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| SDLP justice post motion defeated | SDLP justice post motion defeated |
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| An SDLP motion to have the justice minister elected through the D'Hondt system has been defeated in an assembly debate on policing and justice powers. | An SDLP motion to have the justice minister elected through the D'Hondt system has been defeated in an assembly debate on policing and justice powers. |
| MLAs discussed the legislation, which will provide the legal framework for the devolution of policing and justice, for almost 10 hours on Tuesday night. | MLAs discussed the legislation, which will provide the legal framework for the devolution of policing and justice, for almost 10 hours on Tuesday night. |
| However, the bill does not dictate when the powers will be transferred. | However, the bill does not dictate when the powers will be transferred. |
| Another SDLP amendment which called for powers to be transferred by 7 December was also defeated. | Another SDLP amendment which called for powers to be transferred by 7 December was also defeated. |
| Earlier on Tuesday, Sinn Fein Junior Minister Gerry Kelly said he wanted the DUP to spell out their conditions for the devolution of policing and justice. | Earlier on Tuesday, Sinn Fein Junior Minister Gerry Kelly said he wanted the DUP to spell out their conditions for the devolution of policing and justice. |
| Mr Kelly accused the DUP of attempting to turn the clock back by periodically reintroducing new demands. | Mr Kelly accused the DUP of attempting to turn the clock back by periodically reintroducing new demands. |
| DUP leader Peter Robinson has said the Parades Commission should be abolished before the transfer of power. | DUP leader Peter Robinson has said the Parades Commission should be abolished before the transfer of power. |
| And at the beginning of the week, his party colleague Jeffrey Donaldson said devolution should only happen if the PSNI reserve is retained. | |
| "Turn the clock back" | |
| However on Tuesday the Chief Constable reiterated his view that there is no operational need to keep the remaining reserve officers. | |
| Matt Baggott said the reserve should be phased out by 2011, in accordance with the recommendations of the Patton report. | |
| Baggott on PSNI reserve | |
| Mr Kelly said the DUP needed to "stop looking back over its shoulder". | Mr Kelly said the DUP needed to "stop looking back over its shoulder". |
| "We have to put this in the context of Arlene Foster, a DUP minister, saying that none of these issues are an obstacle to the transfer of policing and justice," he said. | "We have to put this in the context of Arlene Foster, a DUP minister, saying that none of these issues are an obstacle to the transfer of policing and justice," he said. |
| "We then have Peter Robinson saying that the parades issue is an obstacle and a precondition to it. Then yesterday we have a high profile DUP member Jeffrey Donaldson saying this. | "We then have Peter Robinson saying that the parades issue is an obstacle and a precondition to it. Then yesterday we have a high profile DUP member Jeffrey Donaldson saying this. |
| "The full-time reserve is an extra demand which is trying to turn back a clock that is not going to be turned back." | "The full-time reserve is an extra demand which is trying to turn back a clock that is not going to be turned back." |
| The Police Federation, which is effectively the union for PSNI officers, said on Monday that the majority of officers in the full-time reserve wanted to remain in post. | The Police Federation, which is effectively the union for PSNI officers, said on Monday that the majority of officers in the full-time reserve wanted to remain in post. |