Chris Heaton-Harris also gave an update on energy support payments
Chris Heaton-Harris has said he will make a statement on when MLAs' pay will be cut "very, very soon" and that he believes a deal can be done on the protocol by January.The Northern Ireland Secretary has said he will reduce Assembly members' pay by 27.5% so that it "reflects the work they are currently carrying out".It comes as the latest attempt to restore the power sharing institutions at Stormont failed.
"I think he's likely to do that and I can understand why. At a time when budgets are tight in Northern Ireland in terms of public services and so on, I can understand why - if MLAs are not doing what they want to be doing, which is to be to be working in a fully functioning Assembly and an Executive - if they're not doing that then I think it's difficult for him to justify not cutting pay.
Mr Heaton-Harris said he was optimistic that the Assembly and Executive could be restored by January, suggesting that it could be done through an EU-UK deal on the protocol.
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