Owen Paterson corrected the Commons record on Security
The words were spoken in the Commons on 16 May 2012. The correction was made by letter from Owen Paterson, and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 17 May 2012. The corrected text no longer gives the figure £200 million. Altogether 18 words differ between the two versions.
The question
We know how much the security situation in Northern Ireland has improved—we are all thankful for that—but, as we have seen with the recent escalation in the number of attempted bombings and hoaxes, there remains a severe threat from those who wish to take us back to the past. Does the Secretary of State agree that the Army bomb disposal teams do tremendously courageous and vital work, and will he assure the House and the people of Northern Ireland that they will receive whatever resources they need to do their important job?
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| I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question and I also thank him, on the record, for his great support in our teamwork with the devolved Ministers in bearing down on criminals in Northern Ireland. Let me reassure him that support for the ATOs—ammunition technical officers—is very much a feature of the | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question and I also thank him, on the record, for his great support in our teamwork with the devolved Ministers in bearing down on criminals in Northern Ireland. Let me reassure him that support for the ATOs—ammunition technical officers—is very much a feature of our approach to tackling the threat in Northern Ireland. |
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Receipt
| Read from | https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/debates/debate/12051743000001.json |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
| SHA-256 | 91969ef9ea385f4b30014a11f14632def38fa8a52b6e554493473795409c0df4 |