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HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. I actually agree with the last point he made. I think that we would all like to take this opportunity to resolve the issue, but it…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly first to Amendment 63, which seems to be based on the premise that if any investigation was carried out or any report written on a Troubles-related…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillThe point I am making is that there were files, and Operation Kenova has had access to those files. They are held principally by the security services but, under very strict…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 2, which has been so ably moved by the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan. I shall speak specifically to Amendment 72 standing in my name and those of the…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI am very grateful to the noble Baroness for her interruption. She makes a telling correction, or at least clarification, to the point I make. I agree with her, and take her point…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI thank the noble Lord for his support, which is extremely important. In making that important point, would he agree, with his long experience, that this kind of looking into the…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI understand the Minister’s point about some cases. The fear of victims is that “review” will be just a desktop job, that they will not be looked at—to underline the point that…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillNot the Secretary of State?24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, in speaking—briefly, the Committee may be pleased to hear—to Amendment 136, I again thank the noble Lords, Lord Hogan-Howe and Lord Blair, and the noble Baroness, Lady…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillHe is a young man.24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI apologise; I do not want to detain the Committee, but what proportion of that extra spending or allocation that the Minister said Northern Ireland gets compared with other parts…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillSo there is no dilution of the rights of staff in the ICRIR?24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, I will ask the Minister two brief questions. It may be that I have not understood his amendments, in which case that is my fault. First, on government Amendment 42, it…24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillOkay. Secondly, on Amendment 183, does that in any way dilute the investigatory powers of the ICRIR? This is one of the concerns about the whole thrust of the Bill.24 Jan 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillAmendment 183.24 Jan 2023HANSARDIreland/Northern Ireland Protocol: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (European Affairs Committee Sub-Committee Report)My Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Jay, for his astute chairing, and our clerk, Stuart Stoner, and his expert team for the brilliant job that they do. But, even with such…20 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I also congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Anderson, and the noble Lord, Lord Jackson, on their excellent maiden speeches. Levelling up may be a Tory pledge but it is…17 Jan 2023HANSARDRenewable Energy: Generation LicencesMy Lords, the biggest tidal power project is, of course, the Severn barrage. Will the Minister receive a delegation to brief him on the potential for that? It is equivalent to two…13 Dec 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement 2022My Lords, in both cheering on Wales tonight and praising everything that my noble friend Lord Eatwell said, I remind the House of some famous first words from the Prime Minister…29 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement 2022I am very grateful to the Minister, but can I ask her to correct her statement about the last Labour Government’s record? We had 10 years of consistent economic growth, never…29 Nov 2022