Peter Hain
Peter Hain
Peter Gerald Hain, Baron Hain, PCis a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliamentfor Neath between 1991 and 2015, and served in the Cabinets of both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He was the Leader of the House of Commons from 2003 to 2005 and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2005 to 2007 under Blair, and as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Secretary of State for Wales from 2007 to 2008 under...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 February 1950
cockpit culture exposing favor fears house sun threat worst
confirms all my worst fears ... The Sun has done the House a favor by exposing the amateurish and old fashioned culture which is a threat to the very cockpit of our democracy.
changed friday good indeed northern opened until
And until we got the Good Friday Agreement, which opened up a whole new world for Northern Ireland, and indeed elsewhere, that has changed everything.
bodies call
These are two independent bodies who will call it as it is. They will tell us what is for real,
including ira limited lots promises scale smaller
There have been lots of promises by the IRA in the past, including (weapons) decommissioning events, but on a much smaller and more limited scale than this one ... This is different.
choice moment people
This is a moment of choice for everybody, for politicians and for people right the way down through every part of the community.
belfast life prospect today
There was no prospect at all of the completely different life that I now see around me just today in Belfast
british police situation team
We have had a British police team out there investigating the situation with the Saudi authorities.
attempted facing police scale seen situation violence
We have a situation ... with the police facing attempted murder and police facing violence which is on a scale that we haven't seen for many years,
beyond credible forward hoping ira together
We're all working together then to look forward beyond an IRA statement, if it is the credible one we're hoping for and expecting.
few indeed next past process
I'm now going through, and indeed have been over the past week, a process in which I will be making an announcement in the next few days.
concluded obliged reviewed status sufficient
I have reviewed the status of all specified and other paramilitary organizations, as I am obliged to do under legislation, and concluded there are sufficient grounds to specify the UVF/RHC,
denying odd
I am not denying there are not tensions. I am not denying there isn't the odd argument.
coming rock shifting solid
It is rock solid firm. There is no shifting from it. If everything collapses by then, then it (the legislature) will collapse. There will be no coming back.
across
I want to see, as he does, more and more integration right across the board.