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HANSARDBelfast Attack: Further InformationIn my response to yesterday’s urgent question, I committed to provide the House with a further update on the facts surrounding the horrific attack in north Belfast on 8 June. My…10 Jun 2026HANSARDNorth Belfast: Violent AttackI do agree with the hon. Gentleman. I think back to those who were attacked in the wake of the terrible events in Southport and in Ballymena. We know that in Northern Ireland…09 Jun 2026HANSARDNorth Belfast: Violent AttackI am very happy to say to the hon. Gentleman that I will report to the House in an appropriate form as soon as I am able to do so.09 Jun 2026HANSARDNorth Belfast: Violent AttackUntil I am in a position, by talking the— [ Interruption. ] The hon. Gentleman has asked me a question; will he do me the courtesy of allowing me to answer it? Until I am in a…09 Jun 2026HANSARDNorth Belfast: Violent AttackI say to the hon. Member that the public are right to be angry about what they witnessed in that appalling video and what they will have heard about the attack that took place. I…09 Jun 2026HANSARDNorth Belfast: Violent AttackFirst, the footage that many people have seen is, indeed, truly horrifying. On the right hon. Gentleman’s last point, as he will be well aware, any foreign national who abuses the…09 Jun 2026HANSARDNorth Belfast: Violent AttackI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his comments and the tone in which he expressed them, because I think it is very important that we act responsibly in these circumstances.…09 Jun 2026HANSARDNorth Belfast: Violent AttackI know from the conversations I have had with the Chief Constable this morning that the PSNI is, of course, as the House would expect, treating this with the utmost seriousness…09 Jun 2026HANSARDNorth Belfast: Violent AttackI agree with everything the hon. Gentleman said. I know that the PSNI is working hard to provide reassurance to the local community and to make arrangements for that reassurance…09 Jun 2026HANSARDNorth Belfast: Violent AttackI join the hon. Member in reasserting the right of every citizen of our country to protest peacefully, but we have seen in the past that there are those, provoked by others, who…09 Jun 2026HANSARDNorth Belfast: Violent AttackWe all have a responsibility, by our actions and our words, not to inflame and, as I indicated in answering the original question from the right hon. Member for Belfast East…09 Jun 2026HANSARDNorth Belfast: Violent AttackI understand the right hon. Gentleman’s last point, but it is very important in these circumstances to be absolutely sure about the facts before they are released. The proper…09 Jun 2026HANSARDNorth Belfast: Violent AttackI agree with the hon. Gentleman that it was an act of pure evil. I am surprised he suggests that there is any possibility that those who came to the aid of the victim should be at…09 Jun 2026HANSARDNorth Belfast: Violent AttackThe hon. Gentleman will be well aware of the action that the Government are taking to deal with illegal migration. I have also made clear to the House the steps that we take if…09 Jun 2026HANSARDNorth Belfast: Violent AttackI am sorry that the hon. and learned Gentleman used the words “alien culture”; what exactly is he referring to? What the British people have had enough of is anyone, from wherever…09 Jun 2026HANSARDNorth Belfast: Violent AttackI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his question. Shortly after 10.30 pm last night, a man in his 40s was subjected to a horrific, sustained knife attack on a street in…09 Jun 2026HANSARDReplacing the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023I have indeed seen the reports to which the hon. Gentleman has referred. As I have explained, one purpose of the troubles Bill is to facilitate co-operation with the Irish…03 Jun 2026HANSARDSupreme Court Dillon Judgment: Policy ImplicationsI do indeed agree with my hon. Friend—that is exactly what the troubles Bill will do. It is essential to build confidence across all communities, which the legacy Act failed to…03 Jun 2026HANSARDSupreme Court Dillon Judgment: Policy ImplicationsI will certainly join the hon. Member in expressing those thanks to all those who served with such distinction in Northern Ireland during the troubles to keep people safe. The…03 Jun 2026HANSARDReplacing the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023I have consulted and met a wide range of people. I have seen the amendment that has been tabled, which we will come to when the Bill is in Committee, but the hon. Gentleman will…03 Jun 2026