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Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill

Is my hon. Friend aware that one of his constituents,Mr. Raymond McCord, whose son was murdered by the UVF, met the leader of the UUP on Monday morning? Before that meeting, another UUP Assembly Member, Mr. Copeland from East Belfast, made an offer to Mr. McCord of the use of an office if he would keep quiet and not criticise the decision. The UUP is now into bribing victims. Is my hon. Friend also aware that Mr. McCord was informed by Sir Reg Empey that David Ervine was the third MLA that he had approached about signing up to their group, the other two having rejected—