Proceeding contribution from Lembit Opik (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 27 April 2006. It occurred during Debate on bill on Northern Ireland Bill.
Northern Ireland Bill
As the hon. Gentleman said, the Secretary of State’s original argument was that there was no cross-party support for giving the Assembly these additional powers. Given that it is perfectly obvious that every party represented here—apart from Government Front Benchers—agrees with such a proposal, the Secretary of State’s argument falls. Is the hon. Gentleman, like me, a bit suspicious of the fact that the Secretary of State then moved on to a different set of justifications for not providing such powers? The best thing that the Secretary of State could do is to recognise the consensus that exists here and give the Assembly something serious to do.
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- 445 c784
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- 2005-06
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- Devolved matters Crimes of violence Decommissioning Devolution Elections IRA Functions Ministerial powers Northern Ireland Powers Public appointments Northern Ireland Assembly Members Political parties Politics and government Ministers Northern Ireland government Northern Ireland Executive Terrorism Water charges Timetables Standing orders First Minister of Northern Ireland Assembly Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
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- Northern Ireland Bill 2005-06
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