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HANSARD Northern Ireland: Legacy of the TroublesThe answer to my hon. Friend’s second question, as I have already indicated, is when parliamentary time allows. In answer to his first question, I hope that people will see a…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland: Legacy of the TroublesI am very happy to give my hon. Friend that assurance. I have had a lot of meetings and discussions already, and to quote that phrase, I shall have further such meetings over the…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland: Legacy of the TroublesI am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his question. He played a distinguished role during his time as Secretary of State. He knows, as I know and we all know, the…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland: Legacy of the TroublesI hope that it might be possible to reach agreement with the Irish Government about how we take this forward. Whether they withdraw the interstate case is, of course, entirely a…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland: Legacy of the TroublesAs the hon. Gentleman will know, the purpose of article 2 was to ensure that there was no diminution in the rights of people in Northern Ireland as a result of our withdrawal from…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland: Legacy of the TroublesThe hon. Gentleman has no reason to apologise to anybody, because he has just demonstrated what I said in my statement about the pain that endures to this day on the part of…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland: Legacy of the TroublesLet me first thank the right hon. Gentleman for his service in Northern Ireland. Let me also say how sad I am to hear about the case that he has just described. Justice…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland: Legacy of the TroublesI can indeed give my hon. Friend that assurance. It is absolutely what we should do when we are thinking, in this particular case, of those who served in the armed forces—the…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland: Legacy of the TroublesI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that appalling atrocity. When I was the shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, I met a number of the Birmingham families over…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland: Legacy of the TroublesOn the one inquiry I announced to the House, in relation to the murder of Pat Finucane, I explained the unique circumstances that led me to reach that conclusion. If I may correct…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland: Legacy of the TroublesIn dealing with the legacy of the troubles it is important that everyone faces up to the consequences of what happened and of what they did or did not do—everyone. It is a painful…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland: Legacy of the TroublesI am very happy to give my hon. Friend that assurance. I have talked tonight about a lot of process, future legislation, remedial orders and so on. That is why I said at the end…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland: Legacy of the TroublesClearly, legislation on the statute book, and the provisions that it contains, remains in place until such time as it changes. On the right hon. Gentleman’s important point about…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Northern Ireland: Legacy of the TroublesI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for the manner of his response and for acknowledging that the Government have a mandate to introduce the changes I have set out today, although…04 Dec 2024HANSARDNorthern Ireland Act 1998: Consent ProcessSchedule 6A of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and article 18 of the Windsor framework provide Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly with the opportunity to consider whether…02 Dec 2024HANSARDBudgetThat is an issue for the Executive, but as the hon. Member alluded to, the position on police funding has been improved, with additional money being given to the PSNI by the…27 Nov 2024HANSARDCity and Growth DealsAs set out in law, whether there is an independent review depends on the outcome of the consent vote that will take place in the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Government would be…27 Nov 2024HANSARDCity and Growth DealsI am aware of the pause that affects the particular project to which the right hon. Gentleman referred. Consideration will then have to be given to how that may or may not be…27 Nov 2024HANSARDBudgetI certainly will, and I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that issue. Poll after poll in Northern Ireland shows that there is strong support for integrated education from…27 Nov 2024HANSARDCity and Growth DealsI agree. These deals are all about partnerships and places, including their heritage. All those are an integral part of the approach. In Belfast, the city deal is roaring ahead…27 Nov 2024