MPs debate the Northern Ireland Economy
2 March 2012 (updated on 2 March 2012)
Laurence Robertson, Conservative MP for Tewkesbury and Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee, moved a debate in Westminster Hall on Thursday 1 March on the Northern Ireland Economy.
David Gauke, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, responded in the debate on behalf of the Government. Watch and read the views expressed by MPs during the debate on Parliament TV and in Commons Hansard.
- Parliament TV: Debate on the Northern Ireland Economy
- Commons Hansard: Debate on the Northern Ireland Economy
Northern Ireland Select Committee reports
The debate follows the publication by the Northern Ireland Select Committee of a report into Corporation Tax in Northern Ireland and the Government's Response and the second report from the committee, Air Passenger Duty: Implications for Northern Ireland.
- Northern Ireland Affairs Committee report into the Northern Ireland Economy: Volume I
- Northern Ireland Affairs Committee report into the Northern Ireland Economy: Volume II
- Government Response to the Northern Ireland Committee report into the Northern Ireland Economy
- Northern Ireland Affairs Committee report into Air Passenger Duty: Implications for Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland Select Committee
Westminster Hall debates
Westminster Hall adjournment debates allow MPs to discuss issues of local or personal interest which rarely have time to be debated in the main Chamber of the House of Commons. MPs can discuss a variety of issues and receive a response from a government Minister.