HC Deb 13 May 1998 vol 312 c141W
11. Mr. Trimble

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will make a statement on the Parades Commission. [40690]

Mr. Ingram

The Parades Commission has the statutory responsibility of encouraging and facilitating local accommodation on contentious parades and, where this is not possible, making legally binding determinations on such parades. In carrying out this difficult but important task the Parades Commission retains the Government's complete confidence in its ability to operate in a totally independent, impartial and even-handed way in the best interests of the whole community in Northern Ireland.