"My Lords, scenes of appalling violence that we have seen in Belfast and in north Belfast, which I used to have the honour to represent in the other place, have been rightly condemned by everybody. Such violence serves absolutely no purpose except to hurt communities and innocent people and should …..." Lord Dodds of Duncairn - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful for this opportunity to speak in the gap. I want first of all to join with the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, in her remarks about the incident in north Belfast—the area I had the honour to represent in the other place for almost 20 years—and …..." Lord Dodds of Duncairn - View Speech
"It is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Wheatcroft, and I entirely agree with what she said about social care and the need for a timetable—that is a glaring omission from the Government’s programme.
"My Lords, I welcome what the Minister said about this relief. Could he expand on what regard he had to Article 8 of the Windsor Framework, which requires part of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, to be aligned with the EU, rather than with the rest of the UK, in …..." Lord Dodds of Duncairn - View Speech
"My Lords, I warmly welcome the way in which the Minister introduced her remarks by referencing the sacrifices made by members of the security forces, who suffered grievous losses to protect everybody in Northern Ireland. That is often forgotten in the perverted twisting of history that is now going on …..." Lord Dodds of Duncairn - View Speech
"My Lords, it is an honour to speak in this debate and to be a member of the Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee under the chairmanship of the noble Lord, Lord Carlile. I thank our chairman for how he outlined the contents of the report today and, more broadly, for how …..." Lord Dodds of Duncairn - View Speech
"I thank the noble Baroness, who raises a very important point, because when the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper was published, and was heavily sold in order to get the restoration of the Assembly and the Executive and so on, great emphasis was put upon this guarantee in the United …..." Lord Dodds of Duncairn - View Speech
"I am grateful to the Minister for introducing the statutory instrument in the way that he did, to the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, for introducing her fatal Motion, and to the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, for introducing the regret Motion. It is very important that we in this Chamber debate …..." Lord Dodds of Duncairn - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, but say gently to her that Brexit has allowed the UK Government to pursue this legislation. As we have seen in the cases of Denmark and the Irish Republic, both Governments, whatever they might decide to do in …..." Lord Dodds of Duncairn - View Speech
"My Lords, I welcome the publication of this report, but the process in these negotiations is very uncertain and it remains to be seen whether the outcome will be in the best interests of the United Kingdom. The report suggests that the Government have made a good start but, for …..." Lord Dodds of Duncairn - View Speech