Speeches by Eastwood.

“I agree entirely with the hon. Member. To me, we have one of the most business-hostile environments. You made comments about young people not getting work. Do you agree that that is made worse by the national insurance hikes that have seen almost a generation being unable to get employment? Do you agree with me in that…”

“Does that make it better?”

“I want to put two things on record at the outset. The Labour party does not stand for election in Northern Ireland. We do not have elections next week or the week after, so everything I am about to say has got absolutely nothing to do with a so-called political stunt, and everything to do with the integrity of this Hou…”

“(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the car bomb attack outside Dunmurry police station on 26 April 2026.”

“I am sure the whole House will join me in sending a message that terrorism never succeeds—neither in the past nor in 2026. I too wish to put on record my thanks to the Police Service of Northern Ireland for the work that it does every day, keeping communities safe in the face of ongoing threats. In particular, I pay tr…”

“David, thank you so much for your answers today. They have been really constructive. Just to take the question in two parts, at the back end there of your last response to David, you were talking about regulation. My question is first about regulation. You said that your guys would really welcome regulation, so I am go…”

“Yes, absolutely. Just very quickly and lastly, I am sure you were as shocked as I was, David, yesterday, whenever the Chancellor said in response to her statement on the middle east that Northern Ireland got £150 off its electricity bills. Obviously, that is not the case because we are in completely different electrici…”

“David, thank you so much for your answers today. They have been really constructive. Just to take the question in two parts, at the back end there of your last response to David, you were talking about regulation. My question is first about regulation. You said that your guys would really welcome regulation, so I am go…”

“In an earlier response to Gavin, you already raised the Government support from UKG in terms of £17 million for the home heating oil supports. I have asked Treasury where it got that figure from, because I am not convinced that that is actually representative of Northern Ireland. I am still to get a satisfactory respon…”

“Yes, absolutely. Just very quickly and lastly, I am sure you were as shocked as I was, David, yesterday, whenever the Chancellor said in response to her statement on the middle east that Northern Ireland got £150 off its electricity bills. Obviously, that is not the case because we are in completely different electrici…”

“In an earlier response to Gavin, you already raised the Government support from UKG in terms of £17 million for the home heating oil supports. I have asked Treasury where it got that figure from, because I am not convinced that that is actually representative of Northern Ireland. I am still to get a satisfactory respon…”

“Just so the Chancellor is aware, my constituents in Lagan Valley did not get £150 off their electricity bills. I am sure the Chancellor knows that that is because Northern Ireland is not in the same electricity market as the rest of the UK. Even if we add together the sums that we received through the Barnett consequen…”

“The hon. Gentleman is getting to the nub of the issue. This is about fairness in society. We tell everybody else outside of here, who we make the rules for, to play by the rules, but when you are in here yourself and you are the chief man, you can do what you want. That is what flies in the face of what the vast majori…”

“As others have already said, we can almost feel like everything has been said at this point. However, one thing that strikes me in all this is that this place is called the House of Commons. Our job is to come here and represent the common person, yet this entire debate is so far removed from the common person. As I sa…”

“Two years ago, people voted for change, but what have they got? More of the same. But it is not they who have let down their end of the bargain. My constituents are working themselves to the bone, and let us be absolutely clear: they are working and still having to claim benefits. Whether it is farmers, care workers or…”

“We are possibly at risk of straying into the next question.”

“I am not going to get the nomenclature correct around this, but there is a joint committee here on intelligence and those various issues, but one of my real concerns is the fact that there is an emerging level of threat around online radicalisation. We know the lessons from Prevent. We are aware of the ongoing issues a…”

“Very briefly, Chair, with your indulgence, I feel it would be a bit remiss and cowardly of me—I am speaking in a personal capacity, not a party-political capacity, and as somebody who is Catholic and has a long tradition of people having served. I spoke very briefly last week about this online. You expect abuse, but it…”

“Thank you, Chief Constable and Assistant Chief Constable. This is an issue that is very close to my heart and very close to my family, in terms of policing recruitment and people from a Catholic background. I am very proud of my family’s service—I say this every single time—in both the RUC and the PSNI. I have to tell …”

“I really value the hon. Member’s contribution, which has been heartfelt and personal. Does he agree that Endo Warriors Northern Ireland deserves credit and acknowledgment for the work that it has done for the women across Northern Ireland who are impacted by this postcode lottery?”