On April 21 the Committee stage of the Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan Bill) took place in the Lords. Alistair Lexden supported an amendment designed to bring greater pressure to bear on paramilitary organisations which are still doing grave damage in Northern Ireland.
He also moved an amendment of his own to draw attention to the references in the Bill to Ireland rather than the Republic of Ireland which is the correct name of the southern part of Ireland enshrined in legislation passed by Parliament in 1949. Most of those who spoke in the debate on the amendment expressed support for it.
At the end of the debate Alistair Lexden urged the government to keep to the terminology agreed in 1949. Follow the link to read the debate… TheyWorkForYou