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
troops movement vices
I was never Vice Chair of the Troops Out Movement.
justice community division
We'll be launching the new public prosecution service in Northern Ireland tomorrow. I'll be doing it in Belfast tomorrow. This is an entirely new era, in which criminal justice now exercised on an equal basis, not the old basis in which community division was a feature.
past peaceful ira
What's crucial is that the IRA produce a credible statement that paramilitary and criminality activity is a thing of the past. That they are committed to a future which is exclusively peaceful and democratic.
opportunity justice water
When you look at what I've done here, you see a consistent theme of reforms which is not driven by any dogma from across the water, but a radical agenda to make sure Northern Ireland's people enjoy equal opportunities, driven by the values of social justice.
jobs media interesting
You can get on with your job. I'm going to get on with mine. And mine is to deliver for the people of Northern Ireland, that's what they expect from me and I'm not going to be deflected by interesting academic or media speculation or attempts to take the whole debate back.
thinking tough terrorism
If we are tough on crime and on terrorism, as Labour is, then I think Britain will be safer under Labour
order europe tasks
Our task is nothing less than the creation of a new constitutional order for a new united Europe.
closeness countries friendship friends-or-friendship meant needed understand
The closeness of our friendship meant we could understand what needed to be done in a way other countries would not have done so,
collapse confidence external internal lead serious
the collapse in external and internal confidence would lead to a more serious situation.
absolutely evidence seen
The evidence I have seen is absolutely clear-cut. If it wasn't clear-cut before, it's absolutely categorical now.
alec although apparently condemn course father
Although Father Alec Reid has apparently apologized for those remarks, of course I condemn what he said.
absolutely benchmark critical january report
The January report is going to be an absolutely critical benchmark of where we are.
create northern prosperous strong
if we are to create a strong and prosperous Northern Ireland.
bound early
It's bound to be bumpy in the early stages.