27/06/2016 Northern Ireland Assembly


27/06/2016

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Those the First Minister except that the people of Northern Ireland has

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said a clear message to the First Minister and Deputy First Minister

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that they want to remain in the EU. How do she intend to act on that

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mandate and instruction? The mandate and instruction was to the United

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Kingdom Parliament, because as Mr Allister pointed out earlier today

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when we voted on Thursday we were after question as to whether we

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wanted the United Kingdom to leave the European Union or to remain. I

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accept that the majority of people accept that the majority of people

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in Northern Ireland, mostly in the West, decided that they wanted to

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remain within the European Union. There is no surprise there. At the

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beginning of the referendum campaign we were told that 75% would vote to

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remain within the European Union. It was actually 55%, or 56%. I have

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heard a lot today from the members party about respecting the 55% who

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voted to remain and I will, as will the Deputy First Minister. She also

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has to respect the view of the 44% has to respect the view of the 44%

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of people who voted to leave and in times of the United Kingdom, which

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is a member state which engages with the European Union, they voted to

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leave. We can talk about these different arrangements but the

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campaign is over and the boat has been taken and no are focus is to

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make sure that Northern Ireland's best interests are preserved. -- and

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now our focus is to

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