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| DUP wants parades body abolished | |
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| The Parades Commission should be abolished "to increase confidence in devolved policing and justice powers," DUP leader Peter Robinson has said. | The Parades Commission should be abolished "to increase confidence in devolved policing and justice powers," DUP leader Peter Robinson has said. |
| Mr Robinson was speaking on Tuesday evening during a debate at Westminster. | Mr Robinson was speaking on Tuesday evening during a debate at Westminster. |
| He said issues of parading needed to be resolved before the transfer of policing and justice power to the NI Assembly could take place. | He said issues of parading needed to be resolved before the transfer of policing and justice power to the NI Assembly could take place. |
| Mr Robinson said the commission was "not a solution to problems, but part of the problem itself". | |
| "To leave these issues unresolved and to devolve powers of policing and justice would plant a seed at the heart of government in Northern Ireland which I believe would be corrosive and divisive and which ultimately could in fact be the straw that breaks the camel's back," he said. | "To leave these issues unresolved and to devolve powers of policing and justice would plant a seed at the heart of government in Northern Ireland which I believe would be corrosive and divisive and which ultimately could in fact be the straw that breaks the camel's back," he said. |
| Mr Robinson said he strongly supported the work of former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown, who is heading a review into parading in Northern Ireland, but he questioned the delay in the final report. | Mr Robinson said he strongly supported the work of former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown, who is heading a review into parading in Northern Ireland, but he questioned the delay in the final report. |
| The DUP leader said the delay was not the fault of Lord Ashdown but was down to Sinn Fein seeking "to extract a political price to deliver that which has already been agreed". | The DUP leader said the delay was not the fault of Lord Ashdown but was down to Sinn Fein seeking "to extract a political price to deliver that which has already been agreed". |