Policing Board will have to answer questions about PSNI controversies

Northern Ireland Affairs Committee chairman Simon Hoare said the Policing Board should be in no doubt that it will have to answer questions about controversies which have rocked the PSNI (Brian Lawless/PA)

The Policing Board in Northern Ireland should be in no doubt that it will have to answer questions before MPs about controversies which have rocked the PSNI, the chairman of a Westminster committee has said.

Simon Hoare also described the job of PSNI chief constable as the “most difficult gig” in policing following the resignation of Simon Byrne.