Debate contribution: Armed Forces Covenant and Armed Forces Bill
Debate contribution by Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly on .
- MLA
- Mrs Emma Little-Pengelly
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 5 October 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Armed Forces Covenant and Armed Forces Bill
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5774217
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I have said it before, but people are so sick of the hypocrisy of Sinn Féin. You go along to commemorations of paramilitary organisations and individuals. You have, on your very Benches, people who have been unrepentant terrorists who inflicted incredible harm to the people of Northern Ireland. Let me say, once again, that I am absolutely opposed to terrorism and paramilitarism. I always have been, and I always will be. One party here always goes back to the past and lives in the past. The First Minister, when called out about going to commemorations of events from 50 years ago for terrorists, turned around and accused others of living in the past. The people of Northern Ireland are not stupid. They can see what party wants to drag people back to the sectarian, bigoted past of their narrative and their glorification of terrorism and their justification. This party will not be found wanting when calling out any terrorist.
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