Weapon Decommissioning (Loyalist Paramilitaries)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 16 December 2009.

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Photo of Shaun Woodward Shaun Woodward The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 11:30, 16 December 2009

The hon. Gentleman will appreciate that my focus is on decommissioning, and that my concern is to ensure that decommissioning takes place by 9 February of next year. As for discussions between those engaged in legitimate political activity and the Northern Ireland Office, we will of course be happy to talk to people who are wholly engaged in legitimate political activity and who have eschewed violence of every kind.