Clause 2, page 2, line 28, at end insert— “(4A) The Secretary of State must direct a Northern Ireland department to commission a report to provide an assessment of expenditure costs associated with communal divisions for the purpose of developing options for improving the sustainability of public finances in Northern Ireland.”
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Committee of the whole House — Commons 13
Clause 2, page 2, line 28, at end insert— “(4A) Any direction issued under this section must include a requirement—
Clause 2, page 2, line 28, at end insert— “(4A) The Secretary of State must engage with Northern Ireland departments and the Northern Ireland Fiscal Council to produce a needs-based assessment of funding compared to the Barnett formula in order to address the financial sustainability of Northern Ireland, specifically considering changes in relative need arising from differences in population characteristics and socio-economic conditions between Northern Ireland and England, to prevent the funding premium from falling below relative need.”
Clause 2, page 2, line 28, at end insert— “(4A) The Secretary of State must engage—
To move the following Clause— “Assembly power to exercise accountability over section 5A directions
Clause 2, page 2, line 24, leave out from “consultation” to end of line 27
Clause 2, page 2, line 21, leave out “may” and insert “must”
Page 3, line 13, leave out Clause 3
Clause 2, page 2, line 15, at end insert “such as providing advice in relation to the Northern Ireland Fiscal Council’s 2023 Report, Updated estimate of the relative need for public spending in Northern Ireland, and the precedent arising from the December 2016 Agreement between the Welsh Government and the United Kingdom Government on the Welsh Government’s fiscal framework”
Clause 2, page 2, line 21, at end, leave out paragraph (a) and insert— “(aa) consulting the Equality Commission, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Northern Ireland Fiscal Council;
Clause 3, page 3, line 20, after “2022” insert “during a period when the Assembly is not functioning”
Clause 1, page 1, line 12, leave out “when an Executive is formed” and insert “when the Executive Committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly has completed a formal meeting at which substantive business has been transacted”
To move the following Clause— “Directions by the Secretary of State on exercise of functions in absence of Ministers
Committee stage — Lords 1
Clause 2, page 2, line 15, at end insert “such as providing advice in relation to the Northern Ireland Fiscal Council 2023 Report ‘Updated estimate of the relative need for public spending in Northern Ireland’ in the light of the precedent arising from the December 2016 ‘Agreement between the Welsh Government and the United Kingdom Government on the Welsh Government’s fiscal framework’”