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Debate on bill on Wednesday, 17 May 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Hanson of Flint. The answering member was Laurence Robertson.

Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill

Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. Report stage and Third reading debate. Agreed to on question. Bill passed with amendments.

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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
446 c1011-100 
Session
2005-06
Department
Northern Ireland Office
Legislative stage
Third reading
Report stage
Procedure
New clauses
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House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Alasdair McDonnell | 446 c1016 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Minister on his elevation to the post of First Minister. I hope that he brings th...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1016-7 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his kind comments. I think that that is the nicest thing he has ...
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Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1018-9 (Link to this contribution) The Government new clause and amendments were tabled after our helpful discussions in Committee and ...
Speaker | 446 c1017-8 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Government amendments Nos. 2 to 8. Amendm...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1011-2 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the new clause and amendment will find favour in the House because they will establish a...
Speaker | 446 c1011 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to discuss Government amendment No. 1.
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1015-6 (Link to this contribution) That is a similar point to the one that was made by the hon. Member for Belfast, North. I intend in ...
Alan Reid | 446 c1014 (Link to this contribution) We certainly support new clause 1 and amendment No. 1. Sustainable development is clearly an importa...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1014-5 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the broad welcome for the measure from hon. Members on both sides of the House. As...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1013 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I can help the hon. Gentleman. The new clause is a framework clause to give the Secretary of...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 446 c1014 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister. He refers to something that I was going to explore: the purpose of th...
Mark Durkan | 446 c1012-3 (Link to this contribution) I offer a broad welcome to the new clause. There is strong support in the community for the active c...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 446 c1013 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Member for Foyle (Mark Durkan). Generally speaking, the new clause is unconten...
Lady Hermon | 446 c1012 (Link to this contribution) The Minister will be well aware that, in his home nation of Wales, the National Assembly has a statu...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1012 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is accurate. The National Assembly for Wales has a statutory duty on that basis. My ri...
Jeffrey M Donaldson | 446 c1095 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the hon. Gentleman’s comments about the new Assembly. I also welcome the participation of ...
Eddie McGrady | 446 c1095 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. There is no harm in making the attempt, but I accept your rap on the ...
Eddie McGrady | 446 c1095-6 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. That saves me thinking of a suitable response to the last interventio...
Speaker | 446 c1095 (Link to this contribution) Order. I remind the hon. Member for South Down (Mr. McGrady) again that we are discussing precisely ...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1094-5 (Link to this contribution) Given that we failed to reach new clause 9, may I give my hon. Friend an assurance that we seek to i...
Eddie McGrady | 446 c1094 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on Third Reading. Generally, my party welcomes the Bill, ...
Speaker | 446 c1095 (Link to this contribution) Order. I have been lenient with the hon. Gentleman, who has received more than he expected. We are n...
Eddie McGrady | 446 c1095 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for giving an undertaking, on the record, to pursue the matter with more urgenc...
Laurence Robertson | 446 c1092-4 (Link to this contribution) By and large, we welcome the Bill, although we have tried to improve it in various ways. I thank the...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1090-2 (Link to this contribution) Over the course of its consideration, on Second Reading, in Committee—particularly given that there ...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1090 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. We have had a positive debate—[Interruptio...
Laurence Robertson | 446 c1083-9 (Link to this contribution) Given the fact that we have to finish this debate in less than a minute, I do not have time to go th...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1083 (Link to this contribution) If the right hon. Gentleman is not happy with the current pledge of office and its operation—I take ...
Lord Bannside | 446 c1083 (Link to this contribution) The situation arose after those men had taken that pledge: they resorted to violence and some of the...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1083 (Link to this contribution) I reciprocate the hon. Gentleman’s sentiments, but he will understand that every hon. Member who has...
Lord Cormack | 446 c1083 (Link to this contribution) I have a high regard for the Minister, as he knows, but there are times when the Government have to ...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1082-3 (Link to this contribution) I put my points to the House and that is one of the points that it is important to recognise. I draw...
Laurence Robertson | 446 c1082 (Link to this contribution) The Minister will be aware that the word most often used in law is ““reasonable””. It is not possibl...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1082 (Link to this contribution) I believe that everybody has the right to support the rule of law in that way. My problem with the n...
Speaker | 446 c1090 (Link to this contribution) Order. If hon. Members are not staying for the debate, could they leave quickly and quietly?
Peter Robinson | 446 c1098 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for the way in which he has led throughout the various stages of the passage of...
Lord Bannside | 446 c1097-8 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, for calling me for two minutes. I will try to keep my word, although ...
Peter Robinson | 446 c1100 (Link to this contribution) The Bill covers a number of miscellaneous matters relating to the government of Northern Ireland and...
Speaker | 446 c1100 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am not quite clear how the hon. Gentleman’s remarks relate to the content of the Bill. Perh...
Lembit Opik | 446 c1097 (Link to this contribution) Look how quickly the Minister is willing to blame his colleagues as he seeks to protect himself. Th...
Lembit Opik | 446 c1096-7 (Link to this contribution) When I think of the range of the Bill—sustainable development, policing and justice, criminal damage...
Lord Cormack | 446 c1077-8 (Link to this contribution) It is good to have a Liberal Democrat who would be prepared to vote for motherhood and apple pie. I...
Sammy Wilson | 446 c1078 (Link to this contribution) The new clause is key to the likelihood of devolution being successfully implemented in Northern Ire...
Iris Robinson | 446 c1079 (Link to this contribution) I want to highlight the fact that there is no such thing as a good terrorist, whether they are membe...
Sammy Wilson | 446 c1079-80 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for her point, and I will deal with that issue later. She has highlighted an ...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 446 c1080 (Link to this contribution) Does not the point become rather more telling when we consider that one of the responsibilities of t...
Sammy Wilson | 446 c1080-1 (Link to this contribution) It would also be possible for an Education Minister not to encourage the public to give evidence whe...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1081-2 (Link to this contribution) For the avoidance of any doubt, I say straight away to the hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson...
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 446 c1082 (Link to this contribution) Let us be clear: simply joining the Policing Board is not the test; the test is actively supporting ...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1082 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman knows that I share those objectives.
Laurence Robertson | 446 c1074 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
Speaker | 446 c1074 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to discuss New clause 8—Amendment to section 30 of the 1988 Act—"‘I...
Lady Hermon | 446 c1074 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that assurance and commitment given so early on by the Minister. With the consent,...
Speaker | 446 c1075 (Link to this contribution) Order. It would be extremely helpful to the Chair if the hon. Gentleman were to make a positive indi...
Mark Durkan | 446 c1075-6 (Link to this contribution) New clauses 7 and 8 are better than the provisions that we examined in Committee, but we are still c...
Laurence Robertson | 446 c1074-5 (Link to this contribution) I add my welcome to the Minister. I hope he finds his time in the Northern Ireland Office fulfilling...
Lembit Opik | 446 c1077 (Link to this contribution) I credit the Minister for showing signs of listening. He is doing quite well. As a general progress ...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1076 (Link to this contribution) Before the hon. Gentleman gets into the habit of saying that the Minister does not listen, will he c...
Lembit Opik | 446 c1076 (Link to this contribution) I find it hard to disagree with new clauses 7 and 8, but they are slightly meaningless. That is not ...
Sammy Wilson | 446 c1071 (Link to this contribution) I have no hesitation in supporting the new clause. The hon. Member for North Down (Lady Hermon) has ...
David Simpson | 446 c1070 (Link to this contribution) I support the idea of having a visitor for young people. I have been involved in youth work for more...
Lord Cormack | 446 c1069-70 (Link to this contribution) I support the hon. Member for North Down (Lady Hermon), who moved new clause 6, and the hon. Member ...
Laurence Robertson | 446 c1064-5 (Link to this contribution) I shall speak to amendments Nos. 17 to 20, aspects of which we discussed at earlier stages. Accurac...
Alan Reid | 446 c1064 (Link to this contribution) I agree wholeheartedly. The Minister showed little sympathy for the earlier amendment. I hope that h...
Alan Reid | 446 c1066 (Link to this contribution) I was pleased to hear the Minister say that the Government are committed to the principle of introdu...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1065-6 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate the way in which the hon. Members for Argyll and Bute (Mr. Reid) and for Tewkesbury (Mr...
Alasdair McDonnell | 446 c1068 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the opportunity to raise my concern about child welfare. There are many serious issues. Al...
Lady Hermon | 446 c1066-8 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. I welcome the Under-Secretary of State for No...
Alasdair McDonnell | 446 c1068-9 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Lady because I am making exactly the point that there is a transition phase. The fo...
Iris Robinson | 446 c1068 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the system fails badly to follow up how those young people are do...
Paul Goggins | 446 c1074 (Link to this contribution) I confirm to the hon. Lady that I would be more than happy to do that, on a cross-party basis and wi...
Lord Cormack | 446 c1073 (Link to this contribution) In view of the widespread concern among Members on both sides of the House, will the hon. Gentleman ...
Paul Goggins | 446 c1072-3 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising the issue. In my first few days in post, I have seen subm...
Iris Robinson | 446 c1072 (Link to this contribution) May I flag up an issue that is close to my heart? A lot of young vulnerable people in care homes are...
Paul Goggins | 446 c1071-2 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Member for North Down (Lady Hermon) for her warm welcome and hon. Members on both s...
Lady Hermon | 446 c1073-4 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for a typically thoughtful and full reply. I am glad that the traits t...
Paul Goggins | 446 c1073 (Link to this contribution) I hesitate so early in my new post to give a specific time scale. Work is under way, and there is a ...
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 446 c1073 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister confirm that his Department is already dealing with those issues and that its prop...
Paul Goggins | 446 c1073 (Link to this contribution) Who could resist such an invitation? I should be delighted to explain the package at an appropriate ...
Lord Cormack | 446 c1045 (Link to this contribution) Rather than being a key element, should not the Minister use the words ““absolute requirement””?
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1045-6 (Link to this contribution) We will debate those matters in due course. If the hon. Gentleman, who holds the distinguished posit...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1046 (Link to this contribution) I simply say that I recognise the concerns that hon. Members have raised today. We will have an oppo...
Lord Bannside | 446 c1046 (Link to this contribution) I am very interested in what the Minister has said. I should like him to tell the House, and to read...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1046 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I can help the right hon. Gentleman. The pledge of office that all Ministers must affirm in ...
Lord Cormack | 446 c1046 (Link to this contribution) I am trying to be helpful. What I should like is a pledge that says, ““I unreservedly uphold the rul...
Sammy Wilson | 446 c1046 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister accept that we are not talking about having disagreements with the police? We are ...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1047 (Link to this contribution) I want that full support for the police to be visualised in an operational way by support from all p...
Mark Durkan | 446 c1047 (Link to this contribution) I just want to correct the Minister. If a vacancy arises by dismissal, resignation or some other mea...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1047-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his contribution, but my understanding, and that of my officials...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1049 (Link to this contribution) I trust that the hon. Gentleman knows that I share his concern and condemnation. I also know that th...
Lord Cormack | 446 c1048 (Link to this contribution) I would like to put it on the record that when the Secretary of State came beforethe Northern Irelan...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1048 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to the hon. Member for North Down (Lady Hermon) for the work that shehas done. On indi...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1050 (Link to this contribution) Again, there are two aspects of policy to consider. I believe that my right hon. Friend—and, potenti...
Lord Bannside | 446 c1050 (Link to this contribution) What the people of Northern Ireland will wonder about is the Secretary of State’s statement that the...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1049 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman knows, I have been in the Chamber and have not been able to see the Secretary ...
Lady Hermon | 446 c1049 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister clear up one issue raised by the Secretary of State in evidence to the Northern Ir...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1050-1 (Link to this contribution) If I may say so, the right hon. Gentleman has been entirely consistent in his condemnation of violen...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 446 c1052 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome the hon. Lady’s support. She is quite right. The case for the halls has been mad...
Peter Robinson | 446 c1052 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making a powerful case—one so compelling that no reasonable Minister could resist ...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 446 c1053 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has highlighted a significant aspect. Those who carry out the attacks see that they a...
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 446 c1053 (Link to this contribution) The list that my hon. Friend read out reflects the fact that the halls often represent a small, and ...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 446 c1051-2 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The purpose of the new clause is to ensure th...
Lady Hermon | 446 c1052 (Link to this contribution) I support very strongly the new clause tabled by the hon. Gentleman and his colleagues. He will have...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 446 c1053-4 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. Halls that have been targeted—for example, in Castlederg, Strabane, Altnave...
Lembit Opik | 446 c1054-5 (Link to this contribution) I want to add two thoughts to the remarks by the hon. Member for Belfast, North(Mr. Dodds). First, i...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1055-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Member for Belfast, North (Mr. Dodds) for tabling his new clause. I start by utter...
Lady Hermon | 446 c1057 (Link to this contribution) If the Minister is not prepared to accept the new clause, will he consider an alternative that would...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 446 c1058-63 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman and I hope that his additional words, even at this late stage, w...
Alan Reid | 446 c1063 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 446 c1057-8 (Link to this contribution) I understand that that is the legal position, which is precisely the problem. That is why we have ta...
Lembit Opik | 446 c1058 (Link to this contribution) In that context, does the hon. Gentleman agree that the Minister’s position seems to step against no...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 446 c1057 (Link to this contribution) I have listened to the Minister’s comments and I am disappointed that he does not feel able to accep...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1057 (Link to this contribution) I emphasise again that if the Chief Constable offers certification to the effect that the damage was...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1057 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady will know that I have recently announced additional resources for CCTV cameras, and a ...
Lembit Opik | 446 c1064 (Link to this contribution) The Minister is likely to stand up and give the reasons why the Government are not willing to accept...
Speaker | 446 c1063 (Link to this contribution) With this, it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 17, in clause 3, page 2, ...
Alan Reid | 446 c1063-4 (Link to this contribution) New clause 4 replicates the provisions of section 10 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006, which...
Speaker | 446 c1040 (Link to this contribution) Order. Perhaps the hon. Gentleman should think carefully about the words that he has just used. He m...
Speaker | 446 c1041 (Link to this contribution) I hope that hon. Members will be a little more precise in their remarks about the new clause.
Lord Cormack | 446 c1041-3 (Link to this contribution) I had not intended to take part in the debate, but I have listened with considerable interest to spe...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 446 c1041 (Link to this contribution) For the vast bulk of the time,Mr. McCord has been a constituent in Belfast, North. Certainly, his so...
Nicholas Winterton | 446 c1043 (Link to this contribution) I say with pride that I am delighted that my hon. Friend has allowed me to intervene. For many years...
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 446 c1043 (Link to this contribution) The heading for the new clause is ““Conditions for devolving policing and justice matters””. My coll...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1044 (Link to this contribution) We have debated the new clause for about an hour and 45 minutes, but I think that there is an elemen...
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 446 c1043-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his remarks. For many years, both he and his good wife, the hon. Member f...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1044-5 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I was too hopeful of the circumstances, but there has been an element of consensus in today’...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 446 c1037-8 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises a point that perhaps gets to the core of this issue. As has been pointed o...
Mark Durkan | 446 c1037 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman says that it will be a long time before the community in Northern Ireland contemp...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 446 c1039-40 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for drawing the House’s attention to those significant remarks...
Lord Bannside | 446 c1039 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that we are getting into dangerous territory? The Government are bypassing...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 446 c1038-9 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question, but my hon. Friend made it clear that when he was talki...
Mark Durkan | 446 c1038 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way and I hope that he can help us further. He pointed out tha...
Alasdair McDonnell | 446 c1040 (Link to this contribution) I hesitate to waste time, but I wish to set the record straight. Mr. Raymond McCord is one of my con...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 446 c1040 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. In considering the clauses, which relate to the conditions under wh...
Speaker | 446 c1040 (Link to this contribution) Order. Hon. Members should relate their remarks to the new clause.
Jeffrey M Donaldson | 446 c1040 (Link to this contribution) Is my hon. Friend aware that one of his constituents,Mr. Raymond McCord, whose son was murdered by t...
Lady Hermon | 446 c1033 (Link to this contribution) That is enormously kind and generous of the hon. Gentleman. He and his colleagues will know that I d...
Peter Robinson | 446 c1035-6 (Link to this contribution) I do indeed accept that. Difficult decisions would have to be made if Sinn Fein did support the poli...
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 446 c1035 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend will know, reports from the Independent Monitoring Commission and from those on th...
Peter Robinson | 446 c1036-7 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is correct, and that is the position that the Government of the Irish Republic ...
Lord Bannside | 446 c1036 (Link to this contribution) Is it not a fact that Mr. De Valera had to do the same with his own people? Did not the first Prime ...
Peter Robinson | 446 c1033-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Lady for making her personal position clear, and I know that when she has the oppor...
Speaker | 446 c1033 (Link to this contribution) Order. Can we now speak more in generalities than specifics? I accept what the hon. Lady has said, b...
Peter Robinson | 446 c1035 (Link to this contribution) I have not heard the Secretary of State say that, and if he believes it to be a new condition, I am ...
Sammy Wilson | 446 c1035 (Link to this contribution) That condition has pertained since 1998, but has not yet been met by members of Sinn Fein. It is ent...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 446 c1037 (Link to this contribution) I want to make one or two brief points. We have discussed a wide range of issues in some detail. The...
Sammy Wilson | 446 c1032 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend accept that, to be fair to the hon. Lady, she is on record, two days before—
Peter Robinson | 446 c1032 (Link to this contribution) I certainly concur with my hon. Friend. Indeed, the hon. Member for South Down (Mr. McGrady) will ha...
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 446 c1032 (Link to this contribution) Before my hon. Friend moves on, may I suggest to him that SDLP Members should be assured that the po...
Peter Robinson | 446 c1032 (Link to this contribution) I assume that the opposition parties would be those other than the parties taking the decision. The ...
Peter Robinson | 446 c1031 (Link to this contribution) I do not need to read the schedules. It is clear from the Bill that there are circumstances in which...
Mark Durkan | 446 c1031 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman accept that there are circumstances under which d’Hondt is clearly affected?...
Peter Robinson | 446 c1031 (Link to this contribution) I bet that the hon. Member for Foyle (Mark Durkan) spends his leisure moments watching ““The X Files...
Speaker | 446 c1032 (Link to this contribution) Order. We are now going rather wide of the debate on the amendment.
Peter Robinson | 446 c1032 (Link to this contribution) It is actually a critical issue, because the way that policing and justice powers will be devolved t...
Gregory Campbell | 446 c1027 (Link to this contribution) I said consent from the Member nominated.
Mark Durkan | 446 c1027 (Link to this contribution) Indeed—the consent of the Member nominated. That applies on a standard basis under d’Hondt. The Firs...
Mark Durkan | 446 c1026 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes his point. That may well be so, but the fact is that we are faced with this...
Gregory Campbell | 446 c1027 (Link to this contribution) Like other hon. Members, I have endeavoured to follow the hon. Gentleman’s logic. Is it not all pred...
Mark Durkan | 446 c1026 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman reads the schedules, he will see the various permutations that are offered for...
Peter Robinson | 446 c1024 (Link to this contribution) There was also the Speaker in the previous Assembly.
Mark Durkan | 446 c1024 (Link to this contribution) I will raise our concerns about new clause 3 and some of the Government amendments and our support f...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 446 c1025 (Link to this contribution) I am trying very hard to follow the hon. Gentleman’s reasoning, which involves a lot of hypothetical...
Mark Durkan | 446 c1024-5 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman has said, that also happened in the previous Assembly with the post of Speaker...
Mark Durkan | 446 c1027 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is wrong about that. Under the Bill as it stands, even with the new Government am...
Mark Durkan | 446 c1029-31 (Link to this contribution) I know exactly the spirit in which that was intended, and I take the Minister’s assurance in exactly...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1029 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the hon. Gentleman will take this in the spirit in which it is intended: I have made no ...
Mark Durkan | 446 c1029 (Link to this contribution) It would be helpful and interesting if the Minister could do that. Whether it would be convincing is...
Lembit Opik | 446 c1029 (Link to this contribution) In the hon. Gentleman’s opinion, would it be helpful if the Minister could give a categorical assura...
Mark Durkan | 446 c1028-9 (Link to this contribution) In that case, I would ask the Minister why we are dealing with any of this legislation at all. We ar...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1028 (Link to this contribution) I would say to my hon. Friend—I mean this in the nicest possible way—that we are in danger of legisl...
Mark Durkan | 446 c1027-8 (Link to this contribution) I am certainly not afraid of that. I have doubts and worries about other parties, given the rate at ...
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 446 c1027 (Link to this contribution) Is not the hon. Gentleman casting aspersions on his own Members? Is he afraid of them turning Turk a...
Lady Hermon | 446 c1019 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister clarify what precisely is meant by the triple lock? He referred to a cross-communi...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1019 (Link to this contribution) Current events are obviously extremely important and my esteemed colleague Eileen Bell, the Speaker ...
Lord Cormack | 446 c1019 (Link to this contribution) What happens if a designated Unionist does a back flip? Is he redesignated as another sort of Unioni...
Lembit Opik | 446 c1019 (Link to this contribution) The Minister will know that I have long been concerned about triple and quadruple locks because they...
Lembit Opik | 446 c1024 (Link to this contribution) The Minister’s intervention is helpful, because the record will show that those amendments do not pr...
Mark Durkan | 446 c1020 (Link to this contribution) Does that mean that further legislation on the matter might be needed?
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1020 (Link to this contribution) I hope that my hon. Friend accepts that we are at a stage where the Assembly does not formally const...
Mark Durkan | 446 c1020 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister accept that talk of triple and quadruple locks involves double-speak? In the past,...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1020 (Link to this contribution) Again, the purpose of the measure is quite simple. However we describe it, it is a simple process. T...
Lembit Opik | 446 c1022-3 (Link to this contribution) I listened with interest to the Minister and accept that he has provided us with a clear exposition ...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1021-2 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady will know that there was discussion of these matters in Committee and the Government h...
Lady Hermon | 446 c1020-1 (Link to this contribution) May I convey to the Minister a point of reference? His colleague, the Secretary of State for Norther...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1020 (Link to this contribution) No. I am trying to put in place a framework so that when the Assembly wishes to do so, it can reques...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1023 (Link to this contribution) I assure the hon. Gentleman that the Assembly has full flexibility to determine which model it uses....
Lembit Opik | 446 c1023 (Link to this contribution) We differ on the judgment about the electoral system, but I shall not repeat the argument because th...
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 446 c1049 (Link to this contribution) There is not a potential threat from Continuity IRA or Real IRA. A bomb was primed in Londonderry an...
Peter Robinson | 446 c1098-9 (Link to this contribution) Any other bids? Let me go beyond the welcomes to say that I appreciate that the Government have mad...
Eddie McGrady | 446 c1031-2 (Link to this contribution) On a point of clarification, the hon. Gentleman said that we were in fantasy land if we believed tha...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1019 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Lady wishes to be pedantic, perhaps it is a quadruple lock. The Secretary of State and I...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1011 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 446 c1015 (Link to this contribution) Can the Minister clarify subsection (1) of new clause 1, which states ““A public authority must””—th...
Lord Hanson of Flint | 446 c1017 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
Peter Robinson | 446 c1026 (Link to this contribution) Let me try to clarify something. I understood the hon. Gentleman to have said that if the First and ...
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Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2005-06
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