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Minister, I welcome the fact that you are looking at this, but I am concerned that we look as though we are being imprisoned by the strict legal limitations that are imposed on us by London. You and I want a new constitutional future. If we listen to what the Treasury says, we will not be planning for that future.…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Multi-year Budget Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Multi-year Budget
I thank the Member for the question. I know that he will be aware that one of the things that we committed to in the Budget sustainability plan was that, when there are multi-year spending reviews, we will also do multi-year Budgets alongside that. He will also be aware that the legislation precludes us from doing a…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Multi-year Budget Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Multi-year Budget
I am keen to see the scheme taken forward as quickly as possible to give bereaved families the opportunity to have formal recognition of their loss. I want all parents and families who have suffered the devastating loss of a baby to feel that their grief is recognised. Primary legislation is currently being drafted…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Baby Loss Certificate Scheme: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Baby Loss Certificate Scheme: Update
All of us realise what an important issue that is. Ending all forms of violence, abuse and harm against women and girls is one of the most pressing issues facing our society today. The Executive are committed to tackling that important issue. In March 2021, the Executive acknowledged the need for a departmental,…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Forced Marriages Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Forced Marriages
Minister, can you outline how the Budget supports ending violence against women and girls?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Forced Marriages Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Forced Marriages
Thank you, Minister, I am really pleased to hear that. As you know, in its annual statement, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission talked about bringing that legislation forward. I have nothing to add other than to say that I look forward to that.
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Forced Marriages Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Forced Marriages
The General Register Office in my Department provides guidance to registrars in looking for the signs of possible forced marriage and reporting those to the appropriate authorities. That is part of a multi-agency approach to the prevention of forced marriage that operates across all sectors and involves agencies both…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Forced Marriages Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Forced Marriages
This year, 2024-25, the Executive had allocated £25 million for proposals brought forward by the childcare affordability task and finish group. The draft Budget 2025-26 proposes that £50 million is earmarked for childcare. That doubles the funding provided in 2024-25. The Executive also agreed, as part of the draft…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Draft Budget 2025-26: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Draft Budget 2025-26: Update
Minister, despite the pressures that you face, I welcome the support and the priority that you have given to childcare, which has allowed the development of the very much-needed first steps that we have seen. Will you outline how the 2025-26 Budget will also support childcare?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Draft Budget 2025-26: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Draft Budget 2025-26: Update
I would not characterise it as slipping it through, because it was clearly stated in the ministerial statement that was published on 19 December and all the Budget documentation thereafter. It said that the draft Budget for 2025-26 is predicated on those rate increases. What we have tried to do and what we tried to do…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Draft Budget 2025-26: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Draft Budget 2025-26: Update
Minister, in the answer to the previous question, you said that a consultation on rates would begin in the new financial year, but it has not been said clearly enough in the Chamber that there will be a 3% increase in the regional rate for businesses in the 2025-26 Budget. Is it not a bit disingenuous for us to come…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Draft Budget 2025-26: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Draft Budget 2025-26: Update
The draft Budget for 2025-26 was agreed by the Executive on 19 December, with a 12-week public consultation launched on the same day. The public spending position, as the Member will know, remains very challenging for 2025-26 for resource and capital spending. Despite the challenges facing us, the draft Budget…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Draft Budget 2025-26: Update Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Draft Budget 2025-26: Update
I made an announcement before Christmas, and we are looking not only at the domestic rating measures but at the non-domestic rating measures. The consultation on the domestic rating measures will be announced imminently. On the non-domestic rating measures, this year, we have said that we will look at small business…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses
Will the Minister give an update on the strategic review of rates? When can businesses expect to see changes to the non-domestic rates coming through?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses
I thank the Member for that question. The key initiative has been commissioning the research so that we have a full understanding of the impacts and that any interventions that we make to support businesses are fully informed by that. More important, however, we will be able to make a case to the British Treasury…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses
Minister, my question may have been partially answered, but, in light of calls from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) to support our economy, what proposals do you have for reducing the burden on our SME sector?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses
I have written to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury about employers' National Insurance contributions. As I indicated to other Members, I have received significant representation on that issue from businesses and from the community and voluntary sector. In the public sector, we will face particular pressures from…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses
Minister, what steps have you taken to lobby the British Chancellor to support businesses that have been impacted on by the increases in National Insurance contributions?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses
I thank the Member for his question and for the invitation, which is being considered by officials. I have received representations on the issues facing businesses from representative bodies and individual businesses. There is clearly a lot of pressure from the cost-of-doing-business crisis, with inflationary…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses
I thank the Minister for her answer. I welcome the research and the review of small business rate relief, but it will take time for them to reach their conclusion, and, for some, it will be too little, too late. What further assurances can the Minister provide to business owners in my constituency who have had to lay…
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses
I thank the Member for that question. One thing that I was exercised about when I commissioned the research was that we would have it in a timely manner. It is really important that we have the evidence base to inform the spending review, which is scheduled for June. The research will be concluded in a report to me by…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses
I thank the Minister for her answer. Recent reports have indicated that, according to insolvency specialists, there has been a record jump in the number of UK businesses in critical financial stress. Businesses are in dire need of support and feel that they are being taxed to death. When will the report be completed…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses
With your permission, Mr Speaker, I will answer questions 3 and 14 together. I have been engaging with businesses from a wide range of sectors, including businesses in the hospitality sector, and have heard about the cost pressures that they are facing. I, too, am concerned about the planned changes to National…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: National Insurance Contributions: Support to Businesses
The Infrastructure Minister is well on record as saying that. Yesterday, I listened to him respond in the Chamber to a number of questions about NI Water's funding model. I have to say that I concur with his perspective of wanting to ensure that NI Water is kept in public ownership and that no domestic water charges…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Lough Neagh: Algae Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Lough Neagh: Algae
Minister, you referred to NI Water and the fact that waste water infrastructure contributes to the blue-green algae that we see on Lough Neagh. Do you share the Minister for Infrastructure's assessment that the funding model for NI Water is sustainable and fit for purpose?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Lough Neagh: Algae Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Lough Neagh: Algae
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