Fiona Bruce rushed to calm a BBC Question Time audience member
BBC Question Time host Fiona Bruce was forced to step in and calm a fiery clash between an audience member and Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris. The minister was accused of “washing his hands” of responsibility for having a functioning Executive in Northern Ireland which is currently at an impasse in a row over post-Brexit trading arrangements.
He said the money was set aside in the Spending Review “properly and thoroughly” and that Westminster could not impose itself on Northern Ireland. He added: “How it’s spent is determined by the executive if there was an executive sitting. And as someone did say, what all this needs is a joined-up approach and that’s exactly what you have ministers for.”He later said he was “happy to talk with a reformed executive about what makes a budget sustainable”.
She shouted repeated demands to "hang on, hang on" while Mr Heaton-Harris finished making his remarks. Meanwhile, DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said he believes the UK Government is “moving closer” to addressing his party’s concerns over post- Brexit trade. One of the main parts of the framework – the green/red lane system for the movement of goods – became operational at Northern Ireland ports at the beginning of this month. Talks between the DUP and the Government have been ongoing over the summer.
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