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Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill

We have debated the new clause for about an hour and 45 minutes, but I think that there is an element of consensus among Members. The issues set out in the amendments have received a welcome from DUP Members—the right hon. Member for North Antrim (Rev. Ian Paisley) and the hon. Member for Belfast, North (Mr. Dodds). The Chairman of the Northern Ireland Committee, the hon. Member for South Staffordshire (Sir Patrick Cormack) welcomed the principal Government amendments and there has been no opposition to them from my hon. Friend the Member for Foyle (Mark Durkan). There is a general consensus that our amendments will help to secure support in due course for the devolution of policing and criminal justice in Northern Ireland."Mark Durkan: Will the Minister take a correction? I do not want to cause problems or difficulties, but we certainly do not support the Government’s principal amendment."