HC Deb 16 March 1995 vol 256 cc663-4W
25. Mr. Ronnie Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proposals he has to transfer responsibility for trade and economic development to a devolved assembly in Northern Ireland.

Mr. Ancram

"Frameworks for the Future" explains that, should there be agreement on the creation of new institutions in Northern Ireland, as part of a comprehensive political settlement, these will have legislative and executive responsibility over as wide a range of subject as in 1973, including those aspects of trade and economic development currently discharged by the Department of Economic Development.

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