Northern Ireland Assembly Members (Pay) Bill Debate
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Nicholas Dakin
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Northern Ireland Assembly Members (Pay) Bill
Nicholas Dakin ExcerptsWednesday 21st March 2018
(6 years, 8 months ago)
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Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab)
As my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing North (Stephen Pound) has been performing in Westminster Hall during most of this debate—he always performs so well—and my hon. Friend the Member for Pontypridd (Owen Smith) has already spoken, it falls to me to give a brief response to this excellent debate. As my hon. Friend said earlier, we fully support what the Government are proposing, and I echo the views of the hon. Members for Belfast East (Gavin Robinson), for North Down (Lady Hermon) and for Strangford (Jim Shannon).
The hon. Member for Strangford said that this is being done with a heavy heart, but it is the right decision to cut MLAs’ salaries and we support it, and it is also the right decision not to cut the salaries of staff.