Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) (No. 2) Bill

It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship in this Committee, Dame Eleanor. As these matter...

I rise to speak to amendment 2, which I tabled with my hon. Friends the Members for Birmingham, Y...

We have heard from across the House today that a unified approach is the proper answer in Norther...

I could not agree more with my hon. Friend, who is a co-sponsor of amendment 2. That speaks to a ...

Is not the real test of a politician their conduct—not when something is easy to do, but when it ...

Yet again I find myself in complete agreement with my hon. Friend, because that Vienna convention...

May I ask the hon. Lady to take a few moments and reflect on the very significant Supreme Court d...

I thank the hon. Lady. I am only disappointed because I was sort of hoping for a proposal; but I ...

When we look at the cases travelling through the courts and those we can anticipate are going to ...

Again, I do not disagree. I believe that these are issues for the people of Northern Ireland, but...

I say this with all due respect: I enjoyed the passionate speech of the hon. Member for Walthamst...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

Will the right hon. Gentleman give me two seconds? I am in a flow.

I have raised the issue ...

The right hon. Gentleman puts forward the proposition that the only longer-term alternative to th...

I cannot disagree with a single word that my right hon. Friend has said. This cannot continue; we...

It is a pleasure, Mrs Laing, to see Renfrewshire represented in the Chair.

I rise to speak ...

I am just wondering why so many people would want to bypass Aberdeen that it needs three roads ro...

I pass no comment on Aberdeen, but this road has been a long time coming. The Scottish Government...

This has been an interesting debate so far. I will not name the hon. Members, but some unfortunat...

I know that things can be said, and there is a range of views, but I think I r for everybody on t...

I strongly thank the hon. Lady for her helpful remarks, which correct the record.

I thought...

I appreciate the point the shadow Secretary of State is making, and we respect the difference tha...

I have to say to the hon. Gentleman that this does not obviate the absolute necessity for this Ho...

This has been an interesting debate with some passionately held views clearly expressed.

Le...

Just on that brief point, which I raised with the Secretary of State last week. In the interests ...

I will of course be very happy to provide the hon. Gentleman with more information on that point....

Given that this is the second year that this place is bringing forward a Northern Ireland budget ...

What we are doing today is effectively the estimates process. The monies we are voting on today h...

The Secretary of State is touching on an important point. Of course, the retrospective nature of ...

I absolutely understand the hon. Gentleman’s point, but I gently say that this is a very technica...

The Secretary of State, by refusing to recognise her responsibility to uphold the human rights of...

I do not accept what the hon. Lady said. We have appropriate and proper separation of the judicia...

I recognise that this is a spending Bill and is not the right place for this, but I want to put t...

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

I will keep my remarks to a minimu...

On behalf of my right hon. and hon. Friends, I place on the record our appreciation of the Secret...

Some of the principles in this debate do not divide the House. Some are clearly matters of enormo...