Northern Ireland Budget (No. 2) Bill

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his point, and we could consider introducing a needs-based factor ...

I am very grateful to the Secretary of State for that confirmation that he is at least willing to...

I very much hope that no discussion with a future Executive would take seven years to come to any...

As one of those leaders, may I be absolutely clear? My objective is to ensure that we get solid f...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his point. He and his party representatives, and indeed all ...

I am very cognisant of the difficulties that the Secretary of State faces with the Bill, and his ...

I thank my hon. Friend for his question, and acknowledge his long-standing interest in this area....

I fully concur with the Secretary of State about the importance of the Executive being restored. ...

The hon. Gentleman makes a wise point, and I know he follows this issue closely. We are working c...

Can the Secretary of State confirm that the UK Government still provide additional funding to the...

Indeed, we do provide that funding. It is to the value of £32 million a year this year and next y...

I am grateful to the Secretary of State for setting out the measures in the Bill. Northern Irelan...

Was the hon. Gentleman’s attention drawn to a report in The Daily Telegraph on Saturday, where a ...

I am grateful for the hon. Member’s intervention. He will know my personal view, which is that th...

The hon. Member has highlighted an area in which I have serious concerns—the policies being put f...

The hon. Gentleman highlights the chronic need for investment and reform in Northern Ireland. One...

Members will be aware of my keen interest in all things the Union. In truth, I had intended not t...

My grandmother once told me that two wrongs do not make a right. Is the hon. Gentleman making the...

I am not sure how the hon. Gentleman got there from what I said, but that is not where I am going...

I thank the hon. Member and my friend for giving way, and for his interest in the Union. He is ma...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. That is where I am heading with my next po...

May I begin by expressing my personal disappointment that once again we are here passing measures...

As the Secretary of State has said, tonight’s debate and the Bill are simply to allocate money, w...

Another promise broken.

The promise actually was broken by the Secretary of State. It was a two-sided promise: that would...

We have just had a debate about making sure that we are factually correct in this place. I am qui...

I know that the Secretary of State was not personally responsible, but he cannot wash his hands o...

I do not want to interrupt the right hon. Gentleman’s flow, because I am fascinated by his argume...

I think the point that I made was an indication of that. It is not just about getting money so th...

Does the right hon. Gentleman acknowledge that the Bengoa report outlined how we could tackle tha...

That is the whole point. Ministers have had the Bengoa report, as the hon. Lady says, for years. ...

I think we are really through the looking-glass now. It is great to hear real unity from those on...

I share the disappointment that we are here today expressed by the Minister, my hon. Friend the M...

It is a pleasure to follow the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, the hon. Member for Hackne...

indicated dissent.

The Secretary of State shakes his head, but he knows the figures. In the next financial year, pub...

It is somewhat opportune to follow the hon. Member for Belfast East (Gavin Robinson), as before I...

It is deeply regrettable that we find ourselves in this situation once again. Sometimes, the Demo...

The hon. Lady used the phrase “enjoying a needs-based allocation”. I would contest that. My conce...

The reality is that the Barnett formula across the United Kingdom, in all the different nations, ...

Does my hon. Friend agree that a financial allocation made on a purely needs basis would provide ...

Absolutely. I thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention.

We want a restored Executive...

For the past five years, any budget that we have had has been delivered—sometimes fairly chaotica...

At the risk of becoming a history lesson, may I remind the hon. Lady that between 1982 and 1986, ...

I am happy to correct the right hon. Gentleman’s history lesson. That was not a power-sharing Gov...

That is simply not true. One of the reasons why the DUP stated very clearly that it cannot suppor...

I would be happy to give way in a moment if the right hon. Gentleman wants to tell me about any p...

In calling Jim Shannon, I just want to say: do not forget to leave some time for the wind-ups, Ji...

May I say what a pleasure it is to speak in this debate? I am pleased to follow the right hon. an...

I thank Members from the across the House for participating so fulsomely in the debate. As always...

I am likewise most grateful to hon. and right hon. Members for their contributions this evening. ...

I very much share the vision that the Minister is setting out, but, leaving aside the language ar...

The hon. Gentleman makes a good point, and I shall come on to it in a moment, but I want there to...

Will the Minister give way?

I will, as I referred to the hon. Gentleman.

It was not me who suggested that that was a tactic. The Secretary of State outlined the tactic in...

I say to the hon. Gentleman that the simple fact is that the reason we are not doing all stages t...

I am grateful for that clarification, but however good the intentions are, it seems to fall short...

At the risk of sounding like a stuck record, the best way to get those questions answered is to g...

And in its absence?

That brings me on to a point I wanted to make. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I ...

With great respect to the Minister, the matters that we want to be addressed are not matters for ...

We certainly do. The right hon. Gentleman and I have walked a long way together over the last sev...

My concern is that it is a disproportionately large cut to a very small budget. It means that the...

Let me just check my notes to make sure I answer the hon. Lady properly on this point.

What...