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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Mar 2019
Northern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) (No. 2) Bill

"I appreciate the Secretary of State’s dilemma. She is having to act on the basis of advice that she is getting from the Department for the Economy, a Department whose advice has been shown to be flawed in the past. Does she understand that we need to examine this closely? …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Mar 2019
Northern Ireland (Regional Rates and Energy) (No. 2) Bill

"I thank the Secretary of State for listening to the concerns expressed and articulated through my amendments. I note her remarks from the Dispatch Box that she will carefully consider the result of further scrutiny of this Bill and any recommendations that my Committee, or any other Committee, might make …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Mar 2019
Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) (No. 2) Bill

"As always, I am following all the hon. Gentleman has to say with a great deal of interest. He has mentioned victims, and he is right to do so. Will he say whether he would include within his definition of a victim those who are victims by virtue of actions …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Mar 2019
Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) (No. 2) Bill

"I do appreciate that this is a sensitive point. In saying that, however, does the hon. Gentleman accept that he is condoning criminality, because that is what compensating criminals would be? It is an extraordinary thing—indeed, I would say, an unprecedented thing in this country—that the state should seek to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Mar 2019
Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) (No. 2) Bill

"I welcome the Secretary of State’s hard work over the past several months in trying to resolve the impasse at Stormont. She has worked tirelessly. If I may be ever so slightly critical of the hon. Member for Rochdale (Tony Lloyd), I think he is being a little harsh—uncharacteristically —about …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Mar 2019
Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) (No. 2) Bill

"My hon. Friend makes a good point. We are in uncharted waters. It is difficult to hold to account Ministers who are not making decisions. It is not clear where accountability lies in this process. I hesitate to say we are making it up as we go along—clearly that would …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Mar 2019
Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) (No. 2) Bill

"Yes, I very much do, and if the hon. Gentleman wants to attend my Adjournment debate tomorrow on the subject of special educational needs in Wiltshire, perhaps he will find some commonality between his situation and my own as a constituency MP. [Interruption.] I am looking forward to the contribution …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Mar 2019
Northern Ireland Budget (Anticipation and Adjustments) (No. 2) Bill

"My right hon. Friend is right to say that this is not simply a matter of uplifting the amount of funding to education or healthcare; this is also about trying to work out how best to spend that money. Will any of the £4 million in transformation funding that she …..."
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Written Question

Electricity Interconnectors: Northern Ireland

Wednesday 20th February 2019

Asked by: Andrew Murrison (Conservative - South West Wiltshire)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the timeframe is for the redetermination of the planning application for the Tyrone-Cavan interconnector.

Answered by John Penrose

The Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2018 and associated guidance gives greater certainty to enable NI Departments to continue to take decisions in Northern Ireland in the public interest. The redetermination of the planning application is a devolved matter and falls to the Department for Infrastructure. As such, I would encourage you to contact the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure for further information.