Smith was sacked as NI secretary during the Cabinet reshuffle.
New NI secretary Brandon Lewis at the CSIT Northern Ireland Science Park in Belfast today. Image: PA New NI secretary Brandon Lewis at the CSIT Northern Ireland Science Park in Belfast today. Image: PA BRANDON LEWIS HAS paid tribute to his Northern Ireland secretary predecessor as a “good friend”.
He added: “I am very fortunate to be coming in as Secretary of State on the back of someone who did a great job and actually delivered, as I say, that agreement for the new decade, new approach.”Lewis added: “Julian has been a superb Secretary of State.
He said he wanted to get the economy “buzzing” and hoped to remain Northern Ireland Secretary for a considerable period of time.
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