Ms Susan McCrory:

So much has changed in 25 years. When the Good Friday Agreement was created, it was created for that time. We are 25 years on and none of us saw Brexit coming down the line or us leaving the European Union. When we talk about a bill of rights, we must to talk about today and all the changes that have come. We are in a situation where the world is changing. We are looking at all the politicians and countries and all we see is corruption, with people looking to fill their own pockets. Politics is moving and changing, whether that is because of Covid-19 or the cost-of-living crisis that we have lived under. All over the world, people are looking for something different. If we look at the bill of rights, do we look at it as a UK bill rights, an all-Ireland bill of rights, or do we look at it as a Northern Ireland bill of rights? I do not have that answer now and no one has that answer currently. Does the UK want a bill of rights?

Again, if we look at Brexit, the people in the North voted to remain in Europe and that was wiped. We had to go with the majority vote, even though that is not what we wanted. It is a very difficult area. If we begin at the level of asking what would the public like to see where they live or what kind of life would a person like to have where they live, that would be the start of understanding the bill of rights. We could then see where it goes but I do not have the answer. Let us see these elections. We may have a Scottish referendum coming down the line. It is all changing constantly to be able to keep up with it. I would like to see the Irish Government involved and I would like to see more implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on an all-Ireland basis. It was embraced a couple of years ago by the Irish Government but we do not know how much of that has really impinged on the North or women in the North, so it would be good to see that.