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HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI am always grateful for the hon. Member’s considered and sincere interventions. He will sense my frustration that it has come to this moment in time. In effect, he is asking me…29 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI will ventilate my argument and then of course give way so that the right hon. Member does not encourage me to say something that I am already about to say—I fear that might be…29 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI certainly hear the right hon. and learned Gentleman’s gentle plea. I know what a gentle plea is, because I have been making strident pleas to the Government to address this…29 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI am grateful for the tone and the content of what the hon. Member says.29 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI will give way once more, and then I have to make progress, because there are meaningful issues to discuss.29 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI urge the hon. Member not to take the advice of just one or two members of Parliament from Northern Ireland. I suggest that he listens to all of them, and to every victims group…29 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI have spoken to Jonathan Powell, who is, of course, always worth listening to on such issues. The hon. Gentleman says that Jonathan Powell endorses the plans, but I do not think…29 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI have met victims via their representative bodies and organisations, and directly, on every visit I have made to Northern Ireland since I had the privilege of being appointed to…29 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI will give way, and then I must make some considerable progress.29 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI agree; the clock is ticking. Let us get on with it. It feels like it has been 30 years since we started talking about this amendment. As we consider the amendments, I want to…29 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillThe former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland makes an incredibly important point, which has been raised with me by investigators in other situations. I say…29 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI want to begin with an apology to the victims of crimes committed during the troubles in Northern Ireland; they were expecting the Committee stage of the Northern Ireland…27 Jun 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol NegotiationsThe Secretary of State mentions the Good Friday/Belfast agreement, but the Foreign Secretary argues for unilateral action on the protocol because it does not have the necessary…22 Jun 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol NegotiationsWhen the Government introduced the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill, the Secretary of State was quite honest about his lawbreaking, and here we are again. The man who resigned…22 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI am going to make some progress, as others want to get in; I am aware of your desire for us to get on, Madam Deputy Speaker. To proceed with this Bill, we must be able to answer…24 May 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI have been very clear: I want to make sure that the rights of victims and veterans are equal to the rights of terrorists and people who committed crime in the era of the…24 May 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI think the hon. Gentleman needs to read the Bill for himself. There are circumstances in which people have committed rape and other crimes and the whole lot would be subject to…24 May 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI will make a bit of progress. On these Benches, we wanted to work with the Government to find a way forward on legacy issues, but the Government’s approach is to bulldoze their…24 May 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillThis is a very serious issue and it would be great to clarify this. The model bill team on Queen’s University Belfast’s committee on the administration of justice, who are experts…24 May 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI am going to make progress. The provisions of this Bill will also have the independent commission carrying out so-called reviews into deaths and serious injury. The Bill provides…24 May 2022