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HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 3(5)I understand why the Secretary of State is not with us tonight, but can the Minister confirm that there is no part of this country of ours that will be more affected by either a…16 Oct 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 3(5)I think the hon. Lady and I are in agreement. Not enough is being done and the political decision-making capacity is not there. These things are outrageous and tragic in their own…16 Oct 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 3(5)That is important, because the House will address some substantive issues tonight and we need answers. The Minister rightly said it is now over 1,000 days since the Stormont…16 Oct 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 3(5)I begin by asking the Minister to respond to this debate. Many important questions have been asked and will be asked in this debate, and he was not able to respond to the…16 Oct 2019HANSARD Business StatementI thank the Leader of the House for his courtesy in making this statement. He rightly has a reputation for being courteous, but the report to which tomorrow’s debate refers is not…15 Oct 2019HANSARD Irish Border: Customs ArrangementsLet us return to the question of the Irish border, because it matters. The Good Friday agreement was a guarantor that we had moved beyond the period of conflict. What we are…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Irish Border: Customs ArrangementsYou don’t believe that.01 Oct 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 7May I begin by repeating what the Secretary of State has just said, because we can ask no more of the victims, and obviously we can ask no more of Lord Justice Hart. The report…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 7That puts into context the unfortunate remarks last week of the Attorney General, who told us that this Parliament had no moral basis. This Parliament has enormous moral compass,…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 7I think that, regrettably, things are more complicated than that. I will say to the hon. Gentleman, however, that if the commitment is there to see Stormont back in operation, we…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 7The hon. Lady has made a powerful point. I share her regret—I suppose that that is the right word—that Lord Justice Hart is not around to see the conclusion of his work, but we…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Wrightbus (Ballymena)May I join the hon. Member for North Antrim (Ian Paisley) in underlining the importance of this issue? For Ballymena, the loss of 1,200 high-paid, high-skilled jobs is enormous;…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 3(2)I am grateful to the Secretary of State, because I am confident that he meant what he has said. I hope that, between us, we can see a move away from a no-deal Brexit, but in the…09 Sept 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 3(2)I understand what the right hon. Gentleman said. I simply say that it is a shame that proper investigation did not take place at the time. He will agree, as a former soldier, that…09 Sept 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 3(2)I have some difficult news for the right hon. Gentleman. The disillusionment in democratic institutions stretches across all communities in Northern Ireland, including in his…09 Sept 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 3(2)I would like to begin by making the very obvious point to the Secretary of State that had he been consulted on the question of Prorogation, and had his advice, if he had been…09 Sept 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 3(2)I would say to the right hon. Gentleman that the members of his own party who are taking part in the negotiations have a duty on them. Yes, of course, that duty extends to…09 Sept 2019HANSARD Northern IrelandI welcome the Secretary of State to his role and his appearance at the Dispatch Box. He will know that Northern Ireland is in a unique position in the United Kingdom: it has no…05 Sept 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland(Urgent Question) : To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will respond to the urgent question of which I have given prior notice?05 Sept 2019HANSARD Northern IrelandThank you, Mr Speaker. The Secretary of State was very candid in his admission that he was not consulted about Prorogation. Important decisions have to be made about Northern…05 Sept 2019