Mel Stride
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(13 years, 2 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
Order. I am immensely grateful to the Secretary of State, but we must move on.
Mel Stride (Central Devon) (Con)
Although PSNI funding is rightly the responsibility of the devolved Administration, will my right hon. Friend reassure the House that, in the event that dissident activity becomes much stronger, resources may be made available from the UK Government?
Mr Paterson
I thank my hon. Friend for that question. We made it clear that a bid has been made by the Justice Minister, whom I met on Monday and talked to this morning on the phone. We are raising this at the highest level of government and we are determined to stand by Northern Ireland and do the right thing.