Sinn Fein MPs ‘should go into Commons chamber’

Sinn Fein MPs should go into the House of Commons chamber instead of just using offices they will be allocated after a controversial vote at Westminster this week, Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid said today.

Just four days after the House of Commons voted to allow Sinn Fein’s four MPs to have access to facilities in Westminster, even though they will not swear an oath of allegiance to the Queen and take their seats, Dr Reid insisted the move would bring republicans ‘‘further into the political process’’.