Proceeding contribution from Lord Coaker (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 13 November 2017. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Northern Ireland Budget Bill.

Northern Ireland Budget Bill

I think there is probably only one person in the House who properly understood all of that, and I will not say who it was. I thank the Secretary of State for his answer. What the people of Northern Ireland and Members of this House want to know is, if we strip out all the technicalities the Secretary of State has outlined, what is he actually saying? Is there a cash freeze? Is there a real-terms reduction? We read in the press that health spending is to rise and education spending is flat. We heard the hon. Member for Upper Bann (David Simpson) mention the £600 million figure, which has been raised on several occasions. If we strip away all the technicalities, what is the Secretary of State actually saying about the spending power for each Department up until 31 March next year?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 631 c68
Session: 2017-19
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Consolidated Fund Devolution Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Assembly Political parties Northern Ireland government Public finance Northern Ireland Executive Supply estimates Northern Ireland Civil Service Representative money
Legislation: Northern Ireland Budget Bill 2017-19
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on hansard.parliament.uk

Northern Ireland Budget Bill

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