Watch: Northern Ireland secretary discusses impact of paramilitaries on region
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Your support makes all the difference.Watch as the Northern Ireland secretary speaks to parliament about the impact of paramilitary activity on the region.
Chris Heaton-Harris discussed the impact of organised crime on society in Northern Ireland during his speech on Wednesday, 8 March.
The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee is conducting an inquiry into the matter, with today seeing oral evidence being given.
The committee looking at the effectiveness of current measures aimed at tackling paramilitarism.
It comes after the dissident republican group, the New IRA, became the primary focus of detectives investigating the shooting of an off-duty police detective in Tyrone.
Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell was shot in front of his son by masked men in Omagh at a sports club.
Both the DUP and Sinn Fein came together to express joint outrage and disgust in the wake of the attack.
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