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
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We have had a British police team out there investigating the situation with the Saudi authorities.
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Provided the enabling environment is established and maintained, this program will be achievable within two years, though if the conditions are right to move more quickly in implementing elements of the plan, the government will do so,
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This is a moment of choice for everybody, for politicians and for people right the way down through every part of the community.
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I also want to see the IRA deliver on its promises,
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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.
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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.
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The closeness of our friendship meant we could understand what needed to be done in a way other countries would not have done so,
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Although Father Alec Reid has apparently apologized for those remarks, of course I condemn what he said.
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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,
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I take heart in the statements made not just by the IRA leadership but by the president of Sinn Fein in repeatedly condemning criminality and saying it has no part for the future Republicans.
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the collapse in external and internal confidence would lead to a more serious situation.
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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.
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I was never Vice Chair of the Troops Out Movement.
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I strongly support European sanctions against Mugabe and his ruling clique. We must do all in our power to help the people of Zimbabwe achieve their freedom and prosperity once again.