Clause 50 - Law Commission

Part of Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 3:30 pm on 7 February 2002.

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Photo of Edward Garnier Edward Garnier Conservative, Harborough 3:30, 7 February 2002

Will the hon. Gentleman allow me to test him a little further on the matter? There will be five commissioners. I want to know, so that I can understand the thrust of the amendments, what is meant by the hon. Member for Montgomeryshire (Lembit Öpik), or what he understands the hon. Member for North Down to mean, in the Northern Irish context, by ''ethnicity''. There is a confusion, perhaps a deliberate one, between sectarianism and ethnicity. Can the hon. Member for Montgomeryshire, who is a noted explainer of these matters, help me?