The hon. Gentleman is making the point that commenced this debate: from tonight, there is effectively no political accountability for the head of the Northern Ireland civil service. No matter how good or objective he is, he is not answerable to the Northern Ireland Assembly or the Northern Ireland Executive. More importantly, from tonight, he is not answerable to this place or to the Secretary of State. That is not tenable for any more than a few days, let alone weeks or months. I urge the shadow Secretary of State to join in urging that we appoint Ministers urgently from this place and get on with administering Northern Ireland and accounting for it properly.
Northern Ireland Budget Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Ian Jnr Paisley
(Democratic Unionist Party)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 13 November 2017.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Northern Ireland Budget Bill.
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