Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Stephen Farry Excerpts
Wednesday 13th July 2022

(2 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Stephen Farry Portrait Stephen Farry (North Down) (Alliance)
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In a recent opinion poll, conducted by LucidTalk for Queen’s University, only 5% of the people of Northern Ireland expressed any trust whatsoever in this Government. As the Prime Minister prepares to leave office shortly, will he apologise for his legacy in Northern Ireland, where power sharing has collapsed, the Good Friday agreement has been undermined, an unwanted protocol Bill has been imposed on the people and businesses of Northern Ireland, and Anglo-Irish relations are in their worst state for 40 years?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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Well, no, Mr Speaker. What we have—and I know that every single one of the candidates will want to deliver this—is a Bill to fix the problem of the protocol. I accept that there is a problem, and I hope that the whole House will support the Bill.