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HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to those noble Lords who have put forward these amendments. In responding, I am conscious of the experience in these matters of the noble Baroness, Lady…31 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMaybe, like Ulster in 1912, I have no choice. I appreciate the sentiments behind these amendments. The noble Baroness, Lady Smith, referred to the fact that victims groups are not…31 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI will need to read the clause through again and come back to the noble Baroness on that, if I may. As I was just saying, moving Clause 19 into the schedule is simply intended to…31 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, I would like to say that I will try to be brief, but I fear that that might be impossible in response to a debate that has lasted for one hour and 58 minutes. I think…31 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillSorry, I missed that.31 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI am very grateful to noble Lords for their contributions on this group of amendments. I will start with Clause 7. As the Committee knows, the Government’s overriding objective is…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillThat the House do now resolve itself into Committee. Amendment to the Motion24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillAs one who was in the room on 23 December 2014 when the final document was handed out, I think the approach of the former Member for Belfast South, Alasdair McDonnell, who was the…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillThat was in response to you.24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillWell, my Lords, I said at Second Reading that I was well aware that this legislation had been met with far from universal acclamation, and, if I may say so, the last hour and…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI appreciate the noble Baroness’s tone and comments. The only point I was trying to make is that pausing or stopping the Bill, as some have suggested—or if it gets to the statute…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI am grateful to the noble Lord. Without prolonging this, I hope that we might get to those amendments this evening and have a proper discussion and debate on them. But I am…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, I would not normally intervene, but I thank the noble and right reverend Lord for his very kind words. If I did misunderstand him, that is my failing. I assure him that…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillAs if I need reminding. I am grateful to all who have contributed to this extensive and far-reaching debate. The noble Lord, Lord Hain, referred to my all-Peers letter in which I…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI am grateful. What I had in mind with short review is that if there are specific facts to which a family does not have ready access, they can go to the commission and ask: “We…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillNot the Secretary of State but the director of investigations, because the commission will be operationally independent from government. In paying tribute to Jon Boutcher for the…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillNo.24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Murphy of Torfaen, and will, as ever, seek to deliver a sensible reply. My friend the noble Lord, Lord Bew, referred to this having already…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI am a child in your Lordships’ House. We are looking at cases which go back very many years and where, as the noble Lord rightly says, the chance of prosecutions is rare. In…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillA lot of it is determined by the Barnett formula, but, in large part, it is not just security but the additional needs that Northern Ireland has. I have no issue with the…24 Jan 2023