Statement on Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
445 c19-35 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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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