Arrangements for Handling National Security
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The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr Owen Paterson)
The Government have received and welcomed the second annual report of Lord Carlile of Berriew on the operation of arrangements for handling national security matters in Northern Ireland.
The report finds the now established national security arrangements free from major structural problems, more efficient than analogous arrangements elsewhere, and in a more acceptable human rights context than anywhere comparable.
Consistent with his terms of reference, the report was submitted to both the Home Secretary, and to me.
The Home Secretary and I welcome the content of this report which I am today bringing before Parliament. I have placed copies in the House Library.