Member

I am condemning the Government for reneging but, of course, the Conservative Party, when in office, had this commitment in the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper but then delayed implementing it. It went out to consultation. We knew then—I said it at the time and was derided by others, including within the unionist community—that the Conservative Government were not going to do it; they were putting it off because their industry friends were lobbying them and would not let them do it. And so it proved, but this Government actually formally reneged on it.