I do not know whether the noble Lord was present earlier to hear the noble Baroness, Lady Stroud, challenge the poll to which he referred. I draw his attention to the ComRes poll that was carried out only last week in Northern Ireland. It found that 64% of the general population and 66% of women in Northern Ireland agreed that changing the law on this issue should be a decision for the people of Northern Ireland and their elected representatives. It also found that 70% of 18 to 30 year-olds agreed that Westminster should not dictate that change to them.
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Alton of Liverpool
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 30 October 2018.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill.
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