Statement by TUV Leader Jim Allister QC

“With the Justice Bill progressing through the Assembly today, it is clear that the DUP is only to happy to press ahead with granting another item on the Sinn Fein wish list.

“Policing and justice is such a seminal issue for Sinn Fein because ending its British control has always been a key republican objective. As their 2005 Manifesto said, “Our strategy is for a new all-Ireland policing and justice system. That cannot be achieved without the transfer of policing and justice powers away from London, into an Executive and Assembly and the all-Ireland institutions.”

“Unionists should not be playing their game, but sadly some will pay any price to cling to office.”