Report of First Minister (Designate) and Deputy

Part of the debate – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 5:45 pm on 18 January 1999.

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Photo of Mr Cedric Wilson Mr Cedric Wilson NIUP 5:45, 18 January 1999

Mr Presiding Officer, is it in your remit to call for an adjournment of this matter? As a member of the Committee to Advise the Presiding Officer, I wonder if it is worthwhile continuing to have such a Committee. We spent many hours with all the parties agreeing a procedure and conditions for debate, only for it to be overturned today.

Also, would you allow Mr McCartney the opportunity of withdrawing his comment about the Clerk to the Assembly, whose integrity he has impugned?