Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill (Allocation of Time)

Part of Orders of the Day — Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 2) Bill – in the House of Commons at 4:27 pm on 8 July 2008.

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Photo of Sammy Wilson Sammy Wilson Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government), Shadow Spokesperson (Education) 4:27, 8 July 2008

I appreciate the point made by Mr. Hogg, but does Sir Patrick Cormack accept that increasingly, the evidence in Northern Ireland suggests that those who were involved in paramilitary activity, or who are still involved in it, interfere with witnesses on a regular basis, which makes it difficult for the due process of law to be carried out?