Northern Ireland (Interim Arrangements) Bill

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Clause stand part.

Amendmen...

I rise to speak to amendment 6 in my name and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Foyle (Colum ...

I rise to speak to amendment 5, tabled by my party leader, my right hon. Friend the Member for La...

I cannot promise to be quite as brief as my colleague, the hon. Member for Belfast East (Gavin Ro...

Thank you, Madam Chair. [ Interruption. ] Apologies, Dame Rosie, it is hard to remember all the d...

I call the shadow Minister.

I will keep my comments brief as I do not want to repeat what was said on Second Reading. Labour ...

I very much appreciate the contribution everyone has made. Everybody who has spoken in today’s de...

The Minister knows that the DUP tabled amendment 5 and there is a decision to be taken on whether...

Yes, of course. We would be delighted to engage with the hon. Gentleman. We have already said, in...

Is the Minister aware—I cannot remember which year it was, because there have been so many crises...

I confess freely that the hon. Lady has me at a disadvantage. I am grateful to her for that point...

Weary experience.

Yes, and I confess that my mind boggles that such a thing should have happened. Equally, I recogn...

The Bill explicitly gives the Minister, in the absence of Stormont, the powers to use the devolve...

As on the face of the Bill, we will be able to seek advice from officials in the Northern Ireland...

I believe that the hon. Member for Belfast South (Claire Hanna) wishes to withdraw her amendment....

I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Clause ...

I beg to move, That Bill be now read the Third time.

It is not an especially happy occasion...

I call the shadow Secretary of State.

I call the shadow Secretary of State.

I rise briefly to express my gratitude to the Minister for seeing the Bill so deftly through all ...

For such a matter to come up so late in the debate is just one of those things, but I think that ...

On numerous occasions today the Minister has urged the Northern Ireland parties to get back in. I...

Does the hon. Gentleman accept that while the Minister may say that he has built bridges with the...

My job, at times like this, is not to take the opportunity that the right hon. Gentleman has put ...