Member

By not repealing Section 44, the Government are confirming the suspicions of many about why the people of Northern Ireland are no longer permitted to have inquests. This then plays into trust in the new policing arrangements, which are seriously underfunded and require an immediate injection of ring-fenced money by the Government to enable recruitment and the delivery of the service. I think it has also played into the reluctance of young Catholics to apply to join the PSNI, despite the best efforts of that organisation. Despite this, the Supreme Court will be asked by the Government to overturn the decisions of the coroner, the High Court and the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal about the disclosure of gisted material.