The right hon. Member referred to digitalisation and Fujitsu. I can recall, as I am sure he can, that many on the DUP Bench kept referring during the passage of various bits of legislation to the evolving nature of IT and digital as a way of providing that light, invisible touch to deliver something. The IT companies have caught up and are providing those solutions, or are certainly evolving them with HMRC, so I do not understand why a digital solution suddenly has to be taken off the table as unacceptable.
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Simon Hoare
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 29 November 2022.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Bill.
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