Speeches by Hanna.

“This is probably a question for Rob and Miles. Do the NCA have a view on the recently commissioned scoping exercise by the UK and Irish Governments into paramilitary group transition?”

“Are you confident that that is not what is happening, and that when interventions are made, they are intelligence-led?”

“I think we have largely covered some of the issues around data collection. On extraction, we have heard submissions to the Committee about the lack of data collection and about immigration actions that appear to be not intelligence-led, but rather based on visual evidence—the colour of people’s skin. Are you confident …”

“Can you think of a reason why a company like that, with no discernible trading footprint and those assets, which have been widely reported in the media, has not been investigated by law enforcement agencies?”

“Is a shop called Green Cross (Art and Bookshop) Ltd on your radar? Based on that information, which has been widely available in the media, would the NCA investigate it?”

“Our Committee’s papers indicate that you are currently investigating around £1.5 million of assets linked to crime and paramilitary groups. If you became aware of a company, for example a bookshop, that appeared to have £200,000 of assets or more but no discernible commercial activity—no premises, no staff, no online t…”

“Do you or other law enforcement agencies have the necessary tools, powers, legislation and political cover to go after the ill-gotten gains of those linked to paramilitary organisations, or are other tools or legislation required?”

“Given the role of groups like the UVF, UDA, CIRA and the INLA in organised crime, particularly in drug supply, would you assess their activity as primarily political or primarily criminal? Therefore, do you think that a political agreement is likely to have an impact on their criminal activity and bring it to an end?”

“Are you confident that that is not what is happening, and that when interventions are made, they are intelligence-led?”

“This is probably a question for Rob and Miles. Do the NCA have a view on the recently commissioned scoping exercise by the UK and Irish Governments into paramilitary group transition?”

“I think we have largely covered some of the issues around data collection. On extraction, we have heard submissions to the Committee about the lack of data collection and about immigration actions that appear to be not intelligence-led, but rather based on visual evidence—the colour of people’s skin. Are you confident …”

“Can you think of a reason why a company like that, with no discernible trading footprint and those assets, which have been widely reported in the media, has not been investigated by law enforcement agencies?”

“Is a shop called Green Cross (Art and Bookshop) Ltd on your radar? Based on that information, which has been widely available in the media, would the NCA investigate it?”

“Our Committee’s papers indicate that you are currently investigating around £1.5 million of assets linked to crime and paramilitary groups. If you became aware of a company, for example a bookshop, that appeared to have £200,000 of assets or more but no discernible commercial activity—no premises, no staff, no online t…”

“Do you or other law enforcement agencies have the necessary tools, powers, legislation and political cover to go after the ill-gotten gains of those linked to paramilitary organisations, or are other tools or legislation required?”

“Given the role of groups like the UVF, UDA, CIRA and the INLA in organised crime, particularly in drug supply, would you assess their activity as primarily political or primarily criminal? Therefore, do you think that a political agreement is likely to have an impact on their criminal activity and bring it to an end?”

“As well as the business pressures, a majority of households in Northern Ireland and many businesses use heating oil as their main heating source, so they are particularly exposed to shocks such as that which we are experiencing due to the wrong-headed conflict in the middle east, and they are not protected by the energ…”

“10. What recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of reducing VAT for the hospitality sector in Northern Ireland.”

“Thank you very much, Secretary of State. Do you recognise that we are in a bit of a fiscal doom loop, in that every year or two there is a crisis? The Executive say, “Give us more money,” and you say, “No. Spend what you have more effectively.” Then the Executive say, “We’ve overspent,” and you say, “Here’s a loan, but…”

“It has commenced that, but it is slow walking it—nothing is coming out of that process.”