Speeches by Hoare.

“Mr Speaker, to pick up on your statement, for which I think the whole House will be grateful, I am sure that my Committee will take up your clear urging for us to look at the issue with regard to the ministerial code. I know the Minister will agree that domestic abuse cannot be an issue to which lip service is paid in …”

“As my hon. Friend knows, heaven rejoiceth when a sinner repenteth. Does he share my hope—let us hope it is not naive—that, with this volte-face by Members on the Treasury Bench on this important issue, the cross-party consensus about the seriousness and perniciousness of modern slavery is restored, so that the House ca…”

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. You will recall that on Monday, Mr Speaker took to task those on the Treasury Bench for making a very important announcement about major policy changes on immigration to the media before it was made to this House. The hon. Member for Aberdeen North (Kirsty Blackman) had an urg…”

“Will the Minister give way?”

“A long time ago!”

“There is little doubt that the Minister takes the issue seriously—I think the House accepts that—but does he acknowledge that what he has said in answer to questions from the Opposition and from his hon. Friends will offer the sector rather cold comfort? He recognises that this is an issue, as the Government do, and ar…”

“We all understand the need to strike the right operational atmosphere and balance in prisons, but in the interests of the retention and recruitment of prison officers, which is absolutely key if our prison estate is to work effectively, I hope that—irrespective of what the review might advise—the Minister and the Depar…”

“What role does the Minister envisage the Commonwealth playing as an honest broker in discussions between India and Pakistan? Will he also assure the House that, given the fact that the trade deal with India was signed just yesterday, there will be a clear demarcation of Government response and the Government will not f…”

“Yes, indeed. Is it your assessment that there is no other legitimate route—I underscore the word “legitimate”—to secure access to these treatments?”

“Is it your assessment that there is an appetite for and preparedness to work towards a regime between producer and end user—the vet—in order to minimise disruption to supply, notwithstanding the fact that there may be some degree of onerousness with regard to applying for the certificate?”

“Is it your assessment, on the basis of where there’s a will there’s a way, that if there is a need for a product, whatever the product might be, it would be available should need be there, as long as the certificate requirements are met?”

“My questions are to Mr Reland and Dr Whitten. The Northern Ireland Secretary, as we know, recently reiterated the Government’s manifesto commitment to upholding and protecting the UK internal market and, alongside that, preventing new regulatory barriers between Northern Ireland and the other parts of the UK. We would …”

“Before I bring in Dr Whitten, there seems to be a theme emerging that the domestic processes of evaluation, assessment and response written for a different period of time are potentially not fit for purpose to meet the in-real-time, analysis-response legislating that we may find ourselves facing. Is that a fair assessm…”

“I want to draw out all three of you on this point, which may help this Committee when it makes recommendations to Government in its report following this inquiry. For too many people, Brexit was seen as an event rather than a process to be implemented over time, with different events that would occur and would need to …”

“I was not asking you, Mr Robinson.”

“I am still trying to find my yes or no answer.”

“You win the prize for shortest answer, which is usually the most well received.”

“Is that a yes or a no?”

“Thank you.”

“My questions are to Mr Reland and Dr Whitten. The Northern Ireland Secretary, as we know, recently reiterated the Government’s manifesto commitment to upholding and protecting the UK internal market and, alongside that, preventing new regulatory barriers between Northern Ireland and the other parts of the UK. We would …”