Assembly Members: Code of Conduct

Part of the debate – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 11:45 am on 1 March 1999.

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Photo of Ian Paisley Ian Paisley Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party 11:45, 1 March 1999

Surely, Sir, you need to look at that again. No annunciator is accepted in the House of Commons. A Member there cannot get up and say that while he was sitting in his room watching the debate, he heard a Member make such-and-such a comment and he wants to challenge it. If that Member was not at the meeting, the only way he can challenge a point is to check the Hansard Report. Even the media that records proceedings in the House of Commons is not accepted as a means of checking the contents of people’s speeches, as we found out when we raised certain matters in the House of Commons.