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HANSARDNorthern Ireland BorderThe author of this present problem is the Prime Minister. At a time when Northern Ireland is looming into a real crisis, not simply because of the actions of Edwin Poots but…03 Feb 2022HANSARD UK-Andean Trade Agreement: Human RightsI am grateful for the hon. Member’s support. He is absolutely right. I will continue on exactly that theme. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has information…02 Feb 2022HANSARD UK-Andean Trade Agreement: Human RightsMy hon. Friend makes a powerful case. That someone was shot for being a trade unionist going about trade union activities is simply an outrage. The right to life is a fundamental…02 Feb 2022HANSARD UK-Andean Trade Agreement: Human RightsThat is almost exactly where I want to end. We have got to an agreement. The Government and the Opposition agree that human rights, labour standards and environmental standards…02 Feb 2022HANSARD UK-Andean Trade Agreement: Human RightsI beg to move, That this House has considered human rights and the UK-Andean Trade Agreement. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. This debate concerns…02 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Government Ministers will know that bus manufacture is an important skilled employment base in the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The zero-emission bus…01 Feb 2022HANSARDVeterans: Protection from ProsecutionThe Secretary of State rightly made his comments about Bloody Sunday at the beginning of his remarks, but he will recognise that it took nearly 40 years for the Saville inquiry to…26 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. The country will be astonished by the Minister’s answer on the TRIPS waiver. If it is right that nobody is safe until the whole world is vaccinated, how is it that the United…25 Jan 2022HANSARD Coronavirus Grant Schemes: FraudThe Minister shows a degree of nervous embarrassment but very little by way of contrition. Companies in my constituency face closure because they are struggling. What would that…18 Jan 2022HANSARD English Football League Governance: Derby County FCI wholeheartedly endorse the remarks of the hon. Member for Bury North (James Daly). The Minister makes the point that there are good owners of football clubs and there are.…18 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventAround 20 May, my life was saved by doctors, nurses and non-medical staff who came forward, often without personal protective equipment, and were prepared to take that risk…11 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. The rise of terrorism in sub-Saharan Africa is continuing and poses a strategic threat to the United Kingdom. In that context—given that the United States is probably…10 Jan 2022HANSARDRail Infrastructure1. What plans the Government have to provide funding for rail infrastructure in Wales.05 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateWill the Prime Minister make it very clear to some of his Back Benchers that a strategy for living with covid cannot include every hospital in Greater Manchester being unable to…05 Jan 2022HANSARDRail InfrastructureHappy new year to you, Mr Speaker, and to all those involved with the House. You will know, Mr Speaker, that the north Wales economy is massively integrated with the economy of…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementHappy new year, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Secretary of State will know that at some point we will need to have a sanitary and phytosanitary agreement with the EU; that is in the…05 Jan 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: Veterinary AgreementThe hon. Member is absolutely right. It is possible to transport used farm equipment without the need for many checks, and yet a packet of seeds, which is produced in a controlled…15 Dec 2021HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: Veterinary AgreementI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of securing a veterinary agreement in the Northern Ireland Protocol. It is a genuine pleasure to serve under your…15 Dec 2021HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: Veterinary AgreementCould the hon. Member remind us who negotiated the trade and co-operation agreement? Who put the protocol into it?15 Dec 2021HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol: Veterinary AgreementI am following the hon. Member’s speech very carefully. When he talks about the renegotiation of the protocol, even if that is desirable that will probably be a very long-term…15 Dec 2021