The parades Commission

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The Parades Commission is supported and advised by a small team of permanent Civil Servants, on secondment from the Northern Ireland Office. The Commission Secretary and Chief Executive is Ronnie Pedlow.

The secretariat can be reached on telephone number 028 9089 5900, at info@paradescommission.com or at the address of the Parades Commission.

Any queries about the operation of the Parades Commission or related matters should be directed to the secretariat. Enquiries in relation to a specific parade and whether and when the Commission will be considering it should be directed in the first instance to the relevant casework officer.

The secretariat provide advice and support to the Commission, but do not themselves make the decisions about whether or not a parade should be restricted.

News Archive

Appeal for cool heads over contentious Orange parade Belfast Telegraph; 8/20/2009 ...unrest in recent months. The Parades Commission last night refused to add...following the decision by the Parades Commission to let the parade go ahead. He said: "The Parades Commission has made its decision and... ...more

We're happy to see the back of the Parades Commission chief Belfast Telegraph; 6/30/2009 ...District LOL No 1, blames the Parades Commission for failing to instigate...with residents Once again the Parades Commission has delivered a negative...District cannot understand how the Parades Commission underpins the prevarication... ...more

RE-APPOINTMETS TO THE PARADES COMMISSION FOR NORTHERN IRELAND US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/17/2009 ...Woodward MP today announced his intention to reappoint Parades Commissioners for a further 12 months. He said: "The Parades Commission has played, and continues to play, an important role in managing parading in Northern Ireland. "The St Andrews... ...more