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Northern Ireland

Asked for an update on Northern Ireland, the PMOS replied that next Monday 26th remained the deadline. The PMOS told journalists that over the weekend, there had been an Army helicopter crash in Crossmaglen, and there had been some disturbances with local youths who had attacked the ambulance crew, and then the police around the helicopter. This morning, the local MP, who was a Sinn Fein MP, had not only condemned the attacks on the police and ambulance crew, but he had also said that local people should go to the police with any information. The PMOS said that if anyone had sketched out that scenario in Crossmaglen even six months ago, it would not have been believed. There was real progress, and the electorate recognised that there was real progress, and therefore, what we were waiting to see was whether that translated into a devolved Government as the public clearly wanted by 26th.

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Sexual Orientation Regulations

Asked to respond to criticism that there had not been enough Parliamentary debate about the Sexual Orientation Regulation legislation, the PMOS responded that lack of debate was not how he would characterise this subject. As many of the journalists who had sat through lobbies at the time could recall, debate was one thing that was not in short supply at the time. The issue had been well aired, and everyone knew the issue and they recognised that the Prime Minister and the Government had tried to come to a reasonable situation in which people could work through the difficulties. That we had done.

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Police Inquiry

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