Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections and Periods of Suspension) Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:44 pm on 12 May 2003.

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Photo of David Winnick David Winnick Labour, Walsall North 5:44, 12 May 2003

Has there not always been a lot of antagonism towards power sharing? Is that not why the original concept of power sharing rightly produced by the Conservative Government in the early 1970s—the Sunningdale agreement—was destroyed on the ground? We have undoubtedly improved on that agreement, but power sharing has always been opposed by a powerful section of the Unionist forces.