Does the hon. Lady accept that the only sanction in the Bill is that those who do not give the undertaking in the first place cannot participate in the Assembly? There is not even a limit on how much time can pass before they can be expelled. In the light of some of the comments recently made by Sinn Féin, which said that republicans could use violence at another time, it is important that MLAs make that undertaking in the Stormont House agreement and are kept to it. If they make subsequent statements, there should be a process for investigating that and deciding what punishment should be imposed.
Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Sammy Wilson
(Democratic Unionist Party)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 10 March 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Bill.
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