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Sinn Fein press conference on collusion; ENGLAND: London: Downing Street: EXT Gerry Adams MP (Sinn Fein Leader) press conference SOT - A clear need / it's obvious from the Good Friday agreement, in terms of the quality agenda, that what people are looking for is the equivalent in terms of the Welsh language act, or even the Scots language act So we're pressing on that as well.....' Martin McGuinness (Sinn Fein) SOT - major part of meeting was around collusion... Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin MEP) SOT - we gave to the British Prime Minister a copy a the final report... into the whole issue of collusion... they've investigated dozens of instances where people lost their lives in circumstances which involved collusion / this report accepts that collusion was widespread, that it went to the very top / made clear to PM it was not phenomenon just in north it affected people in the south as well.../ this issue needs to be sorted / lot of talk about confidence in future and policing / this is essential element Conor Murphy (Newry and Armagh MP) SOT - main feature of that report was gang known as Glennane gang... Gerry Adams SOT - family of Pat Finucane are yet to get any detail into the inquiry which was promised... 21 cases that have just disappeared... there is a huge amount of work that needs to be done... ombudsman said a serial killer was paid and he was paid with tax payers money...there is need for closure for families, need to get healing process in place / we would support whatever rights people have for specific demands, clearly there is a huge issue here of British policy... PAN as all away to BV