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Whole Day Download the Hansard Wednesday Volume 658 10 April 2019 No. 287 HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFICIAL REPORT PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) Wednesday 10 April 2019 © Parliamentary Copyright House of Commons 2019 This publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Open Parliament licence, which is published at www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/. 297 10 APRIL 2019 298 in Northern Ireland who consider themselves British or House of Commons Irish. In the event of a no-deal Brexit, those rights will need additional protection. What plans does the Secretary of State have to ensure that those vital rights are undiluted Wednesday 10 April 2019 and protected for all in Northern Ireland? The House met at half-past Eleven o’clock Karen Bradley: The Belfast/Good Friday agreement was a landmark achievement. It took many years and PRAYERS many people take credit for it, and quite rightly so. We have been clear that there will be no diminution of rights when the United Kingdom leaves the European [MR SPEAKER in the Chair] Union. That is set out very clearly in the Northern Ireland protocol to the withdrawal agreement, which means, as I said earlier, that the answer is to vote for the Oral Answers to Questions deal. NORTHERN IRELAND Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire) (Con): Does my right hon. Friend agree with the Northern The Secretary of State was asked— Ireland Department for the Economy that cutting corporation tax to the level enjoyed by businesses in the Leaving the EU: No Deal Republic of Ireland would more than compensate for 1. Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington) (Lab): What any loss of attractiveness of Northern Ireland to foreign recent assessment her Department has made of the direct investors and the associated job losses? potential effect on Northern Ireland of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. [910246] Karen Bradley: This House gave the Northern Ireland Executive the power to cut the corporation tax rate. 12. Liz Twist (Blaydon) (Lab): What recent assessment That is an achievement of this Government, and we her Department has made of the potential effect on believe it would help the economy of Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland of the UK leaving the EU without a We need a functioning Executive—we will come on to deal. [910257] that issue later—for that power to be used, and that is The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Karen what we all want to happen. Bradley): Today is the 21st anniversary of the Belfast agreement. Our commitment to the agreement and its Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con): Will the Secretary of successor agreements remains steadfast. It has been State confirm that there are already differential rates of instrumental in bringing peace and stability to Northern duties and VAT between Northern Ireland and the Ireland and remains the bedrock of the significant Republic and that, whether we leave with a deal or no progress that has been achieved since 1998. deal, co-operation and ensuring that there is no hard We want and expect to leave the European Union border is in everyone’s interests? with a negotiated agreement. However, as a responsible Government, we have been working intensively to ensure Karen Bradley: I agree that it is in everyone’s interests that all parts of the UK, including Northern Ireland, that we co-operate with all our friends in the European are as prepared as possible in the event of a no-deal Union, and in particular with Ireland. My hon. Friend exit. We have been clear that the unique social, political is right. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom—a and economic circumstances of Northern Ireland must separate jurisdiction and a separate sovereign country—and be protected. therefore there are differences. As I have said, the best way for us to leave the European Union—the way that Jeff Smith: May I echo the Secretary of State’s words will protect so many of the things that have been about the Belfast agreement? achieved in the past 21 years—is to leave with a negotiated Organised crime does not stop at the border, and the agreement. European arrest warrant is a vital tool in modern policing. What discussion has the Secretary of State Nigel Dodds (Belfast North) (DUP): Of course everybody had with the Home Secretary to ensure that we retain wants to get a deal that can get through this House of this crucial means of tackling crime in all circumstances Commons. I remind the Secretary of State that she, of leaving the EU? along with us and Members from her own party, voted Karen Bradley: The hon. Gentleman is absolutely for an amendment saying that the backstop had to be right: the European arrest warrant is vital, and it is used replaced with alternative arrangements. Will she confirm in Northern Ireland perhaps more than in any other that she still stands by that, and will she encourage her part of the United Kingdom. It is a very important tool right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to adopt that that the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the approach, which the Leader of the House referred to security services need to have access to. There is, of yesterday? course, a way to make sure that they have access to it, and that is to leave with a deal. Karen Bradley: The right hon. Gentleman is right to point out that there was a majority—the only majority Liz Twist: As the Secretary of State has said, the in this House for anything—for the Brady amendment. Good Friday agreement was signed 21 years ago today, I was one of those who voted for it, because I want to and it was a landmark achievement of the Labour see changes to the backstop. Of course, that is something Government. It ensured ongoing equality between those we have achieved through the agreement that alternative 299 Oral Answers 10 APRIL 2019 Oral Answers 300 arrangements could be part of the way in which the of this House asking written questions about issues of backstop is replaced. As I have said, we all want a devolved responsibility to give some accountability to negotiated exit that works for the whole United Kingdom, the local civil service? including Northern Ireland. Karen Bradley: The right hon. Gentleman, who has Nigel Dodds: I am grateful to the Secretary of State considerable experience in this field and who will, I am for confirming on the record in the House today that determined, remain the last direct rule Minister, knows she agrees that changes do need to be made to the that there are some constitutional arrangements. The backstop—it is important to recognise that. With regard Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of to a no-deal outcome, she will have heard the Irish Functions) Act 2018 was very carefully drafted so that Taoiseach, and indeed Michel Barnier, say that in the it respected the separation and independence of the event of no deal there will not be any hard border on Northern Ireland civil service, and we mess with that at the island of Ireland and that arrangements will be our peril. made to ensure that checks and controls are made operationally away from the border. Does she understand Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con): Has my right the frustration, therefore, with people who say that, in hon. Friend set a timetable for these talks so that she the event of no deal, there will be no hard border, but can bring the various leaders together and make sure who are insisting on a backstop, which could actually that we restore devolved government? bring about the conditions that they say they want to avoid? Karen Bradley: I would like to see talks resume as soon as possible, but I am acutely aware that there are Karen Bradley: I understand the many frustrations issues, including the fact that local government elections that there are around this process. I voted for the are now being fought in Northern Ireland and that we withdrawal agreement—I voted for it three times. I are in purdah, that create difficulties for what can be believe that it is a fair and balanced way for the whole achieved, but I do want to see as soon as possible a United Kingdom to leave the European Union in a way short, focused set of five-party talks. that respects fully the Belfast agreement and its successor agreements, and that is what I want to see us deliver. Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North) (SNP): The Secretary of State has previously said that Devolution formal talks could not take place until after the local elections on 2 May, which she has just referred to, but 2. Mr Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East) (Lab/Co-op): given the Brexit developments, or a lack thereof, is she What recent steps she has taken to help restore devolution now proposing that all-party talks will now not happen in Northern Ireland. [910247] until after the European elections at the end of May, which would bring us into the heart of the marching 10. David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab): What recent steps season? How can she possibly justify yet another delay she has taken to help restore devolution in Northern in attempting to restore the Assembly that nearly 80% of Ireland. [910255] the Northern Irish public are crying out for? The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Karen Karen Bradley: The hon. Gentleman refers to a number Bradley): On 26 March, I laid before Parliament a of issues that may be making it more difficult for parties statutory instrument that extends the period for Executive to find an accommodation to enable them to restore formation until 25 August.
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