in the city and growth deals, northern ireland is increasingly a byword for an economy on the cutting edge of technology, connection and innovation, but we cannot, we must not sit back thinking thejob is done. the abhorrent shooting of dci john caldwell, the disturbances over the easter weekend and the ongoing paramilitary activity in too many communities across this nation illustrates that a tiny minority seek to drag northern ireland back to its darkest days. but i know for every person who wants to drag northern ireland down, there are thousands determined to lift it up. applause. to those who pursue violence i ll say only this you ll never succeed. it s hopeless. not because i say so, though, or because the government says so, but because the wonderful, strong and proud people of northern ireland say so. they reject your violence, which has no place in this society and that so many have strived. the peace that so many have strived so hard to create. to safeguard this pe
this new code of practice represents a good step forward in protections for people in relation to prepayment meters for energy. we can t see our return to the really harmful practices that we saw last year and at the times investigation uncovered. this practice, this code of practice is a good step forward but i will only deliver on those protections if energy suppliers follow that code of practice so we need to see the regulator monitoring it really closely. also, this is currently a voluntary code of practice so we need to see this moved into regulation as soon as possible, which will allow the regulator to enforce it.- regulator to enforce it. some campaigners regulator to enforce it. some campaigners are regulator to enforce it. some campaigners are saying - regulator to enforce it. some campaigners are saying this i regulator to enforce it. some - campaigners are saying this change doesn t go far enough and tougher rules may be a step in the right direction but they want to se