Northern Ireland Protocol

“And, Mr Speaker, let us also send our very best wishes to Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwel...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement—that was quite a feat of endurance. He...

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The noble Lord heckles me from a sedentary position. I suggest that he should apologise to those ...

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No, I am not giving way. I am not prepared to give way to the noble Lord who tried to heckle me f...

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No, I am not giving way, and he should not heckle. He should behave in this House; he has been he...

My Lords, I too thank the Leader for repeating this very long Statement. My principal emotion on ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness and the noble Lord for the manner of their responses and the...

Many matters between the UK and the EU remain in cold storage: Horizon, as the noble Lord, Lord N...

My Lords, I have only just served out breakfast to your Lordships’ House, so I am not going to de...

Would my noble friend agree that the unionists in Northern Ireland are sensible to want a full an...

My Lords, that last remark takes me back to the memoir writers. We shall see whether the big stic...

My Lords, this is an occasion for bringing the House together rather than dividing it, given the ...

I thank the noble Lord for his opening remark, from his long personal perspective of service. Tha...

My Lords, the crucial question is whether or not people in Northern Ireland are to continue to be...

My Lords, on the last point, as the noble Lord has set out, clearly the initiative comes from the...

My Lords, I thank the Leader of the House for the Statement. I welcome the progress made in the W...

My Lords, as set out in the Statement, I say that the brake will come from the Assembly and, as w...

My Lords, this is an ambitious and far-reaching agreement with a great deal of material that will...

The noble Lord should not ask for too much; he cannot ask me to control the Foreign Secretary’s d...

My Lords, I am a big admirer of Northern Ireland and its people, having served there for some yea...

My noble friend is right. There are certainly advantages which this framework enables to continue...

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Hain!

My Lords, I welcome the Statement. However, we should pause and remind ourselves that there were ...

I believe that I had sought to do that, my Lords.

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Hain!

My Lords, I am trying to be as fair as possible and get as many people as possible in. Can we hea...

My Lords, I salute the courageous persistence of the Prime Minister in achieving this for our cou...

My Lords, it is in the nature of any agreement, particularly one that is ultimately successful, t...

My Lords, I congratulate the Prime Minister on achieving an agreement which frankly has far surpa...

My Lords, I always think it is good to reflect before speaking; being at this Dispatch Box does n...

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My Lords, I think that concludes the time for questions, unless the House decides otherwise.

My Lords, can I just appeal to the House to hear the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey?

Thank you, my Lords. This is a hugely optimistic Statement from the Prime Minister and understand...

My Lords, we believe that the framework we have put forward is consistent with the Act of Union i...

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I am sorry; time is now up.