Budget Proposal (2001-02)

Part of the debate – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 11:45 am on 14 November 2000.

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Photo of Esmond Birnie Esmond Birnie UUP 11:45, 14 November 2000

I am not tilting, but some of the Member’s Colleagues did so yesterday.

The Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment Committee is disappointed by the small budget allocation to the critical area of adult basic education. That is especially so given the well-documented problems of adult illiteracy and innumeracy. That may be linked to my previous point, considering that there are problems with basic mathematics in some quarters in the House regarding the proportional importance of the six North/South implementation bodies.