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It was suspended by the UK Government on 30 March 1972 and formally abolished in 1973 under the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973. Northern Ireland was subsequently administered by direct rule until 1999, with a brief exception in 1974. Attempts began to restore on a new basis that would see power shared between nationalists and unionists.
The Commons met in the college's Gamble Library and the Senate in the chapel. In 1932, Parliament moved to the new purpose-built Parliament Buildings, designed by Sir Arnold Thornely, at Stormont, on the eastern outskirts of the city. "Stormont" came to be a synecdoche referring both to the Parliament itself and to the Northern Ireland government.
The system of direct rule was originally introduced on 28 March 1972 under the terms of the UK's Northern Ireland (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972, which also suspended the Parliament of Northern Ireland ("Stormont").
The NI Secretary has again called on the Stormont parties to return to the powersharing Assembly. Heaton-Harris: Government will not allow public services to deteriorate further Skip to main content
The Assembly was created by section 1 of the Northern Ireland Assembly Act 1973. [1] Elections were held on 28 June 1973. [2] The Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973, which received royal assent on 18 July 1973, abolished the suspended Parliament of Northern Ireland and the post of Governor and made provision for a devolved administration consisting of an Executive chosen by the Assembly.
Amid political deadlock, the country has seen pro-Irish unity party Sinn Fein become the largest at Stormont. In Pictures: Stormont still suspended as Northern Ireland sees year of changes Skip to ...
Liz Truss says she wants a settlement with the EU over the NI Protocol which works for everybody.
The power-sharing Executive and Assembly were suspended in 2002, when unionists withdrew following "Stormontgate", a controversy over allegations of an IRA spy ring operating at Stormont. There were ongoing tensions about the Provisional IRA's failure to disarm fully and sufficiently quickly.