I think we all take the point about Sainsbury’s, but may I respectfully say to the right hon. Gentleman that what he says sounds very much like a moving of the goalposts? When he and his party colleagues were advocating invisible, light digital solutions, I paid very keen attention. In all those debates and Select Committee sessions, his party colleagues’ voices were heard, so we all knew the DUP’s position, but I did not hear that distinction being made; it was about a digital solution for everything. It suggests to me that with a digital solution having been on the cusp of delivery, it is now not quite good enough and the goalposts are being moved still further.
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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