Former Independent MLA for North Down
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Former Independent MLA for North Down
Entered the Assembly on 25 June 1998 — General election
Left the Assembly on 24 March 2011 — Dissolved for election
Party was UUP until 30 Mar 2010
The Member was there at the time, so he knows perfectly well that petitions of concern were introduced in order to stop one side of the unionist/nationalist divide pushing through legislation against the wishes of the other. It was designed as a cross-community protection. It was not designed to protect DUP big hitters from being removed and trying to maximise their vote for party-political...
Will the Member give way?
Does it not strike the Member as a most unfortunate misuse of the Committee system that if the DUP was going to kill this Bill, it would have been better to kill it stone dead at Second Stage? There is something slightly unfortunate about leading it through Consideration Stage and Further Consideration Stage to Final Stage, at which point, because it did not get its way with amendments, the...
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