Northern Ireland: Devolved Government

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Excerpts

Tuesday 4th September 2018 Lords Chamber

[Viscount Younger of Leckie]

I noted the question asked by the noble Lord. To answer that, as I said, no option is off the table. Of course the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the Prime Minister are very aware of the tremendous work that Senator George Mitchell did. That remains on the table and may or may not happen; I cannot give any reassurance at this time on that front.

[Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab)]

My Lords, will the noble Lord return to the point raised by the noble Lord, Lord Empey, about the real pressure and crisis in the health service in Northern Ireland? Who will take responsibility for sorting this out?