Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what further steps she plans to take to resolve the parade dispute at Twaddell Avenue.

I recently announced Terms of Reference and Key Principles for a Panel on Parading in the Twaddell/Ardoyne area of North Belfast. I believe that the process set out in the Terms of Reference represents a realistic assessment of how progress towards a resolution to this ongoing parading impasse could be made.

I would urge political parties and others with an involvement in the dispute to engage constructively with this process.