I certainly endorse everything that the Minister has said about his own commitment and the commitment of the Government to this issue. May I just make an appeal that, when he does bring forward the legislation for Northern Ireland veterans, it focuses not only on the question of prosecutions, but on the question of investigations, the vast majority of which never lead to prosecutions but are still terribly oppressive? That is what is missing from the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill; it is good on prosecutions, but has not yet done enough about repeated reinvestigation.
Armed Forces Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Julian Lewis
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 8 February 2021.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Armed Forces Bill.
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