In the pledge of office set out in Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998, after paragraph (cd) insert—

“(ce)

to support the rule of law unequivocally in word and deed and to support all efforts to uphold it;

(cf)

to work collectively with the other members of the Executive Committee to achieve a society free of paramilitarism;

(cg)

to challenge all paramilitary activity and associated criminality;

(ch)

to call for, and to work together with the other members of the Executive Committee to achieve, the disbandment of all paramilitary organisations and their structures;

(ci)

to challenge paramilitary attempts to control communities;

(cj)

to support those who are determined to make the transition away from paramilitarism;

(ck)

to accept no authority, direction or control on my political activities other than my democratic mandate alongside my own personal and party judgment;”.