Debate contribution: Scarva Protest
Debate contribution by Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly on .
- MLA
- Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 8 June 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Scarva Protest
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5600506
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The situation in Scarva was an incredibly challenging one. Elected representatives, including from the DUP, and the MP for Upper Bann, Carla Lockhart, were in Scarva and stepped up, trying to de-escalate the situation and liaising with the PSNI to resolve issues before they gave rise to violence. That is leadership. That is not easy, and it is, of course, much easier for people to sit on the sidelines and criticise, based on a handful of photographs. If he was not there and did not see what happened, I suggest that the Member listens to the Member's statement that my colleague from South Down Diane Forsythe made this morning about the situation on the ground. The public representatives from the DUP were there to de-escalate the situation and support a peaceful resolution at a peaceful protest.
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