Ms Margaret Richie, MP:

The delegation is welcome. I have had various discussions on constituency issues in recent years with the ICTU and they have always been based on the issue of rights, whether in health or education. Has the ICTU met the new Secretary of State on this matter, notwithstanding the fact that her predecessor had set his face against a particular bill of rights for the North? If so, what has been her response? One of the issues is that we must turn around the British Government on this issue. The committee must send a clear message to it through the Secretary of State and the Northern Ireland Executive, although responsibility for this matter resides with the Secretary of State. What has been the result of the ICTU's representations? I know the results of my parliamentary questions to her and her predecessor.