Debate contribution: Engagement with British Prime Minister
Debate contribution by Mr Andrew Muir on .
- MLA
- Mr Andrew Muir
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 28 September 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Engagement with British Prime Minister
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5762354
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Text
I will continue to fight my Department's corner for farmers and the environment, because that is really important. On Brexit, if people look at the figures on the headcount in my Department, they will see that there has been no increase in resources since 2018, setting aside the additional resources that had to be allocated as a result of the EU exit. The EU exit has created an awful lot of bureaucracy, and we needed to create many more positions. It also stunted growth in the wider UK. Leaving the EU was a really bad idea. If people cannot see that, they are living under a rock.
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