I have heard enough of what the hon. Gentleman has said to agree with him on this point. Northern Ireland should be back in the UK fold of normality, and we should do things the same way as we do everything else, but we are rushing the Bill through in one day. It seems reasonable to say that there is plenty of time to do this—we have been waiting a long time for the Bill, and these things might not happen for some time. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that we are sending out absolutely the wrong signal and suggesting that Northern Ireland is still something different, special and almost terrible and that we need to treat its legislation in a different way?
Northern Ireland Bill (Allocation of Time)
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Baroness Hoey
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 4 March 2009.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Northern Ireland Bill.
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