Orders of the Day — Northern Ireland Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 7:37 pm on 20 July 1998.

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Photo of Robert McCartney Robert McCartney UKUP, North Down 7:37, 20 July 1998

Does the right hon. Gentleman accept that if there is a coalition and no effective opposition within a body such as the Assembly to exercise principles of adversarial scrutiny, his point about accountability and the necessity for some scrutiny by the United Kingdom is all the more valid?