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Baroness in Waiting/Government Whip (Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent) (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 11 June 2025

Debate

Disorder in Ballymena

Contribution

My Lords, the recent scenes of civil disorder that we have seen in Ballymena have no place in Northern Ireland. The attacks on police officers as they work to keep people safe, and on property, are wholly unacceptable. I express my sincere thanks to the PSNI, the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service and the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, which have worked in difficult conditions over the past few days to keep people safe. My thoughts and prayers are with those officers still receiving treatment and with the communities across Northern Ireland who woke up this morning very scared.

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