European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill Debate
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Baroness Randerson
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European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill
Baroness Randerson ExcerptsMonday 27th February 2017
(7 years, 2 months ago)
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Baroness Randerson (LD)
My Lords, from our perspective here, Northern Ireland is the forgotten part of the UK. It rarely gets a mention in this House and there is little media coverage in the London-based press. I am worried about Northern Ireland, and two or three years of answering for the Government on Northern Ireland issues taught me that politics in Northern Ireland is not as solved as people in England often assume it to be. I am worried about Northern Ireland because it is clearly a difficult time, with the breakdown of power-sharing and the imminent election. Clearly there are difficulties in personal relations that have not always existed in recent years.