Theresa Villiers: “in the meantime, the Parades Commission remains the legally constituted body responsible for determining these matters…”
In the continued absence of “locally owned arrangements”, the Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Theresa Villiers, has appointed a new chair, Anne Henderson, and 4 new members to the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland. They will replace the current commission members, most of whom were appointed in 2010 by the then NI Secretary of State, Owen Paterson, and will take up their posts on 1 January 2014 . BBC report here. From the NIO press release [NI Secretary of State, Theresa Villiers] I very much …