Is the worrying thing for my hon. Friend the fact that many of those 200 decisions are sitting there not because of the court decision, but because of the inertia that exists in the Northern Ireland civil service? The Bill will not make a blind bit of difference to the fact that some senior members of the civil service—not all—will not make a decision to get up in the morning if they think they might get some criticism for it.
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Sammy Wilson
(Democratic Unionist Party)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 24 October 2018.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill.
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