Disqualification for Ministerial Office in Northern Ireland

Part of Orders of the Day — Disqualifications Bill – in the House of Commons at 8:15 am on 25 January 2000.

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Photo of Eric Forth Eric Forth Conservative, Bromley and Chislehurst 8:15, 25 January 2000

I concede that those are all possibilities. It simply illustrates the nonsense of a multiplicity—a plethora even—of representative bodies, which seem to be sprouting before our disbelieving eyes weekly, if not monthly. I hope that my party will have the courage to say to the electorate at the appropriate time that we do not regard that as irreversible and that we believe that the number of representative bodies at any one time should be discussed, debated and considered. That would be my devout hope.

I hope that I have said enough.