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HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationWe have already made that clear in the protections that are contained in the Bill, including the right to give evidence remotely, application for anonymity and no cold calling.…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationAny citizen of the United Kingdom, as the hon. Member is well aware, has a right to bring a judicial review against any decision that has been made. It is for the courts to…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationI can assure the hon. Gentleman that there will be genuine protections. On the question of legal aid in Northern Ireland, that is a matter, as he well knows, for the Northern…25 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastI do not accept the right hon. Gentleman’s characterisation of what the Government are doing. We have brought economic stability to the country after the disaster of the previous…25 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastYes; I am working hard, together with the voluntary sector and, I hope, the Executive to find a way forward. There is £9 million available in resource to fund those schemes from 1…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationI join my hon. Friend in what she says about the recent conviction for the brutal murder of Natalie McNally, and the deaths of Amy Doherty and Ellie Flanagan. It is a source of…25 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastThe national insurance rise decision that the Chancellor took in her first Budget was necessary because of the woeful economic legacy left to this Government by their predecessor.…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationI join you, Mr Speaker, in your tribute to Liam Laurence Smyth, and I wish the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) a very happy birthday. The Northern Ireland Troubles Bill…25 Mar 2026HANSARDGood Friday AgreementI agree with my hon. Friend. The biggest lesson of the Good Friday agreement is that it takes immense political courage to say yes, rather than to go on saying no. To pick up her…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationThe creation of the legacy commission took away from the PSNI some 1,000 cases, which it then fell to the commission to investigate. That cost has been transferred to the legacy…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationI say very simply that the Government are keen to progress this. As the right hon. Gentleman knows, it is a very complex piece of legislation, in part because it is having to fix…25 Mar 2026HANSARDGood Friday AgreementI say to the hon. Gentleman that there was always an alternative to violence—always. That recognition was finally achieved when the Good Friday agreement was negotiated and…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationI am always happy to meet the hon. Gentleman, and the House will have an opportunity in due course to consider the amendments that he has put forward. Most of the victims I have…25 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastThere will be a report from the Treasury to the Northern Ireland Executive. It is for the Executive to take the decision, but I say from this Dispatch Box that I would welcome its…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationFirst, there is no such thing as a vexatious prosecution, because for that argument to be advanced, as others have done in the House, one is saying that independent prosecutors…25 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastI agree with my hon. Friend. The Government have taken a decision to enable the Executive, if they wish to do so, to agree a multi-year budget. Discussions are taking place, we…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and ReconciliationI thank the hon. Gentleman for his service in Northern Ireland. The dates for Committee stage and for the next stage of the remedial order will be announced in the normal way.…25 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastNorthern Ireland will directly benefit from the spring forecast, with almost £390 million in additional funding to the Executive over the next three years, including £231 million…25 Mar 2026HANSARDGood Friday AgreementThe provisions relating to a border poll are clearly set out in the Good Friday agreement. There is one criterion that governs such a decision, and at the moment there is no…25 Mar 2026HANSARDNorthern Ireland: Legacy of the PastIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi), who chairs the Select Committee with…19 Mar 2026