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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Feb 2016
Transitional State Pension Arrangements for Women

"I am genuinely grateful to the Minister for at long last allowing me to intervene. In response to an earlier intervention by a Conservative Member who has now left the Chamber, the Minister replied that Ministers are always happy to meet party colleagues to discuss difficult cases. Unlike the Minister …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 01 Feb 2016
Transitional State Pension Arrangements for Women

"Will the Minister give way?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 01 Feb 2016
Transitional State Pension Arrangements for Women

"I speak on behalf of the many women in North Down who are furious about the changes to their pension arrangements. I am one of the 1950s ladies—I am not going to declare my date of birth—so I have a personal interest in this matter. I wrote to Baroness Altmann—I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Oct 2015
Psychoactive Substances Bill [Lords]

"Will the hon. Lady give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Oct 2015
Psychoactive Substances Bill [Lords]

"The right hon. Gentleman will know from his experience in Northern Ireland that it is organised crime and paramilitaries who have exploited this legal loophole, making misery for the young people who have got involved in taking legal highs and for the families. I am a Member of Parliament for …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 12 Oct 2015
Cannabis

"The hon. Gentleman will be aware that we have many particular problems in Northern Ireland due to paramilitary activity. Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland have made a fortune out of the misery of others by selling illegal drugs, including cannabis. Has he had a chance to calculate what the impact on …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 12 Oct 2015
Cannabis

"I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for prompting me to get to my feet again by mentioning Northern Ireland; it is so kind of him. In response to my first intervention, he referred to his first trip to Dublin, but not to Northern Ireland. As he knows, cannabis is …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 12 Oct 2015
Cannabis

"I am most grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for allowing me to intervene as he is coming to the end of his contribution. He rightly emphasises looking at the evidence. May I invite him—my right hon. friend from a different party—to revise what he suggested earlier in his contribution? …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Sep 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Minister will be well aware that in Northern Ireland prison officers not only fear assault in prisons, but are in peril of their lives because of murder threats on a daily basis from dissident republicans. Thirty prison officers have been murdered in Northern Ireland. Will the Minister consult the …..."
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Written Question

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Monday 31st March 2014

Asked by: Lady Hermon (Independent - North Down)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he first became aware of the so-called comfort letters issued to on-the-runs; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Jeremy Wright

The Government has announced an independent inquiry led by Lady Justice Hallett which will set out the facts in relation to the operation and extent of the 'on the runs' scheme. This issue is a matter for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.