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The SDLP leader Mark Durkan alarmed MLAs and staff at Stormont (and those in such exotic locations as Kuala Lumpur) with his suggestion that the Assembly be recalled immediately. A collective sigh of relief could be heard on the hill when it emerged he doesn't have the 30 signatures he needs to force a return (due to the fact the Executive had failed to meet since mid-June.)

Even if he did, the assembly chamber is being refurbished. So the assembly would have had to gather in the Great Hall - and that I'm told would have taken three days to set up.

Presently, the assembly recess ends on August 31 when committees are due back. The first sitting of the Assembly is not until September 15.

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