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19/11/2012
MLAs Reject Motion To Exclude Wells
The Assembly has rejected an attempt to exclude the DUP MLA Jim Wells from the chamber for a week.
A Stormont committee had suggested the sanction after Mr Wells refused to apologise for comments he made to Mary McArdle, former adviser to the Culture Minister Caral Ni Chuilin.
Ms McArdle was convicted for her part in the 1984 murder of magistrate's daughter Mary Travers.
The motion was defeated by 51 votes to 49.
Mr Wells made the comments last year when the controversial appointment of Ms McArdle was in the headlines.
Ms McArdle had been convicted for her part in the shooting of the young school teacher.
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A Stormont committee had suggested the sanction after Mr Wells refused to apologise for comments he made to Mary McArdle, former adviser to the Culture Minister Caral Ni Chuilin.
Ms McArdle was convicted for her part in the 1984 murder of magistrate's daughter Mary Travers.
The motion was defeated by 51 votes to 49.
Mr Wells made the comments last year when the controversial appointment of Ms McArdle was in the headlines.
Ms McArdle had been convicted for her part in the shooting of the young school teacher.
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