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| Brown publishes NI policing plans | Brown publishes NI policing plans |
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| Prime Minister Gordon Brown has published budget proposals for the devolution of policing and justice. | Prime Minister Gordon Brown has published budget proposals for the devolution of policing and justice. |
| The move comes after he met the Northern Ireland first and deputy first minister in Downing Street on Tuesday. | The move comes after he met the Northern Ireland first and deputy first minister in Downing Street on Tuesday. |
| The prime minister told the Commons on Wednesday that "our aim is a peaceful, more secure and more prosperous Northern Ireland". | |
| He said he had written to the party leaders outlining the budget which is believed to be in the region of £1bn. | He said he had written to the party leaders outlining the budget which is believed to be in the region of £1bn. |
| At the start of Commons question time, Mr Brown said that last night and this morning he had been meeting with the Northern Ireland first minister and deputy first minister. | |
| Mr Brown said: "I've been in touch with all party leaders in Northern Ireland and I am now sending to all of them ... my proposals for a financial settlement that is designed to make possible the completion of the final stage of devolution in Northern Ireland." | |
| As part of the proposals, the Northern Ireland Executive would, in any one year, have to meet the first £12m of compensation claims by police officers suffering from hearing loss. | As part of the proposals, the Northern Ireland Executive would, in any one year, have to meet the first £12m of compensation claims by police officers suffering from hearing loss. |
| Anything above that would be met by the Treasury. | Anything above that would be met by the Treasury. |
| To help the executive meet the £12m a year bill the Treasury would buy assets worth up to £12m a year, for five years. | To help the executive meet the £12m a year bill the Treasury would buy assets worth up to £12m a year, for five years. |
| Another of the proposals is that the executive would get four former military bases. | |
| This would be on the understanding that three of them are sold off. Another one, Lisanelly in Omagh, has already been earmarked for an educational campus. | |
| An extra £20m a year for the legal aid budget will be made available through to end of 2012/13. | |
| After that an additional £14m a year would be available, thought it is not yet clear for how long this extra funding would continue. | |
| On top of that, there would be a one-off sum of £12m to meet legal aid pressures over the next two years, though if pressures turn out to be higher then up to £39m would be available. |