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Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 Section 6

Debate on Monday, 30 September 2019, in the House of Commons, led by Nick Hurd.
Motion, That this House takes note of and approves the Report pursuant to Section 3(13) of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 - Victims’ Payments, which was laid before this House on Wednesday 4 September. Agreed to on question.

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Reference

664 cc1043-1056 

Session

2017-19

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Public acts

Proceeding contributions

Nick Hurd | 664 c1043 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move,

That this House takes note of and approves the Report pursuant to Section 3(...

Sammy Wilson | 664 c1043 (Link to this contribution)

The important words, as the Minister says, are, “Those who have been injured through no fault of ...


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Nick Hurd | 664 cc1043-4 (Link to this contribution)

I understand the point that the right hon. Gentleman is making. I can assure him that, as we work...

Jim Shannon | 664 c1044 (Link to this contribution)

On 10 December 1971, Daniel McCormick, a part-time soldier in the Ulster Defence Regiment, was mu...

Nick Hurd | 664 c1044 (Link to this contribution)

I can give the hon. Gentleman a commitment that the Government absolutely accept the case for vic...

Jim Shannon | 664 c1044 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for what he said, but what I am trying to get to is that £3,500 was paltry c...

Nick Hurd | 664 cc1044-5 (Link to this contribution)

We are talking about innocent victims and a victims’ payment scheme which is not about restitutio...

Emma Little Pengelly | 664 c1045 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for giving way on that point. Although the amendment puts an obligation on t...

Nick Hurd | 664 c1045 (Link to this contribution)

We are 100% genuine in our commitment to deliver on the moral and legal obligation to come forwar...

Maria Caulfield | 664 c1045 (Link to this contribution)

I echo the call for this to be done through primary legislation. I think the nervousness on both ...

Nick Hurd | 664 cc1045-6 (Link to this contribution)

I understand the point made by both the hon. Member for Belfast South (Emma Little Pengelly) and ...

Stephen Pound | 664 cc1046-7 (Link to this contribution)

Before I respond to the Minister, may I refer to some earlier remarks from the hon. Member for Be...

Gregory Campbell | 664 c1047 (Link to this contribution)

On the point the hon. Gentleman made a moment ago about the importance of the Minister and others...

Stephen Pound | 664 cc1047-8 (Link to this contribution)

I do. I think it is quite important to place on record the fact that when I have visited all of t...

Simon Hoare | 664 cc1048-9 (Link to this contribution)

I will make three very quick points, if I may. First, I underscore the point made, not least by m...

Emma Little Pengelly | 664 cc1049-1050 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I say that with some trepidation because I may have called you M...

Paul Girvan | 664 c1050 (Link to this contribution)

Mention has been made of those with physical injuries that we can actually see, but many have suf...

Emma Little Pengelly | 664 cc1050-3 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for that valuable contribution. One of the interesting aspects of the prop...

Maria Caulfield | 664 c1053 (Link to this contribution)

May I echo the hon. Lady’s point? I think there is a nervousness in the Government caused by a fe...

Emma Little Pengelly | 664 c1053 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Lady for that very valuable contribution and I absolutely agree. This is so diff...

Nick Hurd | 664 cc1053-4 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for the opportunity to respond to this very interesting debate, and I thank my frie...

Lady Hermon | 664 c1054 (Link to this contribution)

I have listened carefully to the debate. There is one issue that the Minister has not touched on....

Nick Hurd | 664 c1054 (Link to this contribution)

I did not feel it needed to be said, because actions speak louder than words. The commissioner ha...

Nick Hurd | 664 c1054 (Link to this contribution)

I give way to the right hon. Gentleman.

Sammy Wilson | 664 c1054 (Link to this contribution)

Does the Minister accept that this is not a question of whether he, the Secretary of State or ind...

Nick Hurd | 664 c1054 (Link to this contribution)

I understand the right hon. Gentleman’s point, and it is possible that the hon. Member for Belfas...

Stephen Pound | 664 c1055 (Link to this contribution)

I sense that the Minister is approaching his coda. May I ask him to say whether overseas national...

Nick Hurd | 664 c1055 (Link to this contribution)

To reach the coda will be welcome. I thought I addressed that point when I said that, as we final...

Emma Little Pengelly | 664 c1055 (Link to this contribution)

Regarding the earlier point, I emphasise again that my personal opinion does not matter; I was ar...

Nick Hurd | 664 c1055 (Link to this contribution)

It is more than a technical point; it is a point of fairness. Both of those lines of inquiry refl...

Jim Shannon | 664 c1056 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend the Member for Belfast South (Emma Little Pengelly) referred to people from Scotla...

Nick Hurd | 664 c1056 (Link to this contribution)

The word “compensation” has come up several times. I think I should clarify that we are not talki...

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