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 Tom King Mr Tom King The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 4:02, 12 June 1986

That is the point that I was making. My hon. Friend has understood the point that the present Assembly comes to the end of its life on 20 October, at the end of its four-year term. However, it has ceased to discharge the functions for which it was set up. There is no question but that the Assembly could have moved on in the direction that my hon. Friend has mentioned. I hope that we can have discussions to discover whether it is possible to move in any way along the lines that my hon. Friend has described.