Audio interview with Billy Hutchinson, PUP MLA for Belfast North, by the BBC. The Belfast Agreement/ Good Friday Agreement contained a pledge to encourage integrated education in Northern Ireland as a means of creating a tolerant society and to foster reconciliation between communities in Northern Ireland. Hutchinson discusses the impact of integrated education on his son’s social development and that of the wider community. This interview forms part of the BBC Northern Ireland A State Apart online resource which documents thirty years of peace and violence in Northern Ireland from the Troubles to the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement.
Date of Release/Broadcast: Unknown
Name of First Interviewee: Billy Hutchinson
Role at time of Interview: PUP MLA for Belfast North
Interviewer: Unknown
Purpose: News, Research
Media: Audio
Copyright: BBC © 2012
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: BBC Northern Ireland A State Apart
Time Period covered: 2000
Key Individuals: Billy Hutchinson
Key Words: Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, loyalist, paramilitary, education, community relations, religion