Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Wednesday, 7 April 2010, in the House of Commons.

Northern Ireland Assembly Members Bill [Lords]

Northern Ireland Assembly Members Bill (HL). Committee stage. Bill reported without amendment. Third reading debate. Agreed on question. Bill passed without amendment.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 508 c1015-26
Session: 2009-10
Department: Northern Ireland Office
Legislative stage: Committee stage; Third reading; Report stage
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Northern Ireland Assembly Members Bill (HL). Brought from the Lords. Explanatory Notes Bill 75-EN also published.
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Bills
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: William Cash | 508 c1025-6 (Link to this contribution) I shall be very brief. I am much encouraged by the speeches made by the hon. Members for South Antri...; Mark Durkan | 508 c1023-4 (Link to this contribution) Opposition Front Benchers have rightly paid tribute to the Minister and his officials for their work...; Alistair Carmichael | 508 c1023 (Link to this contribution) No, I am not avoiding it. Indeed, I assure the hon. Gentleman that I have devoted a lot of my life i...; William Cash | 508 c1023 (Link to this contribution) I am slightly troubled by this line of argument, because the budgets for the respective Parliaments ...; Lord Cormack | 508 c1022 (Link to this contribution) Sadly, Ian Carmichael's dead.; Alistair Carmichael | 508 c1022 (Link to this contribution) Do not take me down that road. May I also place on record my support, and that of my party, for thi...; Speaker | 508 c1022 (Link to this contribution) I call Mr. Ian Carmichael.; Alistair Carmichael | 508 c1022 (Link to this contribution) That is my Ealing comedy alter ego, Sir Alan—[Interruption.] Sir Michael, I beg your pardon. I have ...; Peter Robinson | 508 c1022 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman recognise that there is one issue that flows from what the Opposition Front-...; Alistair Carmichael | 508 c1023 (Link to this contribution) Yes. The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely correct. I have seen that operating in all three jurisdi...; Paul Goggins | 508 c1020 (Link to this contribution) Clause 2 makes consequential amendments to section 48 of the 1998 Act and covers the payment of pens...; Paul Goggins | 508 c1020 (Link to this contribution) Clause 3 provides the short title for the Act, once the Bill has been enacted, and sets out the arra...; Laurence Robertson | 508 c1021-2 (Link to this contribution) Conservative Members welcome the Bill, as I said during the clause 1 stand part debate. I thank the ...; William Cash | 508 c1019 (Link to this contribution) Indeed, Sir Alan. I understand exactly what you have said, and I will do as you will suggest. We ar...; Mark Durkan | 508 c1019-20 (Link to this contribution) Let me record my party's support for the Bill, which, as has been said, addresses problems that need...; Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 508 c1018 (Link to this contribution) Before this became an election issue, or an issue in general, did not a number of my right hon. Frie...; Peter Robinson | 508 c1017-8 (Link to this contribution) I want to touch on the two points referred to by the Minister. Setting up a body to determine Assemb...; William Cash | 508 c1018-9 (Link to this contribution) I listened with interest to the leader of the Democratic Unionist party, the right hon. Member for B...; Peter Robinson | 508 c1018 (Link to this contribution) Yes. A number of my colleagues made it clear to me that they did not intend to stand for the Assembl...; William Cash | 508 c1016 (Link to this contribution) On what the hon. Gentleman described rather pejoratively as double-jobbing, and in the context of th...; Alistair Carmichael | 508 c1016 (Link to this contribution) I do not intend to detain the House for long. As far as the provisions on the regulation of expenses...; Laurence Robertson | 508 c1016 (Link to this contribution) I understand my hon. Friend's point. As I say, the money side is probably not the issue that concern...; William Cash | 508 c1015-6 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend concede that in the context of devolution in the United Kingdom, it is inevitabl...; Laurence Robertson | 508 c1015 (Link to this contribution) We welcome the Bill. We have had various discussions on clause 1, which, as the Minister says, conta...; Paul Goggins | 508 c1015 (Link to this contribution) There are only three clauses to this small Bill, and clause 1 contains the key provisions. Subsectio...; Alistair Carmichael | 508 c1017 (Link to this contribution) I fear that the hon. Gentleman has perhaps never quite come to terms with the full implications of t...; Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 508 c1024-5 (Link to this contribution) On behalf of my hon. and right hon. Friends, I would like to thank the Minister and his departmental...; Paul Goggins | 508 c1021 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. The Bill will allow the Northern Ireland A...; Chair of Committees of the Whole House | 508 c1019 (Link to this contribution) Order. I sense that we are moving away from the heart of this debate. I must remind the hon. Gentlem...
Subjects: Allowances Dual mandate Pay Workplace pensions Northern Ireland Assembly members
Legislation: Northern Ireland Assembly Members Bill (HL) 2009-10
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Northern Ireland Assembly Members Bill [Lords]

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