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  4. Debate contribution: Democratic Consent Resolution

    On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Is your office able to investigate whether the Secretary of State is able to give the Assembly clarity on the terms of that independent review, and, if so, when, given that the verdict of the Assembly is a critical part of that independent review's being commissioned?

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  7. Debate contribution: Democratic Consent Resolution

    I thank the Member for giving way. Does he agree that, for many a year, there have been unionist Health Ministers who have been happy to have divergence between the pay of health workers here and the pay of health workers in Britain?

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  10. Debate contribution: Democratic Consent Resolution

    • Mr Andrew Muir Alliance
    • Private Members' Business
    • As a minister

    Does the Member agree that it is important to learn lessons from 2016? When I am out and about in Northern Ireland, I speak to farmers and fishermen who come up to me, privately, after events, and say, "We were lied to, but what we want you to do is focus on practical solutions and be honest with the people of…

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  12. Debate contribution: Democratic Consent Resolution

    In closing the debate, I will return to the facts, because they have been sadly absent from many of the contributions this afternoon and this evening. The fact is that, when you come out of the European Union, particularly when you pursue the kind of hard Brexit pursued by the DUP and the Conservative Party, you…

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  13. Debate contribution: Democratic Consent Resolution

    • Mrs Naomi Long Alliance
    • Private Members' Business
    • As a minister

    On a point of order, Mr Speaker. The Member has just asserted that I designated as a unionist. That is factually incorrect. I have never designated as a unionist in the House. For clarity, a few members of my party designated as unionist for 24 hours: I never have.

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  14. Debate contribution: Democratic Consent Resolution

    I am happy to correct the record in that regard, and it is good to see a time when Ms Long was able to designate as a unionist. I doubt that she would be able to do so today.

    Flagged Decided on a second assessment. Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty Criteria met: Identity framing, Controversy escalation.

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  15. Debate contribution: Democratic Consent Resolution

    • Mrs Naomi Long Alliance
    • Private Members' Business
    • As a minister

    On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I know that Mr Buckley is, perhaps, not as long in the tooth as I am — he is grateful for that, I am sure — but I just remind him that we designated as unionist, not as nationalist.

    Not flagged Decided on a second assessment.

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  16. Debate contribution: Democratic Consent Resolution

    I thank the Member for giving way. The Member has listened to a bit of a Pontius Pilate approach from Alliance in, "Not my problem, I don't designate". Does the Member agree that there was a time when the Alliance Party did designate as nationalists, gaming the system and working the arrangements set out in the…

    Not flagged Decided on a second assessment.

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  18. Debate contribution: Democratic Consent Resolution

    • Mrs Naomi Long Alliance
    • Private Members' Business
    • As a minister

    I respect the fact that, for the Member, it is the fundamental basis on which her politics are built. It may be so for a majority in the House, but can she equally respect the fact that those of us who do not take a position on the constitutional question are not just undecided but have made a conscious choice not to…

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  20. Debate contribution: Democratic Consent Resolution

    • Mrs Naomi Long Alliance
    • Private Members' Business
    • As a minister

    The Member said that it ensures fairness. Will she explain how it is fair to those of us who do not designate as "Unionist" or "Nationalist"? She said that it ensures stability. Will she explain how the veto mechanism has ever ensured the stability of this place, given that it has been closed down almost as often as…

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  22. Debate contribution: Democratic Consent Resolution

    You mentioned two constitutional preferences. There is another group of Members who have no constitutional preference and designate as "Other", although they have been branded by others in the Chamber as having a preference.

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  24. Debate contribution: Democratic Consent Resolution

    I appreciate the intervention. I cannot say that it has improved because, from a constituency perspective, I am hearing every day from constituents and businesses who are realising the issues. Genuinely, I have not heard of any benefits, and I would be keen to hear those. The reality is that, after the vote tonight,…

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  25. Debate contribution: Democratic Consent Resolution

    I appreciate the Member's giving way. She mentioned the benefits. Go back to some of the points that were made; I have listed lots of benefits. On the dual market access, it is important to correct what was said earlier. The chief executive of Invest NI did not say what he was quoted as saying, that there are no…

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