damage that could be caused by an unlawful disclosure could include people losing their lives,…06 Jun 2022HANSARD National Security BillI have read enough of the various documents to know that the right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, and I am glad to agree with him. I do not want to open up too many old…06 Jun 2022