§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the Irish Republican Army's refusal to permit visible evidence of decommissioning is preventing the full implementation of the Belfast agreement; and whether they propose to set a deadline for such implementation. [HL460]
§ The Lord President of the Council (Baroness Amos)The issue of transparency in decommissioning needs to be resolved for the political process in Northern Ireland to move forward. We do not believe it would advance matters to seek to impose deadlines.