Speeches by Robinson.

“It is roughly the same, though it is calculated entirely separately. The point that the Committee is trying to drive home is that Northern Ireland has some unique issues and challenges that it has to deal with that are funded through ASF. There are now new and emerging threats associated, as you rightly say, with extre…”

“Which is for an additional thing. The point I think the Committee is trying to get to is that we are not entitled to a penny of counter-terrorism money under the £1.2 billion. Yet, we get a proportional share, which the Government tell us is for Northern Ireland-related activities, but they cannot tell us the criteria …”

“You are right about that—”

“Roughly the same, but not with the £1.24 billion uplift on need. I think it would be worth factoring that into your calculations—”

“That is correct—nothing. Do you know what a Barnett of £1.2 billion would be?”

“That is right—£1.2 billion. Do you know how much Northern Ireland avails of that?”

“Yes. Do you know how much money is available for counter-terrorism policing activities in England and Wales?”

“We are asking the question because we don’t believe there are any. We don’t believe that there are criteria upon which that figure is set.”

“Secretary of State, do you know what the criteria are for ASF?”

“For setting the amount.”

“I associate myself and my colleagues with the Prime Minister’s remarks about Sarah Everard and about Iran. My colleagues and I support our armed forces, but we lament how diminished the UK has appears over the past week among our allies and within the middle east. The Prime Minister is not responsible for our armed for…”

“Will it be this financial year or next?”

“And you’re not?”

“So it hasn’t been transferred to NIO?”

“Are your officials on the transformation board aware of the content of it?”

“So the transformation board has not delivered to Government its plan for the second tranche at this stage?”

“When do you think the second tranche of funding on transformation will be announced?”

“Meeting with Ministers is not the same thing as delivering on public sector reform. I am interested in what specifically you have been doing.”

“What specifically have you shared with them from UK Government on civil service reform, for example?”

“When you say you have been working with the Northern Ireland Executive on transformation—and you have more work to do—you have not actually been. Your officials have. Is that right?”