Speeches by Hanna.

“Can you talk us through a board meeting? What would be the protocol? Do you have a conflict of interest policy, and how would you address disentangling your political pronouncements from interventions on behalf of Intertrade UK?”

“The UK Government who appointed you, and the current UK Government, who reappointed you, think it is an advantage. Do you think it is an advantage for Northern Ireland?”

“You have spoken on a number of occasions about triggering article 16 and other disruptions. Is that a view of Intertrade UK or is it a personal view?”

“For clarity, you don’t think it is part of the role of Intertrade UK to make the Windsor framework work?”

“Do you see your role as making them work?”

“Do you see your role as making the post-Brexit trading arrangements—the Windsor framework—work or as disrupting those arrangements?”

“The UK Government who appointed you, and the current UK Government, who reappointed you, think it is an advantage. Do you think it is an advantage for Northern Ireland?”

“It is for businesses that might want a base in other markets as well. Many would see Northern Ireland as an advantageous location. Is that something you will be able to promote? Do you personally see it as an advantage for Northern Ireland?”

“Will you be selling dual market access as a hook or an advantage for Northern Ireland, and potential investment in Northern Ireland, to businesses in GB?”

“So that is planned but not delivered. Have you encountered any common misconceptions about trading to our region?”

“Have you engaged with businesses in England, Scotland and Wales or networks outside the FSB?”

“Can you describe your engagement to date with businesses and stakeholders, and any misconceptions you have picked up about trading goods and services to Northern Ireland?”

“So yours is two years commencing from the second appointment?”

“How long are their terms and your term?”

“Building on Robin’s question, can you clarify how the board was appointed, whether there was a public appointments process, and how long your term is?”

“Separate from the dual market opportunity, what other challenges relating to the Windsor framework are you encountering within businesses?”

“The House is getting a lesson that many families in Northern Ireland, such as those of Sean Brown and the victims of Stakeknife, have learned over decades that national security is routinely deployed to cover the blushes of the UK Government. I appreciate that the hon. Gentleman is now arriving at that point. Would he …”

“I wanted to ask you about businesses realising or not realising the benefits of dual market access, some of which appears to be down to its not being promoted actively, and some of the continuing frictions and complexities. I wanted to ask you about those—what feedback and patterns are you noticing from Northern Irelan…”

“Businesses would be impacted by further disruption, including the triggering of article 16 and other interventions. So it is not politics; it is about the impact on businesses. Could you set out any conflict of interest policy? Have you discussed reconciling views that individuals might express outside their work with …”

“Which would be impacted by the triggering of article 16.”