There is a diminishing tolerance of the last vestiges of paramilitarism, especially when it involves the type of internecine feuding and plainly criminal activity we have seen in many respects in recent times. I offer my full support to the Chief Constable, Hugh Orde, in his determination to apply the full rigour of the law to those pursuing their own destructive agenda, and I commend the recent successes of the police service in this area which have been brave and useful to the process.