The DUP has accused the UK government of destroying the Good Friday Agreement ahead of its 25th anniversary.
The legislation will allow the secretary of state to intervene in areas relating to the decisions of commissioners, if power sharing is not restoredThe Democratic Unionist Party has accused the UK government of destroying the Good Friday Agreement ahead of its 25th anniversary.MPs voted to by 380 votes to four to move the legislation to the next stage.
It will also allow the Northern Ireland secretary to intervene in areas relating to the decisions of commissioners, if power sharing was not restored.'Destroying the agreement'"Government figures and members of this house may be ordering the birthday cake to mark 25 years of the Belfast Agreement next year, it is worth stating that the same people cannot have their cake and eat it - surely you cannot celebrate something whilst at the same time destroying it," she said.
Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said the government would discuss the different roles of the commissioners when the bill moved to committee stage. Julian Smith, who was Northern Ireland secretary when the New Decade, New Approach deal was agreed, said the legislation followed the spirit of the agreement.
NI Minister Steve Baker sought to reassure the DUP, saying the government had "absolutely no intention of leaping in to use the powers" and that they were there as a matter of last resort.Speaking in Irish, the Belfast South MP said it was better late than never,
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