Tax-Varying Powers

Part of Private Members’ Business – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 5:30 am on 10 September 2007.

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Photo of Mitchel McLaughlin Mitchel McLaughlin Sinn Féin 5:30, 10 September 2007

A little patience will show the connection that I wish to make.

In the context of my earlier comments, Sinn Féin recognises the pressure and pain involved, and appreciates and applauds the resolve shown across the Chamber that has made progress possible and secured advances that have benefited the entire community. From conversations and contacts that I have had with people from all walks of life — business, social, political and academic — all are agreed that the biggest barrier to building a sustainable economy in the North is the fact that fiscal policy, taxation and public expenditure are all determined in London. All are agreed that that must change, and Members have an unmistakable mandate from the electorate to deliver that agenda.