Northern Ireland: Restoring Devolution Debate
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Gregory Campbell
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Northern Ireland: Restoring Devolution
Gregory Campbell Excerpts(5 years, 2 months ago)
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Karen Bradley
My hon. Friend is right that the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act sets aside the requirement on the Secretary of State to call an election. That Act expires on 26 March, and we are considering the options.
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry) (DUP)
The Policing Board did not function for many months, as the Secretary of State knows. She recently made political appointments from my party and other parties, including Sinn Féin. Everyone entered without preconditions, and now the Policing Board is functioning. We need to ensure that Stormont and the education and health services do likewise. We have problems. I have issues about fairness, equality and integrity, but I will not put them in front of those services functioning for the education and health of our people. If everyone does likewise, we can get Stormont up and running next week.
Karen Bradley
I very much appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s optimism, and I hope we can deliver.