Exclusion of Ministers from Office

Part of Orders of the Day — Northern Ireland Bill – in the House of Commons at 4:04 pm on 23 July 1998.

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Photo of Kate Hoey Kate Hoey Labour, Vauxhall 4:04, 23 July 1998

Does the shadow Secretary of State realise that it is possible for paramilitary groups to be controlled? It was interesting that, during the three weeks of the Assembly elections, there were no so-called punishment beatings by the IRA. Does not the right hon. Gentleman think it rather strange that that can happen when it suits the people who control the thugs and gangsters, but that when it does not suit them, such things continue?