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HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentI hear what the right hon. Gentleman has said. We have a core judgment that outlines that we have not yet fulfilled the article 2 obligations. We are clear that we will seek to do…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentYes, I think this is the right next step: for the police and the police ombudsman to do their work, so that we can then assess whether we have fully completed our obligations…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentOn the budgetary issue, obviously the investigatory work that the PSNI is doing on cases, including this case coming forward, is part of its budgetary plan. I share my hon.…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentThe hon. Lady is absolutely right: we should all be working to find a holistic approach to the legacy issues for Northern Ireland. It is something we agreed to do and pledged to…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentI would say to my hon. Friend, who chairs the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, that shortly after the statement in March, when we discussed legacy issues with victims groups,…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentThe right hon. Gentleman makes a very powerful point. That is why I specifically made the point in my opening remarks about dealing with the legacy in its entirety and recognising…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentMy right hon. Friend makes a strong point. I know how much time and effort she put into these issues when she was in my role as Secretary of State. She is absolutely right. As I…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentThe hon. Gentleman makes a hugely important point, and I fully accept and agree with what he said in the first part of his question. I firmly believe that we have a duty to find a…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentI am afraid that I would say quite the opposite. I am saying clearly that there is a process that we will go through and that we want to ensure that we abide by and meet our…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentWe are absolutely committed to our obligations under article 2. That is why I have said that I will reassess this, following the work by the PSNI and the police ombudsman. On the…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentI am sure that the right hon. Gentleman appreciates that every case is different and has to be assessed on its merits. That is how the judicial process and the police process…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentWe speak to the Irish Government regularly, and I have spoken to them today. Before I came to the House, I spoke to the Irish Government and to the Finucane family.30 Nov 2020HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentAs I have outlined to the hon. Gentleman before, the principles of Stormont House are important. More widely, when we look at how we deal with legacy issues and the issues of the…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentMy hon. Friend makes an important point. We need to be clear about the difference between the PSNI process and the police ombudsman work. The independent Police Ombudsman for…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentThe hon. Gentleman has just highlighted the strength of feeling across communities on this issue, and understandably so. It is absolutely right that we are all clear that there…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentI think I have answered the hon. Gentleman’s question several times already today. The simple fact is that on 2 November, the PSNI notified my Department of the investigative…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentAs always, my hon. Friend makes an accurate point. Owing to the independence of the PSNI, the exact timing of the process is a matter for it. As I said earlier, it is expecting to…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentMy hon. Friend asks a hugely important question, and the very straight answer to the House is that I cannot answer that yet; I do not know. I believe that these are the right next…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentI suggest that the hon. Gentleman looks back at my statement in Hansard later on, because he has misunderstood the point I was making. This was a dark time—that is a simple fact…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentMy hon. Friend asks a good question. It is right that with the PSNI taking forward this review and investigation and the police ombudsman doing its review and investigative work,…30 Nov 2020