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Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill

Proceeding contribution from Laurence Robertson (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 6 February 2007. It occurred during Debate on bills on Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill.

This measure does not only address the possibility of the Assembly getting stuck over choosing a model. It allows the Secretary of State to set up the Department in the first place. That is the problem; the measure is not only about the model. It gives the Secretary of State the power to set up the Department if the Assembly does not pass the Act to set it up.