Posted on April 10, 2008 by Editor
On the tenth anniversary of the Belfast Agreement, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Owen Paterson has applauded the agreement for allowing opponents to work together and bringing real progress to the province.
In a detailed critique of the agreement’s impact, Owen Paterson has gone further and called on the system of designation to be [...]
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Posted on December 21, 2007 by Editor
Commenting on the conclusion to the Omagh bomb trial, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Owen Paterson said:
“The authorities, from the Secretary of State downwards, must take a long, hard look at the Judge’s conclusions. The investigation must continue however with the ‘utmost intensity’, as promised by Tony Blair in the House of Commons [...]
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Posted on November 21, 2007 by Editor
The Conservatives have demanded that the Government rethink plans that will end the Common Travel Area that has existed between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland since 1922. The Government is considering establishing an electronic border around Great Britain which will require passport controls to exist between Northern Ireland and the mainland, effectively [...]
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Posted on November 15, 2007 by Editor
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Owen Paterson has called for the Police Service of Northern Ireland to be allowed to focus every existing resource on defeating criminal organisations. Following the shootings of two off-duty policemen, and other recent attacks, he has put pressure on the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Shaun Woodward [...]
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Posted on September 30, 2007 by Editor
Owen Paterson MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, speaking today (Sunday) at Party Conference in Blackpool stated that he wanted Northern Ireland to be brought into the political mainstream. He indicated that he wanted more women to be involved in politics in Northern Ireland. He also made clear that for Northern Ireland to move [...]
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Posted on July 4, 2007 by Editor
After only one full day as the new Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Owen Paterson today held private talks with the new Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Shaun Woodward.
Tomorrow he will make the first of many regular visits to Belfast. During the day he will meet First Minister Ian Paisley, Deputy First [...]
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