Unionists pledge to back terror extension

The DUP will support the British government’s bid to push the 42-day detention bill through the House of Lords in the UK.

Unionists pledge to back terror extension

The DUP will support the British government’s bid to push the 42-day detention bill through the House of Lords in the UK.

Although the legislation is likely to be defeated in the upper house, the party’s three peers said they would be voting in line with their MPs, whose crucial nine members helped the controversial bill through the House of Commons.

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