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HANSARD“Soldier F” Trial VerdictWe all want Northern Ireland to be able to move on into a better age and a better future, but we have a responsibility to those families who are still searching for answers to put…03 Nov 2025HANSARD“Soldier F” Trial VerdictAll those families, including military families, are at the centre of what we seek to do. What are the Government trying to achieve? We are trying to create a legacy system that…03 Nov 2025HANSARD“Soldier F” Trial VerdictI agree with what the hon. Gentleman says and his characterisation of the immunity provisions in the legacy Act. Nick Pope, the chair of the Confederation of Service Charities,…03 Nov 2025HANSARD“Soldier F” Trial VerdictHaving promised the House in two statements since the Government were elected in July 2024 that I would bring forward proposals, I did so when the Government published the Bill on…03 Nov 2025HANSARD“Soldier F” Trial VerdictI agree with the hon. Member that 90% of those who were killed during the troubles were killed by paramilitary terrorists, which is why the vast majority of those who have been…03 Nov 2025HANSARD“Soldier F” Trial VerdictIt would indeed be possible for them to refer the case to the commission.03 Nov 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023The provisions that apply exclusively and only to service personnel are: first, the arrangements to prevent cold calling—a protocol will be agreed with the commission in relation…15 Oct 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023The Government are absolutely committed to the European convention on human rights. I very much regret that the current Opposition have moved away from that historic support,…15 Oct 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023The legacy commission has the right to receive all information that it requires to do its job. We are proposing in the legislation to amend the arrangements for disclosure, to…15 Oct 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023I know from my discussions with the commission that it is working hard with the 100 or so cases that it is already dealing with to go through that process and start producing…15 Oct 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023That is no doubt an issue that the House will discuss as the Bill is considered in detail. I think that “compelling” and “essential” is a pretty high bar. It will be for the…15 Oct 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023The right hon. Gentleman invites me to speculate on amendments that I have not yet seen. As I indicated to the House yesterday, I want to work in as collegiate a way as possible…15 Oct 2025HANSARDUK Internal MarketIt is certainly the Government’s intention that the ban will apply in Northern Ireland, because it is very important that young people all over the United Kingdom are protected in…15 Oct 2025HANSARDIntertrade UKAs part of “Safeguarding the Union”, Intertrade UK was established to advise on and promote trade and investment across the UK. The terms of reference and work programme were…15 Oct 2025HANSARDUK Internal MarketI say to the hon. Gentleman and those who advocated that we should leave the European Union: this is the consequence of it. There was an open border and two different…15 Oct 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023The clauses that would implement the protections in relation to veterans and others are clauses 30, 31, 36, 51, 54, 56, 69 and 84.15 Oct 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023The 2023 legacy Act was rejected by our domestic courts, as well as by victims and survivors across Northern Ireland, not least because it proposed giving immunity from…15 Oct 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023I have had many such discussions, as I indicated in my statement to the House yesterday, and those have informed the package of veterans protections contained in the Bill, which…15 Oct 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: ReplacementI hope that the hon. Gentleman will not only offer congratulations but continue these discussions about legacy matters in that spirit. When I say I am prepared to listen, I mean…15 Oct 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: ReplacementI indicated to the House some months ago that we were determined to find a means of dealing with the Supreme Court judgment in 2020 on the subject of the Carltona principle. That…15 Oct 2025