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Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill

Does my hon. Friend agree that we are getting into dangerous territory? The Government are bypassing the conditions that were laid down by the Prime Minister in this very House. A statement has been issued by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland that the UUP’s decision to subsume Mr. Ervine was ““a surprise””, but a matter for the parties. I do not know what he means by that. What parties? Healso said that Sinn Fein was in a ““much stronger position”” to be on the Executive since the IRA had decommissioned. He said:"““The UVF have not ended their paramilitary campaign…They are still involved in criminality in a big way and all of those things are things which the IRA have promised to deliver on and is delivering on.””" That is giving a green light to two parties to keep on their way. They can not do what the Prime Minister said that they would do and still be in government and appoint people to office.