Northern Ireland Assembly

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:02 pm on 12 June 1986.

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Photo of Mr Michael McNair-Wilson Mr Michael McNair-Wilson , Newbury 4:02, 12 June 1986

Bearing in mind that the chance of the Assembly being revived in the near future is small, is this not the ideal moment to set up the Royal Commission, which should perhaps have been set up in 1980, to consider the structure of local government in Northern Ireland? When considering that, will my right hon. Friend also bear in mind that local government in Northern Ireland has always been unequal when compared with the rest of the United Kingdom, and that that way forward would not be obstructed by the road block created by politicians who refuse to get together?