Speeches by Hanna.

“For what it is worth, we do not want a whole external thing. We do not want to start again and rebuild, but there is a vacuum of political leadership in terms of people just watching the confidence ebb away and not doing anything about it.”

“Jonny, you said there that you were not suggesting a Patten II and that it is perhaps a catch-all term for a review. Do you see the need for a check-in or a review? You have both rightly indicated that policing has been one of the relative successes when you see where some of the other institutions are. How do we get t…”

“Like others, I was delighted to see in the Budget the pre-1997 indexing. The Minister will know that that softens but does not correct a wrong, and it leaves tens of thousands of former employees of Harland & Wolff and Visteon, including my constituents, without indexation. New clauses 28 and 29, in my name, would …”

“Conversations about a new Ireland are deepening, with people from all sorts of backgrounds having serious, hopeful discussions about building something new. Yesterday in Westminster, along with the hon. Member for South Antrim (Robin Swann), who has a different view to me, we hosted two of the island’s most respected j…”

“As a wee follow-up on that, what do you think the role of universities is in driving that regional growth and balance issue?”

“Stuart, I am going to come to you about the barriers that high-growth sectors and then SMEs face. You have touched on some of these, but, for the record, could you outline what barriers you think high-growth sectors are facing?”

“Robert, do you have anything to add? What would you like to see in the action plan for the enhanced investment zone?”

“Paul, did you want to add something to that? Can you briefly touch on what you are doing on a cross-border basis? You have some stuff at Letterkenny, do you?”

“That is not how it works.”

“Yes, it was a triple. You can do it.”

“David, if you want to come in on that, please do, but, in the interests of time, I wanted to ask you about city deals. My colleague and a predecessor here, Mark Durkan, was the early champion of those. He saw them as a way to co-ordinate the extra investment that does not come through the devolved channels. How are the…”

“Stuart, do you want to come in? I am going to come back with specific questions for David.”

“Which ones work well? There are lots and lots of them.”

“They are all really fair observations, and you are all being quite polite. That navigation and conducting is supposed to come from local government. Devolution is supposed to be about taking that power in our hands, taking resources and schemes from the UK Government and delivering them. I will always argue for more, b…”

“We will pick up on some of those ideas later on.”

“Robert, did you want to come in there? Do you have anything to add to what Stuart said about barriers for high-growth sectors?”

“You have correctly identified, I believe, the big unlearned lesson from the Republic’s success. We obsess about tax rates, and obviously that is not nothing, but it is consistent investment in skills. That is the bottom line. Infrastructure and skills is what has created the miracle in the Republic. It is not just abou…”

“Collaboration between groups across the Irish sea is very welcome. Those relationships will always be cherished. Unfortunately, Brexit really impacted the ability of those groups to serve and support people, and that was a consequence of the failure to plan for the constitutional change of Brexit. Regardless of the Min…”

“The answer is 20.”

“Many in this House believe in the rule of law and in the equality of every person in front of the law. Between 30,000 and 40,000 people were properly convicted of paramilitary offences, and 300,000 soldiers served under Operation Banner. Can the shadow Secretary of State outline how many of those have been in court?”