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Adjournment debate on Thursday, 1 March 2012, in the House of Commons, led by Laurence Robertson. The answering member was David Gauke.

Northern Ireland Economy

Westminster Hall debate on a motion for the adjournment on the Northern Ireland economy.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
541 c151-98WH 
Session
2010-12
Department
Treasury
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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Proceeding contributions
Ian Jnr Paisley | 541 c153WH (Link to this contribution) The golf course is an important investment opportunity for Northern Ireland, and it does indeed turn...
Laurence Robertson | 541 c151-3WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Sir Alan. Usually, you and I jointly chair ...
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Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 541 c196WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister address my point about regional aid and the consultation by the Department for Bus...
David Gauke | 541 c193-6WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure the Secretary of State will enjoy reading this debate in Hansard. I do not think that a go...
David Gauke | 541 c192-3WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Scott. I welcome the opportunity to deba...
Laurence Robertson | 541 c196-8WH (Link to this contribution) I thank all hon. Members for taking part in a useful debate, and I thank the Minister for replying. ...
David Gauke | 541 c196WH (Link to this contribution) We are working with ministerial colleagues, and the whole Government are seeing what we can do. The ...
Alasdair McDonnell | 541 c183-4WH (Link to this contribution) I have never been afraid of hard work, and I can be wherever I am needed, whenever I am needed. Max...
Ian Jnr Paisley | 541 c184-5WH (Link to this contribution) I too will try to keep my remarks brief, to coincide with time as it runs out before us. At the out...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 541 c183WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Member for Belfast South have any intention of leaving Stormont and devoting himself f...
Sammy Wilson | 541 c183WH (Link to this contribution) Most of it is recycled in the first place—[Laughter.]
Alasdair McDonnell | 541 c181-3WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome the chance to speak in this debate under your chairmanship, Mr Scott, and to put some of t...
Speaker | 541 c181WH (Link to this contribution) Before calling the next speaker, may I point out that because of the Division, we will start the win...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 541 c178-81WH (Link to this contribution) I agree. My hon. Friend the Member for East Antrim referred earlier to cynicism. I do not fault him ...
Naomi Long | 541 c178WH (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman has been generous about taking interventions. Does he agree that, as is so ...
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | 541 c177-8WH (Link to this contribution) As the right hon. Gentleman says, there is further potential to be developed in relation to tourism....
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 541 c177WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is absolutely right. She represents the constituency of Belfast East, and I represent ...
David Gauke | 541 c190-1WH (Link to this contribution) May I be clear about the two points the hon. Gentleman has raised on public sector employment and we...
Owen Smith | 541 c191-2WH (Link to this contribution) No, I did not say that for a minute. We have not at any point said that there would not be any cuts....
Speaker | 541 c192WH (Link to this contribution) Order. May I politely remind the hon. Gentleman that I would like to give the Minister time to respo...
Owen Smith | 541 c192WH (Link to this contribution) I thought I had another minute until 25 past. We, too, would highlight those risks in relation to c...
Laurence Robertson | 541 c190WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will be aware that one of the indicators in Northern Ireland that is not as good ...
Owen Smith | 541 c187-90WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve for the first time under your chairmanship, Mr Scott. I hope that Members ...
Owen Smith | 541 c190WH (Link to this contribution) We need to make work pay—there is no doubt about that—and we need to make work attractive. However, ...
Ian Jnr Paisley | 541 c185-6WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is crying ““nonsense””, but she invited people to come to St Patrick's country. In fac...
Ian Jnr Paisley | 541 c186-7WH (Link to this contribution) I agree that someone might identify that as hypocritical. I do not know whether my hon. Friend is ca...
Sammy Wilson | 541 c186WH (Link to this contribution) There is a certain irony in the National Trust objecting to a golf course that will attract hundreds...
Sammy Wilson | 541 c165-6WH (Link to this contribution) Having two of the major power stations in my constituency, I know this already. They are considering...
Sammy Wilson | 541 c163WH (Link to this contribution) No, I do not think I have adopted any of them. The only one that was adopted was then condemned; nam...
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | 541 c163WH (Link to this contribution) Further to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Belfast South (Dr McDonnell), I make the ...
Sammy Wilson | 541 c162-3WH (Link to this contribution) I am glad that the hon. Gentleman has clarified that, because I noted down his remark about reducing...
Alasdair McDonnell | 541 c163WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman accept that he has adopted many of those proposals in his current budgetary ...
Sammy Wilson | 541 c163-4WH (Link to this contribution) No, I will not give way. This debate is not about the internecine warfare that goes on in the Northe...
Laurence Robertson | 541 c164WH (Link to this contribution) May I point out that devolving that power would cost absolutely nothing at all? The Select Committee...
Sammy Wilson | 541 c163WH (Link to this contribution) If I had anticipated the length of that intervention, I might have listed some of the things that ha...
Sammy Wilson | 541 c164-5WH (Link to this contribution) Of course that is true, but there is no point in devolving corporation tax if we are not going to do...
Laurence Robertson | 541 c165WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that, if the energy is not produced in Northern Ireland—and assuming d...
Naomi Long | 541 c177WH (Link to this contribution) Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the security response is a hugely important part of the res...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 541 c174-7WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to take part in this debate under your chairmanship, Mr Scott. I agree with much th...
Naomi Long | 541 c166-7WH (Link to this contribution) The banks tell me how few people they turn down when applying for loans. However, the small business...
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | 541 c167WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the forthcoming Budget on 21 March is an opportunity for the Gove...
Sammy Wilson | 541 c167-8WH (Link to this contribution) As I said, a reduction should be targeted, and not at Northern Ireland in particular. For example, w...
Naomi Long | 541 c168-71WH (Link to this contribution) I am glad to participate in the debate because rebalancing the economy of Northern Ireland has been ...
Laurence Robertson | 541 c171WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady might mention at this point that it has been agreed that our next inquiry will be into...
Naomi Long | 541 c171-2WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is one step ahead of me, as always. I thank him for bringing that point to my att...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 541 c172WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Lady agree that it is encouraging that the Northern Ireland Executive have set out in ...
Naomi Long | 541 c172-4WH (Link to this contribution) I certainly commend that. If one is ambitious, there is always the risk of failure, but if one is pe...
Laurence Robertson | 541 c155WH (Link to this contribution) I am happy to give way to the Minister.
Sammy Wilson | 541 c155WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman also accept that perhaps the Irish Government are keen for the rate to be re...
Laurence Robertson | 541 c154-5WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed, that was one of the points that we made in our report. We were astounded that the Treasury d...
Ian Jnr Paisley | 541 c154WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that perhaps one reason why there was not unanimity was because there ...
Laurence Robertson | 541 c155-6WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman, who makes the point better than I did. The outcome is important. I...
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | 541 c156-9WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome the opportunity to debate the rebalancing of the Northern Ireland economy here in Westmins...
Laurence Robertson | 541 c155WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure the hon. Gentleman is right, and there may be political reasons why they want the same rat...
Stephen Pound | 541 c160-1WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will have noticed that the person who most represents the delightfully happy peop...
Sammy Wilson | 541 c161WH (Link to this contribution) She is happy because she has such a wonderful public representative. We should take those figures w...
Sammy Wilson | 541 c161WH (Link to this contribution) I will not go back over the happy bit, because we have got that dispensed with, and I think we are a...
Ian Jnr Paisley | 541 c159WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Lady unite the House and call on the National Trust to support that magnificent projec...
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | 541 c159-60WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I am in no doubt that the planning application just...
Sammy Wilson | 541 c160WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to take part in the debate. As the leader of the Democratic Unionist party in Westm...
Naomi Long | 541 c161WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman on that point. Does he agree with me that if the public sector is cu...
Sammy Wilson | 541 c161-2WH (Link to this contribution) That is correct. In the past three years when I have been Finance Minister in the Northern Ireland E...
Laurence Robertson | 541 c162WH (Link to this contribution) I think that the hon. Gentleman would accept that my speech was based on the idea of growing the pri...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 541 c178WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady has a point, but I think that it is a matter of doing both. We must have the product. ...
Sammy Wilson | 541 c167WH (Link to this contribution) That is one reason why, when one looks at all the business surveys and the terms offered for loans, ...
Laurence Robertson | 541 c153-4WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. He is a very active member of the Select C...
Alasdair McDonnell | 541 c155WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the outcome, the product and the result are more important than a...
Subjects
Aviation Corporation tax Devolution Air passenger duty Employment Excise duties Fuels Economic situation EU grants and loans Private sector Northern Ireland Public sector Republic of Ireland Taxation Tobacco Unemployment Smuggling
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