NI secretary chhcalling has said he is 'looking seriously' at a proposal involving formal dialogue with paramilitary groups
The Independent Reporting Commission said efforts to end paramilitarism should be re-doubled ahead of the Belfast Agreement's 25th anniversary next month.
Mr Heaton Harris said he welcomed the IRC idea of an independent person or maybe even independent people to carry out exploratory engagement on the issues of group transition. "It is an interesting idea and one that I have taken very seriously," he told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee at Westminster on Wednesday.He added that the issue had been discussed at recent meetings of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference.
North Down Alliance MP Stephen Farry asked Mr Heaton-Harris if he saw any pitfalls and if this involved money to paramilitaries.He added the IRC report had set-out what transition would involve and it included, among other things, ending recruitment and stopping paramilitary-style assaults.
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