Speeches by Robinson.

“We did hear from the police that they feel under‑resourced, particularly on some of the more tech-enabled public protection issues that they are looking at, such as online abuse and harm. They felt that they were losing resources to other areas. That is indicative of policing more generally in Northern Ireland a…”

“A colleague of mine spoke to me, as leader of the party, earlier this week to say that they had received a death threat online. It was reported to the police. The police came back to say, “We have identified the image. The image is taken from a dating website in Germany.” The image of a gentleman was appropriated from …”

“Finally, do you as Ofcom have to tailor your advice given the different legislative provisions in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland? When England passes a measure, even if it is England only, does the scale of England compared to the other parts of the United Kingdom mean that service providers will just mo…”

“A lot of this revolves around chat functions. Roblox, for example, says they do not really have an age limit because they know children are on it. On Minecraft, you can talk to other users. You do not know who that other user is. Are there degrees within that? Is it about the ability to chat, share images and interact …”

“Do you talk to the NCA?”

“Good morning to you all. Apologies for being slightly delayed. It was not my fault; it was the plane’s. One of the troubles that we have had with sessions on this issue particularly is about trying to discern a Northern Ireland angle and what we can do from a Northern Ireland perspective. More importantly, we want to u…”

“The Secretary of State knows that the blue book has a flat line for the next five years. Talking of economic growth, let me say he also knows that there is a commitment to an enhanced investment zone in Northern Ireland. When does he believe the businesses of Northern Ireland will benefit from that?”

“I commend the Secretary of State for at least answering a question yesterday. Despite it being a day when the Labour Government were prepared to take money out of the pockets of the most vulnerable, they at least had the courage to stand forward and say that Gerry Adams would get none, so I thank the Secretary of State…”

“My colleagues and I identify with the comments around de-escalation in the middle east. I hope that the Deputy Prime Minister will condemn recent disorder on the streets of Northern Ireland, as the Prime Minister and my colleagues have done. Does she accept that the Windsor framework, although sold to this House as a t…”

“Good afternoon to you all. Secretary of State, I want to ask you a couple of questions around the local growth fund, a successor programme to the UK shared prosperity fund. We understand from the spending review that the local growth fund will remain flat in terms of the money allocated in this financial year for UK sh…”

“Just focusing on the local growth fund, it is a 40% cut this year from last, and a real-terms cut for the next three years at £46 million, flatlining. The OBR has never stood over the £22 billion black hole, but that is for another day. Who is going to decide how this money is spent?”

“Who is going to decide how this money is spent?”

“So who is going to decide how this money is spent?”

“Is it a matter for the Northern Ireland Office, is it a matter for MHCLG, or is it a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive?”

“Will the decision to be taken by the Northern Ireland Executive? I suspect not. Will it be taken by the Northern Ireland Office? I suspect not. Or will the decision be taken by MHCLG?”

“So MHCLG will consult with the NIO and the Northern Ireland Executive, but MHCLG will make the decision. Is that correct?”

“So we’ve got that, and we know that the money will be spent in Northern Ireland, but the decision will be taken by people outside of Northern Ireland and colleagues of yours. The question is how that sits with the Labour manifesto commitment that you would restore decision making on these structural funds to the electe…”

“With respect, I do not think that the permanent secretary can answer a political question about your manifesto.”

“You are not restoring, as promised in the manifesto, decision making around the local growth fund or structural funds to the elected representatives of Northern Ireland. I can take that as a no.”

“That is not the question.”