NORTHERN IRELAND ELECTION RESULT AND CONTINUING DIRECT RULE

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That this House acknowledges the results of the General Election, particularly in Northern Ireland, where nine Democratic Unionist honourable Members were returned compared with one Ulster Unionist honourable Member; accepts that this is the clearest possible expression of the will of the Unionist community in Northern Ireland; urges the Government to recognise this fact; and, in the obvious absence of the Provisional IRA winding up its organisation, calls for the Direct Rule system of Government to be made much more open, accountable and responsive to the needs of the people in the Province.