Earlier this week the DUP published a document called "Building on Success" which defended the party's track record and said that "now is the time to take the next step forward".

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Mr Thomas made the comments whilst giving evidence to the Environment and Sustainability Committee on the planning policy document which would allow the building of wind farms in Montgomeryshire.

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The raid involved dozens of agents, some of whom emerged from one building carrying a black document box, according to an eyewitness who lives in one of the buildings that was raided.

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The document also encourages the use of locally-sourced building materials, rather than bringing it in from elsewhere, when repairs are made to historic sites.

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Sinn Fein's Raymond McCartney expressed his concerns that the document in front of them so clearly favoured the building the new prison adjacent to the existing facility at Maghaberry.

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"When you see a document being circulated with a great glossy brochure about some great new building for the European Council to sit in, it is immensely frustrating, " he said.

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