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  2. Debate contribution: North Down Road Network: Investment

    Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I thank Mr Martin for securing this important debate on his concerns about a lack of investment in the road network in North Down. I also thank Stephen Dunne, Alan Chambers and Connie Egan. I have listened intently to all the comments and issues that have been raised by…

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  3. Debate contribution: North Down Road Network: Investment

    Funnily, all the comments made in 2016 are probably as applicable today as they were then. I spoke for 10 minutes in that debate, and I was tempted just to use the speech that I made all those years ago. However, I have a sore throat today, so, Members will be pleased to know, I will not speak for 10 minutes or even…

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  4. Debate contribution: North Down Road Network: Investment

    I refer to Hansard for Tuesday 22 November 2016. In it is recorded an Adjournment debate titled: "Road and Footpath Maintenance: North Down". — [Official Report, Bound Volume 121, p138, col 1]. There were four Members in the House for that Adjournment debate. I was going to say that interest in North Down roads has…

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  5. Debate contribution: North Down Road Network: Investment

    I, too, thank my colleague Mr Peter Martin for securing an Adjournment debate on this topic, and I thank the Infrastructure Minister for her attendance this afternoon. The Department for Infrastructure has been operating a limited roads maintenance programme for 10 years. Its impact is really starting to show to a…

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  6. Debate contribution: North Down Road Network: Investment

    Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank my constituency colleague Peter Martin for securing this debate on the lack of investment in the road network in North Down. He highlighted well the statistics that show that North Down gets less investment in its road network when compared with other council areas. I really hope…

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  7. Debate contribution: North Down Road Network: Investment

    Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. The way to empty a Chamber in less than a minute is to have a debate on North Down's roads. I am thankful to our SDLP colleagues for joining us for the debate, albeit one of them is going now. Mr Deputy Speaker, thank you for allowing me the opportunity to bring my Adjournment…

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  8. Debate contribution: Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity

    I thank the Member for taking an intervention. I know that the issue is close to her heart. It impacts on those with illnesses and disabilities, but it also impacts on their carers, who are the very people whom they rely on. Where can they turn? There is a serious, wider impact across our system and our people.

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  9. Debate contribution: Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity

    Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I may not take all of those minutes. There appears to be clear consensus on all sides of the House that the UK Government are imposing a reform of benefits that will have a negative impact on people with disabilities in Northern Ireland and that it is wrong. Their cuts will…

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  10. Debate contribution: Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity

    I appreciate the Member's giving way. As I indicated, I am minded to support his party's amendment because, importantly, it talks about a mitigation package, which is crucial. Will he explain why his party's amendment removed the call for tax increases for the superwealthy? That is a bugbear for me and others.

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  11. Debate contribution: Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity

    Go raibh míle maith agat, a Phríomh-Leas-Cheann Comhairle. One thing in the DUP amendment is slightly unclear to me. There is a slight anomaly where it: "acknowledges calls for tax increases for the superwealthy but believes that any such policy must be fair, deliverable and avoid a detrimental impact on savings or…

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  12. Debate contribution: Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity

    Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I thank those who brought the motion to the House. It has encouraged a lively discussion on a very serious topic, namely the Government's welfare reform proposals and the implications that they will have for all our communities. The Democratic Unionist Party believes that…

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  13. Debate contribution: Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity

    I thank the Minister for giving way. Minister, what would you say to those disability campaigners who say that they feel really aggrieved at the conflation of tackling fraud and disability benefit cuts? They would say to you that they are absolutely aware that there is a fraud problem in the welfare system, but when…

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  14. Debate contribution: Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity

    Thank you very much, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I thank the proposer of the motion and all those who have contributed to the debate. I do not intend to go into the detail of everything that has already been said. I do not intend to go into all the consequences that those decisions will have. They are well known,…

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  15. Debate contribution: Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity

    I welcome the motion and what appears to be a new policy direction for the Alliance Party towards the redistribution of wealth. It is something that I genuinely support. Wealth taxes are often brushed off and even laughed at by some in this Building, so it is a welcome change in policy. Tens of thousands of people in…

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  16. Debate contribution: Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity

    Just to give the Member an update, a high-income earner is somebody who earns over £130,000 a year. The superwealthy or super-rich are people who have a net income in excess of £30 million to £50 million.

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  18. Debate contribution: Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity

    Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. David did not use his extra minute, so I will maybe take it if that is all right. It is an honour to speak in the debate, which highlights the devastating impact that the Labour Government's approach to what I am going to term "disability benefits reform" could have on some…

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  19. Debate contribution: Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity

    The super-rich are those on a lot of money. Look at farmers. Farmers are being persecuted by the Government because the likes of Dyson and Jeremy Clarkson are buying up land. Those guys are taking advantage of the ordinary person on the ground. That is what I am talking about: the ordinary person on the ground is…

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  23. Debate contribution: Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity

    It is morally wrong to raid our most vulnerable to plug a government spending gap while the super-rich continue to get richer. Something is seriously wrong in our society when the disposable income — the amount that is left to spend at the end of the week — of working people, be they nurses, health workers, teachers…

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  24. Debate contribution: Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity

    I wish that we did not have to have this motion. The reality is that we are having this debate because, once again, the British Government are choosing to prioritise pumping billions into weapons of war rather than supporting the most vulnerable in society. They are choosing to cruelly punish the long-term sick,…

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  25. Debate contribution: Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity

    As the rumours began to swirl about the looming cuts to social security and as the plans became clearer, I could not help but recall the moment outside Downing Street — I have mentioned this before, and I make no apologies for highlighting it again — when the rain was pouring down and the then PM came out to call the…

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