Speeches by Eastwood.

“We are in a world that is extremely uncertain, and our farmers are part of our national security, but we are farming them to death. What does that do for sustainability and our thriving farm agribusinesses?”

“On the point about what poverty means to our constituents, we are sitting in Northern Ireland with the local growth fund and the Treasury refuses to understand that the way we do things is different. We do not need 70% capital funding; we need it the other way around. That, to me, speaks to some of the substantive moti…”

“On the hon. Member’s point about the employment of young people, in Northern Ireland we have one of the highest levels—if not the highest level—of youth unemployment and young people not in education, employment or training. Would he agree with me that the Budget absolutely hammers any prospect of young people being em…”

“I also pay tribute to those who were on the train, the staff and the first responders, as well as members of the public. Can I ask the Home Secretary to consider the comments made by the right hon. Member for Staffordshire Moorlands (Dame Karen Bradley) about the new methods of radicalisation? The previous Home Secreta…”

“Absolutely—”

“I echo many other Members across the House in paying tribute to the Hillsborough families. I represent a constituency in Northern Ireland, but I have to confess that I am a red. We heard of their plight and took that plight on as our own. I cannot see up to the Gallery, but I say to Margaret and everybody else up there…”

“I want to express my frustration—I think you have done very good job of holding back some of the frustration, Celine, as have David and Martin. If another sector—for want of a better word—came with the huge impact that you have had on social metrics, in a context where Northern Ireland has the highest unemployment rate…”

“This is a really difficult issue. The Minister spoke about people wanting to come to the UK because they had a dream. I want to be clear: I welcome people who want to come to the UK and live in a way that is reflective of our values, but so often we ask the most of communities who have the least. Does the Minister agre…”

“That is what I was just going to say, David. This is not even one, two or three years; to my mind, this has been going on since EU exit. I am not going to get into relitigating that, but it is very clear that any funding subsequent to that has not been like for like. It has never been fully replaced and as you said, Ce…”

“I was a member of it; it was awful.”

“I was a member of it; it was awful.”

“The Northern Ireland Business Brexit Working Group was set up by business, for business, so it was reliant on the goodwill and strength of those businesses to set it up—I think that is my point.”

“One thing that stands out to me is that our Heads of Government often do not speak with one voice. That is just a political reality, and it poses some problems moving forward. I am the only person around the table who has previously served on the Democratic Scrutiny Committee, and I raised with Lord Murphy the issue th…”

“Good morning, everyone. We had a discussion earlier with Lord Murphy about future potentials and what things might look like going forward. EU SPS rules will continue to apply to Northern Ireland on a different legal basis from the rest of the UK once the new SPS agreement is in place. How will you then ensure that Nor…”

“Your points are well made. From my experience of having served on that committee, one of the big frustrations that we felt—I can only speak for myself, retrospectively—was business coming to us whenever it was initially formed, and of course that was not technically a function of it. In addition to the helpful suggesti…”

“The Northern Ireland Business Brexit Working Group was set up by business, for business, so it was reliant on the goodwill and strength of those businesses to set it up—I think that is my point.”

“One thing that stands out to me is that our Heads of Government often do not speak with one voice. That is just a political reality, and it poses some problems moving forward. I am the only person around the table who has previously served on the Democratic Scrutiny Committee, and I raised with Lord Murphy the issue th…”

“Good morning, everyone. We had a discussion earlier with Lord Murphy about future potentials and what things might look like going forward. EU SPS rules will continue to apply to Northern Ireland on a different legal basis from the rest of the UK once the new SPS agreement is in place. How will you then ensure that Nor…”

“Your points are well made. From my experience of having served on that committee, one of the big frustrations that we felt—I can only speak for myself, retrospectively—was business coming to us whenever it was initially formed, and of course that was not technically a function of it. In addition to the helpful suggesti…”

“I apologise.”