Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Justice – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 2:30 pm on 17 June 2024.
I would love to say that I have pleasure in doing so, but I have no pleasure in doing so. It is incredibly disturbing that, at this juncture in Northern Ireland, we continue to see such shows of strength. The people of Northern Ireland generally and of east Belfast in particular are weary of paramilitary organisations exerting coercive control in their community. They are not interested in changes in leadership and management; they are interested in those organisations being put out of business. The sooner that happens, the better for us all.