Finance Speeches in Northern Ireland Assembly. Politics news by former Green Party MLA and North Down Councillor Brian Wilson (Bangor Northern Ireland).
Northern Ireland Assembly, Tuesday 27 November 2007 Mr B Wilson: My first reaction to the draft Budget was extremely positive. The presentation highlighted the economy, emphasised the need for innovation, the encouragement of enterprise and the creation of 6,000 highly paid jobs. In social terms, it rejected water charges, proposed free transport for the over-60s, and […]
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Assembly, FinanceNorthern Ireland Assembly, Monday 25 June 2007 Mr B Wilson asked the Minister of Finance and Personnel what consideration he has given to how the short-term loss in revenue arising from a differential rate of corporation tax would be addressed. (AQO 173/07) Mr B Wilson: As the Minister pointed out, a problem is that tax reduction
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Assembly, FinanceNorthern Ireland Assembly, Monday 11 June 2007, Culture, Arts And Leisure Mr B Wilson: In his introductory remarks, the Minister of Finance and Personnel highlighted what he believed to be the key challenges facing Northern Ireland, but there was no mention of the major challenge of climate change. Indeed, Tony Blair has said that climate change is
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Assembly, FinanceNorthern Ireland Assembly, Tuesday 15 May 2007, Private Members’ Business Mr B Wilson: That this Assembly notes the introduction of unfair changes to the rating system, and calls upon the Department of Finance and Personnel to conduct a full review of the new system, including in particular, consideration of further income-related reliefs and a full income-based system. I
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