Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

James Sunderland Excerpts
Wednesday 9th March 2022

(2 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Conor Burns Portrait Conor Burns
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On 3 February this year the Government announced that the Northern Ireland Executive will receive an additional £250 million to help them to support households with the cost of living. He mentions tax changes, but it would be imprudent of me as a junior Minister to comment ahead of the Chancellor’s making statements to the House.

James Sunderland Portrait James Sunderland (Bracknell) (Con)
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It was a real pity that we could not land the return of the world rally championship to Belfast in 2022. Can the Minister please confirm that we will pull out all the stops for 2023?

Conor Burns Portrait Conor Burns
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I can. We did extensive work with the Department for the Economy and the hon. Member for North Antrim (Ian Paisley) was heavily involved in lobbying on that. We think it would be a great thing to bring to Northern Ireland and we are determined to build on the work we have already done to see whether that is possible next year.