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Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 11 June 2025

Debate

Disorder in Ballymena

Contribution

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his comments, especially about our incredibly brave security and police personnel, who have been running towards danger, as many of us have watched on television over the last 48 hours. The noble Lord raises an appropriate point about conversations between the Secretary of State and the Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly to make sure that the appropriate support is in place. Noble Lords may be aware that Jon Boutcher is in the process of submitting a request to the National Police Coordination Centre for mutual aid to support current policing operations. The Secretary of State is having active conversations with both the Minister of Justice and the PSNI, and hopes to visit Ballymena in the coming days.

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