Reg Empey, former MLA, Belfast East

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Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Local Government (Disqualification) Bill: Final Stage 9 Mar 2011

I give no such hostage to fortune. I may speak at great length; we will see how it goes. In the past few years there has been a campaign, which my party and others have been involved in, to break up the political cartels that were accumulating huge resources from the number of jobs and income streams that they were receiving. At least one person was raking in over £500,000 in allowances and...
Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Local Government (Disqualification) Bill: Final Stage 9 Mar 2011

I have recognised it for some time, and I said at the beginning that it was obvious at the early stages that people had a perfectly legitimate reason for staying on in here and in councils, because the future of this place was uncertain. If you have come to the conclusion that the future of this place is not uncertain, the rationale for remaining in councils diminishes. The obvious question...
Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Local Government (Disqualification) Bill: Final Stage 9 Mar 2011

Just a moment, please. There will be national legislation, because there will be recalcitrant elements who will not bow to it. There will be those who feel that they can continue to hold the different mandates, and, ultimately, it will be resolved only by legislation.

Former UUP MLA for Belfast East

Entered the Assembly on 25 June 1998 — General election

Left the Assembly on 24 March 2011 — Dissolved for election

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