The electorate will speak and give a mandate to their parties to support the St. Andrews agreement. That is the purpose of the election and it is why the largest two parties requested that if there were to be any consultation, it should happen through an election. There is now cross-party support for pursuing the St. Andrews agreement, which is why we intend to move forward on that basis.
Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Hain
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 21 November 2006.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Bill.
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