Professor Jonathan Tonge:

Obviously, I will be very brief. I echo what Deputy Conway-Walsh said. We need to get on with this. New Decade, New Approach needs implementing in full. That should be the priority. That would take care of supposedly contentious issues such as the Irish language. It would not fully address the issue of a bill of rights because New Decade, New Approach only sets up an ad hoccommittee, and it is time for a full bill of rights. We need to get on with it. Most of New Decade, New Approach is very good. We do not need to deviate from it. Too often agreements have been agreed and then unpacked. The next item to come from Westminster will be something that will probably unpick aspects of the Stormont House Agreement, for example, on legacy issues. We need to stick with what is agreed and get on with implementing it. Most of New Decade, New Approach is almost a penalty kick, which is painful for me to say at the moment for obvious reasons. Let us just get on with implementation and have timetables for implementation from here on.

I thank the Chair for the invitation.