Frank Feighan (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am delighted to meet Lord Empey again, and I look forward to working with him and the British-Irish Council on the Good Friday Agreement. I will raise a few issues during my remaining time. On the amendment to Articles 2 and 3, Lord Empey has said that in 1991 there was a difference between could and would. That is an interesting observation. Speaking as a voice of unionism what are his views on calls for a border poll? Second, after 30 years of conflict does Lord Empey think nationalism and unionism could have done anything differently before the Good Friday Agreement that would have averted 30 years of bloodshed?