Posted on July 7, 2008 by ToryWriter
The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee in the Commons has today said that the cost of historical enquiries into the past is ‘finanically unsustainable’.
Speaking at the launch of their report at Queen’s University, Committee Chair Sir Patrick Cormack MP said, ‘We are concerned that the demands of running the Historical Enquiries Team project, and the likely [...]
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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 July 25, 2007 by Editor
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Owen Paterson, has called on the Government to consider whether yet more public money should be spent on further historic enquiries. Under pressure today in their first exchange in Northern Ireland Questions, the Secretary of State, Shaun Woodward, admitted that another £60 million could be spent on future [...]
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