Tackling Waste and Inefficiency in Government

Division held on 23 March 2026. The Motion, As Amended, Was Carried

Decision type

Simple Majority

Method

Lobby Division

Result

The Motion, As Amended, Was Carried

Debate

Waste and Inefficiency in Government

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The motion voted on

Motion (Private Members' Motion): Tackling Waste and Inefficiency in Government

That this Assembly recognises the need to drive efficiency and tackle wasteful spending across the public sector; notes with concern recent Northern Ireland Audit Office reports which found that delivery of major capital projects and reform of the Northern Ireland Civil Service workforce has not achieved value for money; expresses alarm at levels of spending by Executive Departments on arm’s-length bodies, agency staff, legal costs, hospitality and external consultants; criticises the use of public money to advance transgender ideology; highlights the Scottish Government’s commitment to reduce public body corporate and core government operating costs by approximately 20 per cent by 2030; calls on the Minister of Finance to agree mandatory, rolling efficiency targets for day-to-day spending by every Executive Department; and further calls on the Minister to seek Executive agreement on a presumption against the creation of new public bodies.

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Tabled by: Ms Diane Forsythe, Mr Harry Harvey, Mr Brian Kingston

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