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| DUP leader Ian Paisley is threatening not to attend a meeting alongside Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams in a row over the ministerial pledge of office. | DUP leader Ian Paisley is threatening not to attend a meeting alongside Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams in a row over the ministerial pledge of office. |
| Mr Paisley and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness are due to become first and deputy first ministers on 24 November. | Mr Paisley and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness are due to become first and deputy first ministers on 24 November. |
| The DUP is insisting that a pledge of support for policing and for law and order is in place before then. | The DUP is insisting that a pledge of support for policing and for law and order is in place before then. |
| It was seen as significant that Mr Paisley and Mr Adams were to sit at the same round table for talks at Stormont. | It was seen as significant that Mr Paisley and Mr Adams were to sit at the same round table for talks at Stormont. |
| The Programme for Government meeting was expected to be attended by leaders of the four main parties. | |
| The new committee's job is to consider changes to the Stormont rules and to agree priorities for the executive scheduled to take power next March. | |
| If there's not delivery, I do not believe today's meeting will be attended by Dr Paisley Ian Paisley JrDUP assembly member | |
| However, Mr Paisley's son, DUP assemblyman Ian Paisley Jr, warned the government "would have a lot to answer for" if the pledge issue was not resolved. | However, Mr Paisley's son, DUP assemblyman Ian Paisley Jr, warned the government "would have a lot to answer for" if the pledge issue was not resolved. |
| "If there's not delivery, I do not believe today's meeting will be attended by Dr Paisley," he said. | "If there's not delivery, I do not believe today's meeting will be attended by Dr Paisley," he said. |
| "I don't think people want these arrangements to unravel, but if the government unravels them then the deal breaks because of them." | "I don't think people want these arrangements to unravel, but if the government unravels them then the deal breaks because of them." |
| On Monday, Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain said it would be the first of regular meetings to agree priorities for the executive. | |
| "Crucially, parties will for the first time together be represented at leadership level on that committee," Mr Hain said. | "Crucially, parties will for the first time together be represented at leadership level on that committee," Mr Hain said. |
| The Northern Ireland parties have been given until 10 November to respond to what the governments are calling the St Andrews Agreement. | The Northern Ireland parties have been given until 10 November to respond to what the governments are calling the St Andrews Agreement. |
| It was published after intensive three-day talks between the parties at St Andrews in Scotland. | It was published after intensive three-day talks between the parties at St Andrews in Scotland. |
| If all goes to plan, a first and deputy first minister will be nominated on 24 November and the devolved institutions will be up and running by 26 March. | If all goes to plan, a first and deputy first minister will be nominated on 24 November and the devolved institutions will be up and running by 26 March. |