Green MLA, Brian Wilson, has called for the new Assembly to seek tax-raising powers equivalent to the Scottish parliament as part of reforming the local rates system. He argues the present rates system particuarly harms single person householders. Full motion here.The other three motions concentrate on health, Alliance want a cost benefit analysis of free perscriptions while Sinn Fein raise mental health provision for children and adolescents and the treatment of children in state care.
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Green MLA, Brian Wilson, has called for the new Assembly to seek tax-raising powers equivalent to the Scottish parliament as part of reforming the local rates system. He argues the present rates system particuarly harms single person householders. Full motion here.The other three motions concentrate on health, Alliance want a cost benefit analysis of free perscriptions while Sinn Fein raise mental health provision for children and adolescents and the treatment of children in state care.
