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| Slim Lords vote for 'PSNI 50-50' | Slim Lords vote for 'PSNI 50-50' |
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| The 50-50 recruitment rule for the PSNI has been renewed in the House of Lords by a majority of just 44. | The 50-50 recruitment rule for the PSNI has been renewed in the House of Lords by a majority of just 44. |
| The result was 141 to 97. Former UUP leader Lord Trimble urged peers to reject the move following Monday's deal between the DUP and Sinn Fein. | The result was 141 to 97. Former UUP leader Lord Trimble urged peers to reject the move following Monday's deal between the DUP and Sinn Fein. |
| He said reverse discrimination was now counter-productive. | |
| However, the government's Lord Rooker said: "Nobody who has been appointed to the PSNI in the last six years, has failed to be done on merit." | However, the government's Lord Rooker said: "Nobody who has been appointed to the PSNI in the last six years, has failed to be done on merit." |
| "All of them have gone through the merit, all of them have qualified to be United Kingdom police officers." | "All of them have gone through the merit, all of them have qualified to be United Kingdom police officers." |