Member

I say to the noble Lord, Lord Hanson, who, like the noble Lord, Lord Hain, has served in Northern Ireland and knows the Parades Commission and its powers, that surely there is some precedent there in terms of how contentious parades should be considered. I am not suggesting that the Government set up a Parades Commission in England and Wales, because I would probably object to it in the same way as I object to the one in Northern Ireland, but I am talking about the principles that it acts on, which I think should be looked at. I make my comments to be helpful to the Ministers in this regard, who are very aware of the Parades Commission.