Northern Ireland

I will correct the record: all that is required is a simple majority, just as the hon. Gentleman ...

When I last asked him in the House, the Secretary of State assured us that this House can now leg...

I refer my right hon. Friend to the table on page 4 of the Command Paper, which answers his quest...

No, I have had an answer on that.

If my right hon. Friend will agree, I would like to have a meeting with him, because I am very cl...

Let me reassure the Minister that the Secretary of State gave me a very clear assurance in this H...

The Secretary of State has made that clear, but I have some nervousness when talking to my right ...

Does the Minister of State join me in welcoming the fact that we currently have the first applica...

I am most grateful to the right hon. Member. Of course I welcome these arrangements. I was very p...

Will the Minister give way?

I will give way once more, but I think I should then make a little more progress.

The Minister does not want to be in a position where he is the gift that keeps on giving to certa...

The assurance was given on VAT, and I stand by that assurance. Before this moment, I was not awar...

rose—

I must give way to the hon. Member once more, but then I think I will finish.

The point is actually in the Humble Address—and the Government seem to be going out of their way ...

Strand 1 is of course a matter for the United Kingdom, and while Northern Ireland is within the U...

Will the Minister give way?

Oh my word: we are going to have a general debate on the Belfast/Good Friday agreement.

I am grateful to the Minister. His remark about ensuring that this works for all our citizens has...

I am most grateful—although after this I will plunge further into my speech, because I want to co...

Will the Minister give way?

I said that I was going to press on, but my colleague is the first Conservative Member to interve...

I am grateful to the Minister. The hon. Member for Foyle (Colum Eastwood) earlier described the s...

I certainly agree about the extraordinary opportunity before Northern Ireland.

The Belfast/...

I am heartened to hear what the Minister has said about the importance of the east-west connectio...

I know we will hear from my hon. Friend many times on these issues, and he has a great deal to co...

Whether this Humble Address is or is not a love letter to anyone, I will leave for others to deba...

The right hon. Gentleman has rightly identified one of the impacts of the Windsor framework and t...

The first point I would make to the right hon. Gentleman is that the three examples I have just g...

The shadow Secretary of State is absolutely right. That is why, in our seven tests, we talked abo...

May I say to the right hon. Gentleman that we have just had a wonderful example of the persuasive...

I have almost lost count of the number of times I have taken to my feet in this Chamber to say th...

Part of the engagement that the hon. Gentleman and I have had together was on his visit to my con...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. Yes, when we put the constitution to one side, ...

I thank the Minister of State for leading this debate today and for his words. I also thank the S...

The right hon. Gentleman knows how much I value his work and the leadership he has shown. On chan...

I thank the Chairman of the Select Committee for his comments. I believe the challenges we faced ...

My right hon. Friend is talking about specific cases in relation to goods. Will he confirm that t...

My hon. Friend makes an important point, which I was coming on to but is worth mentioning now. No...

The Essex constituency that I represent has a vast horticultural industry that has been prevented...

I thank the right hon. Lady for her intervention and for her ongoing interest in Northern Ireland...

On our constitutional future, does my right hon. Friend agree that in the changed Northern Irelan...

I thank my hon. Friend for making that powerful point. The beauty of Northern Ireland today is th...

May I reinforce what my right hon. Friend has just said? In the constituency of North Down, which...

My hon. Friend has made a powerful point. I want to see that prosperity spread across Northern Ir...

I apologise for my voice being a bit croaky; I might have to give up slightly earlier than planne...

The hon. Member has spoken for over 10 minutes and he has raised concern after concern about the ...

I am grateful to the Member for his intervention because it has allowed me to have a good drink t...

indicated dissent.

Questions were asked in the Northern Ireland Assembly and DUP Ministers said they were opposed, i...

The hon. Member should have another sip from that cup, although I am not sure it is working. What...

The Member is conflating a veterinary agreement with the issue of veterinary medicines. There is ...

I think many people in North Down, a Unionist constituency, will be wondering what kind of repres...

We are relaxed about EU law, but the thing we were certainly not relaxed about was not having an ...

Is the hon. Gentleman’s stance not amazing? He talks about the democratic deficit that existed fo...

On the issues about which the right hon. Gentleman complains, it pains me to say it but they were...

That vote was made in this House on two grounds. First, the EU made its terms clear and we had a ...

I have listened with great interest to many of the points made. I am particularly taken by the at...

The hon. Gentleman makes a very important point. When we agreed to the withdrawal agreement and l...

I agree with my hon. Friend that that is not right. The Government did not make the argument afte...

I thank my hon. Friend for that clarification. In all the discussions he has used his knowledge o...

Order. As Members know, we had two significant statements after departmental questions, and it is...

The hon. Member for North Down (Stephen Farry) says that a glorified press release is in front of...

My hon. Friend talks about bringing material over himself. Can he imagine the incredulity of citi...

My hon. Friend makes his point well; there is zero risk to the European single market. In the sam...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will. I am delighted that the Minister wants to intervene.

I cannot wait for my closing speech so I can say to the hon. Gentleman, “Please, give us all thes...

I like the Minister’s enthusiasm, but may I say that I am ahead of him? The leader of my party an...

The hon. Gentleman may have missed it, but last Monday was my first day as a joint Cabinet Office...

Minister, I congratulate you on your promotion, but I commiserate with you because you will be de...

Order. Obviously, the hon. Gentleman is not testing me.

I apologise for my enthusiasm, Madam Deputy Speaker; we will test the Minister to the nth degree....

Before I bring in the next speaker, I should say that I want to ensure that the Minister has at l...

In my approach to the Humble Address, I hope it is in order, by way of introduction, to comment o...

I thank my hon. Friend for highlighting that point. Many goods ordered online and delivered from ...

I thank my hon. Friend for making that valid point. The Minister will, in his new role, be extrem...

It is a pleasure to speak in the debate. I thank all those who have made significant contribution...

Will my hon. Friend join me in also welcoming the communication that both the Secretary of State ...

I thank my right hon. Friend for that point. He is absolutely right: without mentioning them in t...

With the leave of the House, I rise to close the debate on this Humble Address, and I am very gra...

I am very grateful to the Minister for that explanation, and of course I am aware that the joint ...

Elements were relevant at the time, as the Secretary of State has just mentioned to me, but, alas...

indicated assent.

There are nods of assent. The Northern Ireland Protocol Bill established the principle that there...

I thank the Minister for that. Of course, the Home Rule debates were brought to a cataclysmic end...

Eggs-cellent!

It is eggs-cellent. If that was not the case, and if there was a problem due to veterinary medici...

I do not have any “breaking” news to share with the hon. Gentleman tonight—but I am most grateful...