HC Deb 23 October 2002 vol 391 c365W
Andrew Selous

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to set deadlines for measuring further progress by parties to the peace process. [74008]

Dr. John Reid

The progress that matters now is to re-establish confidence in the commitment of all parties to the obligations of the Agreement, and crucially the commitment to exclusively peaceful means. I do not believe that deadlines are necessarily helpful in securing this, but the time for decision has come.