Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010

My Lords, the best thing I can do is to quote what the chief constable recently said: ""The decision to request military support would obviously require detailed discussions with the Policing Board, and I would not do it without raising the issues with the Minister of Justice because I think it is appropriate to do that. I work as an operational chief constable in a democracy, in a tripartite system between a Minister of Justice, a Policing Board and myself, and that is entirely appropriate"." Those are his words.