Absolutely. This remains, at present, a fully devolved matter, and that consultation would be undertaken by the devolved entity. At the present time there is no devolved entity, and that consultation has not been undertaken by those MLAs or by the restored Executive; it is not there. We have been able to move this matter forward only since the instruction of the other place only a short time ago.
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Duncan of Springbank
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 17 July 2019.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill.
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