Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 2 March 2016.
Theresa Villiers
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
11:30,
2 March 2016
The Government are publishing several documents setting out their position on the European Union. As I have said, we should welcome the dedicated work of the UK Government and the Northern Ireland political parties to settle a budget crisis that was threatening to collapse the institutions and a return to direct rule, which would have been a major setback.