New Ireland Forum

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 9:19 pm on 2 July 1984.

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Photo of Mr Clive Soley Mr Clive Soley , Hammersmith 9:19, 2 July 1984

I shall give way in a moment.

That typifies Conservative policy on Northern Ireland over many years. It is on what people in Northern Ireland and in the Republic should do, not what people in Britain should do. This might head off the hon. Gentleman's intervention. The hon. Members for Orpington (Mr. Stanbrook) and for Epping Forest (Sir J. Biggs-Davison) are different in this respect. They make it clear that Britain should integrate Northern Ireland fully into the United Kingdom. In that respect, they are different from the rest of the Conservative party, and in a very different wing.