"The Secretary of State and the Labour Government promised the people of Northern Ireland that they would repeal and replace the legacy Act. They have not. They promised through this two-year extended parliamentary Session that they would deliver legislation that attained support across the community. They have not. The Bill …..." Gavin Robinson - View Speech
"The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee has just heard from the chief constable of the PSNI, Jon Boutcher, who indicated that the Secretary of State has put in a claim to the Treasury for additional hundreds of millions of pounds to fund the legacy commission, yet the PSNI has nothing. It …..." Gavin Robinson - View Speech
"I thank the Chancellor for recognising the disproportionate reliance on home heating oil in Northern Ireland, but the £17 million made available for half a million homes reliant on oil equates to £34 per household, and there is no data to target that support. There is £81 million available from …..." Gavin Robinson - View Speech
"I associate myself and my colleagues with the Prime Minister’s remarks about Sarah Everard and about Iran.
My colleagues and I support our armed forces, but we lament how diminished the UK has appears over the past week among our allies and within the middle east. The Prime Minister is …..." Gavin Robinson - View Speech
"I want to come on to the scope of this in a moment, but I do not disagree with the points that my hon. Friend has made.
As I mentioned earlier, I had a brief conversation with Mr Milroy this afternoon. From the way in which he engaged with me …..." Gavin Robinson - View Speech
"As I said to my hon. Friend the Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon), I will return to the issue of scope, but I appreciate the hon. Member’s point.
I lament the fact that someone who has been campaigning on this issue for six years, personally and with colleagues, has lost …..." Gavin Robinson - View Speech
"I think the time is coming, though we might not hear it this evening, for the Ministry of Defence to engage in the reality of what has been asserted in the courts. The Ministry of Defence is going to have to accept that, at a time when I, my colleagues …..." Gavin Robinson - View Speech
"Madam Deputy Speaker, through you, may I thank Mr Speaker for selecting this topic for our Adjournment debate? I am very grateful to the Minister for Veterans and People, who is in her place. It is the first time that we have been able to engage in this way since …..." Gavin Robinson - View Speech
"I thank the Minister, the Secretary of State and his officials for their constructive engagement in preparation for a reserve claim for the Executive. Through that work, I know that the figure has doubled and rightly so. May I also highlight the Northern Ireland Audit Office’s report on the frailty …..." Gavin Robinson - View Speech
"One constraint, as the Minister knows because I raised it at the last Northern Ireland questions, is the potential requirement, as a result of EU legislative change, of an additional 60,000 GP appointments for antimicrobial-resistant drugs. That would decimate the delivery of health services in Northern Ireland. I ask that …..." Gavin Robinson - View Speech