Debate contribution: Welfare Reform: Implications

Debate contribution by Mr Justin McNulty on 31 March 2025.

MLA: Mr Justin McNulty
Party at the time: Social Democratic and Labour Party
Date: 31 March 2025
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Welfare Reform: Implications
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 4871919

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I thank the Minister for his answer. In 2015, the Minister's party — the DUP — along with Sinn Féin and the Alliance Party tripped through the Lobbies together to hand welfare powers over to London. To what extent has that vote impacted on our ability to help the most vulnerable people and mitigate the harshest of cuts that impact on them?

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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 1799/22-27.

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