After denigrating us for doing nothing, Secretary of State should listen to Assembly Decision on RPA says Wilson
Ulster Unionist Review of Public Administration (RPA) spokesman Jim Wilson MLA, speaking during a break in today’s debate on the RPA said,
“By close of play today the Assembly will have sent an important message to the Secretary of State on the RPA.
This Assembly has been labelled Hain Mark 2. He pulls the strings. So what exactly is Hain going to do about the outcome of the debate?
I am calling for the Secretary of State to listen to MLAs and act on the basis of what he has heard today. After all Northern Ireland Ministers have in the past said that they will listen to what is said during Assembly debates, reflect and act accordingly.
Having denigrated us and told us to get off our backsides and make decisions, it would be utterly ridiculous if the Secretary of State did not act on today’s decision by the MLAs.
Mr Hain should stand up now and say that, given the majority will of elected representatives, the seven council model is now shelved.”