Northern Ireland: Political Situation Debate

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Northern Ireland: Political Situation

Tom Pursglove Excerpts
Tuesday 8th September 2015

(9 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Tom Pursglove Portrait Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con)
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I commend the Secretary of State for her statement. Will additional police resources be made available, should they be required, to ensure that the criminal matters to which she refers can be properly investigated?

Theresa Villiers Portrait Mrs Villiers
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The allocation of resources between different operations will be a matter for the PSNI; it is not a matter for me to interfere with. I emphasise, however, that the Government provide additional resources to the PSNI to counter the terrorist threat, and the fact of those resources’ presence means that the PSNI can release resources to pursue other activities, including this case.