Speeches by Hanna.

“Of course. And would you characterise that plan as ambitious?”

“So it does tick that box. Obviously, this time last year there was a lot of discussion, understandably, about the deficit, what the Treasury was offering and the need to revenue raise—”

“Last week, my neighbours Omar and Delal Al Shaqaqi, who serve south Belfast as a doctor and a classroom assistant, received the news they have been dreading. Delal’s mother and brother were among 23 Gazans killed in their tent by an Israeli airstrike in the so-called humanitarian zone of Al-Mawasi, and other family mem…”

“Finally from me, I appreciate that this has come quite suddenly, but are there more thoughtful uses of things such as APR that we could use? Is this creating a discussion for achieving other public policy objectives, maybe around sustainability, water protection and food security, and linking those taxes to some of the…”

“In the Republic, they have the active farmer designation. Are there other examples elsewhere in Europe that may be applied to help ensure that we are supporting farmers and the aim of food security, but not facilitating those who are using this as a way to avoid tax?”

“You are making a strong case that there will be a disproportionate impact on Irish farmers, and DAERA has said the same thing. Do you see a clear rationale for a specific Northern Ireland mitigation that would protect the principle that we are trying to achieve in terms of preventing big businesses using this as a work…”

“I do not intend to speak long; that will allow others to get in, but it is primarily because we have spoken about this issue morning, noon and night for much of the past eight years and because Northern Ireland in general wants to move on. The hearts of people at home are sinking at the prospect of going back in time, …”

“Of course I was listening. I do listen, and as the hon. and learned Member said, I try to find consensus, but people were forced to listen, because—for whatever reason—large parts of the media have indulged this argument for many years. He knows that he has had an outsized platform in the media. We have listened and tr…”

“I will tell the hon. and learned Member for North Antrim that our constituents elect us not to mine grievances, or to use the protocol as a receptacle for every bit of frustration about progress and the modern world, but to solve the problems that are before them. That is all that is left for us to do, calmly as leader…”

“rose—”

“Shame on you!”

“If the hon. and learned Member wants to talk about constitutional change, perhaps he might set out for the Chamber the numbers and the level of support for the Union before and after he began his Brexit adventures. He will know that I, as a democrat, constitutionally compromise every single day, because I am a democrat…”

“Is it not the hon. and learned Member’s position that Brexit does not require cross-community consent? In the eight elections since Brexit, the people of Northern Ireland have rejected Brexit. However, he says that the protections require cross-community consent. It is a case of consent for thee, but not for me. Will h…”

“I was agreeing with the right hon. Member that the trade rules have nothing to do with the past. I was also hoping to remind him that the hon. and learned Member for North Antrim (Jim Allister), who spoke before him and tried to equate the murderous campaign of the IRA with the protocol, degrades everybody in this Cham…”

“Will the Minister indulge me for a moment? Can we just kill off this canard about mutual enforcement? The Bill goes much further than suggesting mutual enforcement. It seeks to remove Northern Ireland from the European Court of Justice, and therefore from the single market. It is not just about in-market surveillance; …”

“I appreciate the Government’s focus on growth, especially green-lighting the city and growth deals, and their transformative impact on our often overlooked economy and infrastructure. The forthcoming Windsor framework review presents an opportunity to look not just at east-west trade, which is important, but at other o…”

“These are very interesting discussions. You may be aware that the Assembly yesterday endorsed an Opposition motion about the scope of that review and endorsed the view that it should not just take in the movement of goods east to west. It is fair to say that, over many years, the focus was largely on those transactions…”

“There is a democratic deficit.”

“I will finish on that and say that the reason that the terms are narrowed on those roles is that the world stopped turning. Our lives stopped turning for many years to focus on the niche concerns. A lot of us, including EU citizens and many others, had to park their concerns. This is a way for this Government to demons…”

“On the previous issue, I note your commitment, which I know is genuine, on Casement. It is worth saying that it is not just an Executive issue, for two reasons. First, it is in New Decade, New Approach that Casement will be built and, secondly, the previous Government committed to it in explicit terms with or without t…”