Northern Ireland Executive: Finance

Mr. Paterson
To ask the Prime Minister whether he plans to make any changes to financial arrangements relating to the Northern Ireland Executive following recent talks between the Government, Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionist Party.

The Prime Minister
I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave at my monthly press conference on 12 June 2008. A transcript is available on the No. 10 website:

http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page15739.asp

and a copy has been placed in the Library of the House.