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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Dec 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"We have not had an answer on the customs union as a whole, so may I ask the right hon. Gentleman a question about one specific point? Since 1993, there have been no customs checks on the land border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. In May, when visiting …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Dec 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Leader of the House has made the familiar arguments—he cannot give answers; it is all to be resolved through negotiations; Brexit means Brexit; Brexit means breakfast—but that was not what the Secretary of State for Brexit said when he was asked about the customs union in September. He said …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Dec 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"The fact is—the Leader of the House knows it, as do we all—that he can consult as much as he likes, but the answer will come back that we should be part of the customs union. It is hugely disappointing that on a day when the Government are committing to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Nov 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q3. Has the Prime Minister ever heard of Shaquan Sammy-Plummer, Alan Cartwright, Stefan Appleton, or Vaso Kakko? They are all teenagers stabbed to death on the streets of Islington in the past year. Vaso was murdered just two days ago. Given the growing culture of drugs, gangs and violence in …..."
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Written Question
Human Rights Act 1998: Northern Ireland
Thursday 11th June 2015

Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice of 3 June 2015 to Question 368, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of the Government's plans to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 on the existing devolution settlement in Northern Ireland.

Answered by Ben Wallace

We remain committed to upholding our obligations as set out in Part 6 of the Belfast Agreement.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Nov 2010
Oral Answers to Questions

"May I bring the right hon. Gentleman back to higher education? He says that higher education should be paid partly by the individual and partly by the state, but the confusion that the people of Islington will have is that the right hon. Gentleman was not saying that in April, …..."
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