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I rise to speak in this debate because I have had a long interest in Northern Ireland. I served in Northern Ireland in 1975.

I understand that.

I tried to raise this point with the Leader of the Opposition and I pose it to anybody: what do people want?

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

I apologise, but I want to develop this point.

If the hon.

I served in Northern Ireland, and I do not feel in any degree that there was equivalence between what I was doing and what terrorists were d

I am listening carefully to my right hon. Friend. May I ask him a linked question?

Let me ask my right hon. Friend a specific question.

I congratulate my hon.