Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill

I can confirm those points 100%.

This is a short Bill, and I propose to time my remarks acc...

The Chair of the Select Committee prompts me to reflect that I am one of the handful of people he...

The right hon. Gentleman is completely right that the people of Northern Ireland end up suffering...

It is commendable that Dáithí and his family are here, and it is wonderful that the Government ar...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind words. He is right that this is not a matter of politics....

I thank the Secretary of State for introducing this Bill, and I thank Dáithí’s family, who are in...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind words.

I am also grateful to the Secretary of State for taking this action. I commend him and all the po...

Indeed. When I spoke to Dáithí earlier, I asked him whether he fancied his chances of being elect...

The British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, of which I am a vice-chair, will meet for a session in ...

Yes, 100%. The fact that people have not been able to meet face to face and build those relations...

The Secretary of State is right to say that Northern Ireland will succeed when our local politici...

I hope the hon. Gentleman does not mind if I gently push back. I have yet to meet anyone in Gover...

I can give, on a personal level, the assurance that those of us who have been involved with North...

The former Secretary of State has, in his own words, described the seriousness with which everyon...

May I add my own warm welcome to our very special guest Dáithí and his family?

I now call t...

I thank the Secretary of State for setting out the measures in the Bill. We do not oppose it, bec...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

On that note, talking of interventions and gurgling noises, I will give way to the hon. Gentleman...

I must say to the shadow Secretary of State that that is a very unfortunate choice of words, but ...

I am grateful for those gurgling noises, and the hon. Gentleman is welcome to intervene any time ...

It is a pleasure to follow the shadow Secretary of State. I agree with much of what he said, and ...

Does the Chairman of the Select Committee agree that in this sensitive period, when we are hopefu...

I agree with the hon. Gentleman. That takes me neatly on to the proposal tabled by my right hon. ...

I think we all know why we are here yet again: the continued refusal of some to resume their seat...

I echo all right hon. and hon. Members’ tributes to young Dáithí and his family, including his fa...

Let me ask about the space that, we hope, has been created to make progress. In the past, whateve...

I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend on that. He rightly says that at the heart of this is the ...

This is an important issue. On Monday, my right hon. Friend, along with a number of Members from ...

I thank my hon. Friend for his comments. He has many farmers and some of the largest agrifood bus...

These are indeed serious problems. I also went to that fantastic event on Monday. Many of the peo...

I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention and her continuous interest in Northern Ireland, which...

The right hon. Gentleman and I have had a very similar view on the democratic deficit point, beca...

I thank the Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee for that point. Of course, Norway is ...

May I remind Members that if they intervene during a speech, they should stay for the entirety of...

It is right, of course, that we are not having an election. The Secretary of State is correct to ...

The hon. Lady rightly refers to Jo-Anne Dobson, who has been through this situation—she had a you...

I thank the hon. Gentleman. I pay tribute to others, including Fearghal McKinney, who is here fro...

I will say at the outset that the Bill going through the House today is an illustration and examp...

Would my right hon. Friend agree that the issue is not only about the laws? A raft of regulations...

There are lots of different examples of that happening.

Would the right hon. Gentleman mind saying what he thinks the specific impact will be on the dair...

The hon. Member should think about the issue the other way around. What would be the impact on th...

I am sure that the right hon. Gentleman would recognise that the difference between Northern Irel...

The cost of that is fettered access to trade with GB, our biggest trading partner. When I look at...

Does the right hon. Member recognise that of all the goods coming from other countries into the E...

The hon. Member is right, and that illustrates just how much trade with GB is fettered in order t...

I rise to support the Bill, and to confirm to the Secretary of State that he is doing the right t...

Can the hon. Member explain why, in the three years when Sinn Féin excluded itself from the Execu...

I am grateful to the right hon. Member for that intervention because it enables me to reinforce m...

I hate to come back to this point, but article 6 of the protocol states that there should be unfe...

My first response is that I did not advocate Brexit. The protocol will never be a clean solution ...

I welcome the amendment to address organ donation. This moment would not have happened without th...

On the Damascus road experience, a number of people, parties and organisations in Northern Irelan...

I fully agree with my hon. Friend.

The protocol costs a significant amount annually. Some £...

First, I join other hon. Members in congratulating Dáithí on the law that will forever bear his n...

Is my right hon. Friend aware that a review into the medicine Roaccutane, which is under an EU li...

I am sorry to hear what my hon. Friend says. That is news to me—I do not know anything about it. ...

Given the examples of flexibility, change and evolution that the right hon. Gentleman has highlig...

I agree completely with the Chair of the Select Committee—I did not agree with the justification ...

The right hon. Gentleman is being generous with his time, but he might be using the wrong tense. ...

I was using the word in relation to any notion the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill would be contin...

It is always a pleasure to make a contribution on anything that refers to Northern Ireland, but p...

I would like to take this opportunity to join everyone in the House who has paid tribute today to...

With the leave of the House, I would like to reply to the debate. Let me extend my thanks to all ...

As always.

Yes, actually, as always, which is nice for me. We remain committed to all parts of the Belfast/G...

The Secretary of State will have heard my intervention on my right hon. Friend the Member for Lee...

I admit that I was unaware of that case, but I like to think that we would address all the signif...

I thank the Secretary of State for his reference to the Taste of Ulster event. The distillery tha...

That is genuinely very kind of my right hon. Friend, and I add just a small sidebar to my officia...