Part of Police (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee at 3:30 pm on 25 February 2003.
Mr John Taylor
Conservative, Solihull
3:30,
25 February 2003
Is not my hon. Friend's point all the more forceful because the Police Service of Northern Ireland is severely under-established?
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