Northern Ireland Executive

One way of avoiding this legislation would be for the Secretary of State to put it up to the part...

I have known the right hon. Gentleman for many years—I knew him when he was opposing his predeces...

Does the hon. Gentleman have any idea of what is going to happen after the August date expires? W...

I did ask the Minister earlier for some indication of the road map, but all I can say is that if ...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Of course I will. I could hardly refuse.

I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman, and I am sure he will not regret taking my intervention...

Once again, I am tempted by the spirit of hypothesis. I cannot imagine that situation at the pres...

I share the weariness of the hon. Member for Ealing North (Stephen Pound) about our continuing ne...

The recall may well be short-lived, but does the hon. Gentleman agree that one significant advant...

That’s as may be, but the hon. Gentleman will have gathered from my preamble that I am interested...

I can understand the hon. Gentleman’s cynicism and caution in all of this, but as Sinn Féin, whic...

I suspect that the right hon. Gentleman has his own views on the sincerity of the party to which ...

It is very much like groundhog day when it comes to Northern Ireland legislation, albeit secondar...

I understand that the hon. Gentleman does not wish to oppose the motion, but will he stand in our...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that question and understand where it comes from. It is of great r...

It is now more than two years since there was an Assembly and Executive in Northern Ireland, whic...

It is a real pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Lewes (Maria Caulfield) who has spoken very e...

I do not disagree with anything that the right hon. Gentleman has said, but he himself said that ...

We are now two years into this limboland, which is utterly unacceptable in its own terms, but it ...

I am reluctant to see this legislation come forward. Like all my colleagues, I have been out on t...

I am quite sure the right hon. Gentleman will agree with me when I say, as we watched the leaders...

I am absolutely happy to reassure the hon. Lady that if the Secretary of State were to convene th...

I am very pleased to speak in this debate and to follow my colleagues, who have made some very go...

I am delighted that everybody accepts, with a degree of reluctance and frustration, that the stat...

In light of recent legislation relating to the Buick case and permanent secretaries needing cover...

I am sure everybody here would appreciate that the senior civil servants in the Northern Ireland ...

Just to re-emphasise the point that my hon. Friend the Member for South Antrim (Paul Girvan) made...

I share the frustration on both sides about this issue. We need to be extremely careful. It may b...

Although the Minister has stated that this could become a political judgment in terms of civil se...

I accept that there will be different views about whether some Departments are using those powers...

The Minister has said a number of times that he shares the frustration of what my colleagues have...

I bring the hon. Gentleman good news. My colleague the Secretary of State has many, many talents ...

rose—

I will give way very briefly and then try to answer one more question before sitting down.

I admire the Minister greatly. He is doing a valiant job with the only two paragraphs in the SI, ...

The right hon. Gentleman leads me on to my next point, which is a response to the several people ...

rose—

I was about to sit down. I have one minute, but then I really must conclude.

I am grateful to the Minister for allowing me to take his one minute. Earlier this evening, no on...

I think I just set out the next steps. Clearly, it will then be for the people involved in the ta...