Laurence Robertson
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(10 years, 10 months ago)
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Mike Penning
Northern Ireland has an excellent police force and their investigations will look into any accusations that are made. We look forward to hearing from the police.
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) (Con)
On a recent visit to the United States, members of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee were told that bad publicity from certain paramilitary organisations in Northern Ireland would be a deterrent to inward investment. There is, however, a lot of good news in the Province, so what will the Minister do to promote that over and above the very rare occurrences of bad news?
Mike Penning
The good news, and particularly the G8, showed the whole world the good things that are going on in Northern Ireland, and how its normalisation process has moved forward enormously. All that good news and good publicity will go if there is anything like what we saw on the streets in terms of rioting and paramilitary activity, which we should all condemn.