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Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 18 April 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Hain.
Statement on Northern Ireland
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
445 c19-35 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Northern Ireland
Wednesday, 19 April 2006
Written statements
House of Lords
Northern Ireland
Wednesday, 19 April 2006
Written statements
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Lord Cormack | 445 c31 (Link to this contribution) I wish the Secretary of State success, but does he accept that there cannot be different standards o...
Lord Hain | 445 c30-1 (Link to this contribution) I agree that it is not only the DUP that has a mandate; of course the SDLP has an important mandate ...

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Lord Hain | 445 c31 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman’s point. I pay particular attention to what he says as he is Chairma...
Peter Robinson | 445 c28-9 (Link to this contribution) May I join others in saying that my colleagues and I are delighted to see you back in your place, Mr...
Lord Hain | 445 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) First, I am sure that the House will join me in wishing the leader of the hon. Gentleman’s party, th...
Speaker | 445 c30 (Link to this contribution) Before I call a Back Bencher, may I ask hon. Members to co-operate by asking the Minister only one s...
Tom Harris | 445 c28 (Link to this contribution) I add my voice to those who have already welcomed you back to the Chair this afternoon, Mr. Speaker....
Lord Hain | 445 c28 (Link to this contribution) I think that it is best if I just say to my hon. Friend, who makes his point with great eloquence an...
Andrew Mackinlay | 445 c33 (Link to this contribution) What about the existing standing orders?
Lord Hain | 445 c33 (Link to this contribution) I am doing very little different from what was decided when the Assembly was first convened. There i...
Andrew Mackinlay | 445 c33 (Link to this contribution) I am surprised that the Secretary of State has decided to name the new Speaker of the Northern Irela...
Lady Hermon | 445 c32 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to see you back in the Chair this afternoon, Mr. Speaker. I am delighted that the Se...
Lord Hain | 445 c32-3 (Link to this contribution) That is not a contradiction. The policy was decided after years of consultation and has widespread s...
Baroness Hoey | 445 c32 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State knows that the Taoiseach held a press conference in Armagh, where he urged th...
Lord Hain | 445 c32 (Link to this contribution) The Taoiseach has answered that question himself by stating that his main disagreement with Sinn Fei...
Marquess of Lothian | 445 c31-2 (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome you back to the Chair, Mr. Speaker. I welcome the Secretary of State’s undertaking ...
Lord Hain | 445 c32 (Link to this contribution) Of course, but, as the right hon. and learned Gentleman knows from his time as a Northern Ireland Mi...
Lord Hain | 445 c31 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that there is any question of a veto. The DUP is a pro-devolution party: it has consi...
Iris Robinson | 445 c35 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State said in his statement, ““Ministers will naturally be willing to take account ...
Lord Hain | 445 c35 (Link to this contribution) On education, if the Assembly can reach a cross-party consensus that seeks to change in some fundame...
Lord Hain | 445 c33 (Link to this contribution) The standing orders will need to be changed for a whole number of reasons that will become apparent ...
Andrew MacKay | 445 c33 (Link to this contribution) While warmly supporting what the Secretary of State is endeavouring to achieve and wishing him well,...
Lord Hain | 445 c33 (Link to this contribution) Clearly, those parties that have consorted with or organised criminality in the past must be treated...
Lord Hain | 445 c34 (Link to this contribution) Let us see what the police say in their investigations about those two matters. As I recall, the las...
Ben Wallace | 445 c34 (Link to this contribution) I noticed that, in answering the questions asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Aylesbury (Mr. Lid...
Lord Hain | 445 c34 (Link to this contribution) As I say, we will have to see what the police say when they have completed their investigations. We ...
Sammy Wilson | 445 c34 (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome you back, Mr. Speaker. I am sure that you are very happy to be released from what I ...
Lord Hain | 445 c35 (Link to this contribution) The statement, which the hon. Lady has just quoted back at me, made it clear that, if there was a cr...
Lord Hain | 445 c25-6 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his opening points. On the hon. Gentleman’s question about ...
Lembit Opik | 445 c26-7 (Link to this contribution) I also thank the Secretary of State for early sight of his statement. The Liberal Democrats welcome...
Lord Hain | 445 c28 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman may think that that is my responsibility, but he represents a party that has pret...
Mark Durkan | 445 c25 (Link to this contribution) I welcome your return to health and work, Mr. Speaker, although I am not sure that we are the most t...
Lord Hain | 445 c23-5 (Link to this contribution) First, I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his good wishes, and for putting it on the recor...
David Lidington | 445 c21-3 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Secretary of State for making this statement at the earliest opportunity after ...
Lord Hain | 445 c19-21 (Link to this contribution) First, let me warmly welcome you back to the joys of Northern Ireland business, Mr. Speaker. I know ...
Alasdair McDonnell | 445 c30 (Link to this contribution) May I add my good wishes to you, Mr. Speaker, on your recovery and return? The Chair seemed a little...
Lord Hain | 445 c27-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that. I can confirm immediately that the talks will be genuinely all-party. Whatev...
Jeremy Corbyn | 445 c31 (Link to this contribution) Mr. Speaker, it is great to see you back and looking so splendid. I hope that you are well. I suppo...
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 445 c33-4 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to see you in your place, Mr. Speaker. Does not the Secretary of State surprise this...
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