No further action will be taken against UUP leader Doug Beattie after he accused the DUP of wanting to 'whine like a girl', outgoing Speaker Alex Maskey has said.
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However, he added that if the Assembly was "conducting normal business, I would have considered imposing a sanction on Mr Beattie".He said Mr Beattie's remarks "clearly fell well short" of standards. His remarks this week had drawn criticism from other political parties, including Mr Poots who told him that "whenever you are a repeat offender, repeat apologies don't cut it".Alex Maskey said if the Assembly had been sitting normally, he would have considered imposing a sanction on Mr Beattie
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