Consideration Stage

Part of Executive Committee Business – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 3:30 pm on 20 January 2009.

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Photo of Peter Robinson Peter Robinson DUP 3:30, 20 January 2009

I am sorry that I missed that remark, but I will come to the person who made it soon. I have been a Member of Parliament for some 30 years, and I have watched opposition parties trying to destroy Government Bills in many different fashions. When in opposition, the Conservatives and the Labour Party both attempt to indict Government and question their motives; that is the role of opposition parties. That could understandably have been the role of the Alliance Party, but my criticism of the Alliance Party is on a different level. It aspires to collective Government, but it will support an amendment that runs counter to collective Government.