Draft Programme for Government and Investment Strategy for Northern Ireland

Part of Executive Business – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 11:30 am on 25 October 2007.

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Photo of Simon Hamilton Simon Hamilton DUP 11:30, 25 October 2007

I congratulate the First Minister and the deputy First Minister on the draft Programme for Government, which was unanimously agreed by all parties in the Executive. I welcome the centrality of economic development in the draft Programme for Government, which was glaringly missing from the previous programme. That fact has not been lost on anyone in the House or beyond; except, perhaps, Mr Durkan. It is essential that economic prosperity benefits everyone in Northern Ireland. What priority have the Executive given to the promotion of economic growth in all areas of Northern Ireland?