Claire Hanna MP: speeches 2026

Speeches

• 13 Jan 2026 · Northern Ireland Political Institutions: Reform · Hansard source

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• 7 Jan 2026 · Engagements · Hansard source

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  Q7. Even its strongest advocates acknowledge that Northern Ireland is trapped in dysfunction—not because reform is not possible, but because the DUP and Sinn Féin have not allowed it. We have become a political “Hotel California”, where the past is always around but the future never arrives. There is growing public consensus that some of Stormont’s procedures simply are not working. The SDLP has found slivers of common ground across the political parties, too. Does the Prime Minister agree that now is the time for a structured conversation that both protects power sharing and addresses the culture of veto and decline so that Stormont might finally take responsibility and start to deliver for the people?

• 7 Jan 2026 · Northern Ireland Executive · Hansard source

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  The Minister will be aware that for a number of months, I have been raising concerns about the local growth fund and its impact in Northern Ireland. Just before Christmas, organisations got the devastating news of a large cut to the local growth fund, which will devastate a number of support jobs and work done to help vulnerable people into meaningful employment. What steps will the Northern Ireland Office take to prevent the loss of those crucial support jobs, and to help put in place services to tackle our low productivity?

• 7 Jan 2026 · Northern Ireland Executive · Hansard source

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  8. What recent engagement he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive.