I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. On the point he just made about investment into Northern Ireland, that was promised to us 25 years ago but the Republic of Ireland, with its fiscal taxation policy, sucked in all the inward investment that we were to get. We never benefited from the major companies that, over the last 17 years, went into the Republic of Ireland when they should have come to Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland (Interim Arrangements) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Paul Girvan
(Democratic Unionist Party)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 10 May 2023.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Northern Ireland (Interim Arrangements) Bill.
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