today, ian paisley declined to comment.elationship with the commonwealth, which broke down over concern about human rights abuses. because the maldives has left the commonwealth, the uk reach has declined somewhat. what can we do to rebuild that relationship, working with the ambassador who is based in europe, and working with the government to make sure we can rebuild the relationship. mps are perfectly entitled to go overseas, on fact—finding missions sponsored by foreign governments, but what they need to do is be fully open and transparent about that. while other parties are demanding a formal investigation, the dup is promising to examine the latest revelations. we need to see where the evidence leads us. i think everybody has to respect due process, it is important we do that, but if there are serious issues we need to look at them. the dup says it requires high standards of its representatives, but won't give a running commentary on its internal disciplinary procedures. more than 700 people have now been tested for a