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13/05/2010
Paterson Jets Into NI Office
The North's new Secretary of State will travel to the Province today.
As outlined yesterday morning on www.4ni.co.uk, the new man is former Shadow Secretary, Owen Paterson.
He will attend the first London Cabinet meeting this morning, after which he is expected to travel to Belfast.
It also emerged today that the Stormont First Minister and the Deputy First Minister have spoken separately to the new Prime Minister David Cameron.
Peter Robinson discussed a number of issues, including the Presbyterian Mutual Society.
The Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness raised the issue of planned budget cuts and called for the swift publication of the Saville Report, something that Owen Paterson said was an important aim for him on arrival in his new job.
However, he also underlined that Northern Ireland "will have to play its part with the rest of the UK when it came to spending cuts".
A year ago, he was the guest of the Ulster Unionists at the Balmoral Show, (the 2010 event is now in full swing) but the 53-year-old MP then became one of the most well travelled Conservative spokesmen, having visited Northern Ireland every week.
The Prime Minister is expected to visit Northern Ireland next week as part of his tour of the UK.
See: Paterson For NIO Role?
(BMcC/GK)
As outlined yesterday morning on www.4ni.co.uk, the new man is former Shadow Secretary, Owen Paterson.
He will attend the first London Cabinet meeting this morning, after which he is expected to travel to Belfast.
It also emerged today that the Stormont First Minister and the Deputy First Minister have spoken separately to the new Prime Minister David Cameron.
Peter Robinson discussed a number of issues, including the Presbyterian Mutual Society.
The Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness raised the issue of planned budget cuts and called for the swift publication of the Saville Report, something that Owen Paterson said was an important aim for him on arrival in his new job.
However, he also underlined that Northern Ireland "will have to play its part with the rest of the UK when it came to spending cuts".
A year ago, he was the guest of the Ulster Unionists at the Balmoral Show, (the 2010 event is now in full swing) but the 53-year-old MP then became one of the most well travelled Conservative spokesmen, having visited Northern Ireland every week.
The Prime Minister is expected to visit Northern Ireland next week as part of his tour of the UK.
See: Paterson For NIO Role?
(BMcC/GK)
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