She is happy because she has such a wonderful public representative.
We should take those figures with some scepticism. If we use the same criteria, we find that the person who is typically happiest is a white male with five children who works only part time, and I am not so sure we want that as a recipe for the work force in Northern Ireland.
However happy people in Northern Ireland might be, there is a need to rebalance the economy. I should, however, make one point to the hon. Member for Tewkesbury (Mr Robertson). He talked about reducing the size of the public sector and increasing the size of the private sector. The truth of the matter is that any economy needs—
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Northern Ireland Economy
Proceeding contribution from
Sammy Wilson
(Democratic Unionist Party)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 1 March 2012.
It occurred during Adjournment debate on Northern Ireland Economy.
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