Brandon Lewis Rejects Calls To Hold Emergency Summit Over Violence In Northern Ireland 13 April Violence on the streets of Northern Ireland has subsided in recent days, Secretary of State Brandon Lewis has said, as the government faces growing calls to convene an urgent meeting with the Republic of Ireland's government. On Tuesday Lewis told MPs that it had been "relatively calm" in the province since the weekend "with only a few isolated incidents of disorder," after a week which saw sectarian violence in Belfast, Derry and other parts of Northern Ireland. He said 88 police officers had been injured as a result of the "totally unacceptable violence," adding that 18 people had been arrested and 15 charged.