Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill

My Lords, policing and justice were devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2009, years afte...

My Lords, I shall speak very briefly to the amendment moved by the noble Baroness, with which I a...

My Lords, in producing this amendment, the noble Baroness is representing the widespread frustrat...

My Lords, I want to say briefly why I support this amendment. I must declare an interest in that ...

My Lords, I too would like to thank the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, for tabling this amendment t...

My Lords, as a Member of this House coming from Northern Ireland, having represented a constituen...

My Lords, at Second Reading I made clear my own distaste for the Bill and pleaded with the Govern...

My Lords, during my time as chairman of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee in another place I...

My Lords, I realise that I run the risk of striking a discordant note in this afternoon’s debate,...

I agree with everything that the noble Lord has said. Would he agree that, at the end of the day,...

I accept the noble Viscount’s point. I say simply that, if investigations are going to continue, ...

I suggest that the noble Lord may have meant GB-based veterans and not UK-based veterans, since N...

I accept that point entirely. I meant people such as me who live in England—I am three-quarters E...

My Lords, in supporting the amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, I will not repeat the...

My Lords, I also support the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan. I am the f...

My Lords, I too thank the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, for the amendment and for what, if I may s...

My Lords, it is rare that I speak in this House and say how disappointed I am to be here. But I t...

Well, my Lords, I said at Second Reading that I was well aware that this legislation had been met...

I point out to the Minister that, from my very deep recollection, the SDLP supported the Stormont...

As one who was in the room on 23 December 2014 when the final document was handed out, I think th...

Forgive me, my Lords, but I wanted to clarify that our position has always been that this Bill sh...

I appreciate the noble Baroness’s tone and comments. The only point I was trying to make is that ...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. I actually agree with the last point he made. I thi...

I am grateful to the noble Lord. Without prolonging this, I hope that we might get to those amend...

My Lords, I express my deep gratitude to everyone who spoke on the Bill today: noble Lords spoke ...

Moved by

Baroness Suttie

1: Clause 1, page 2, leave out lines 30 to 38

Member’s...

My Lords, Amendment 1 is in my name and those of the noble Lord, Lord Murphy of Torfaen, and the ...

That was in response to you.

Indeed, it was in response to my request. So I think we in this Chamber all recognise that the Mi...

My Lords, as a signatory of Amendment 1 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Suttie, I am happ...

My Lords, first, I have a quick comment on the previous debate. Many noble Lords—in fact, nearly ...

My Lords, in his response to the previous debate on the amendment in the name of the noble Barone...

My Lords, I would not normally intervene, but I thank the noble and right reverend Lord for his v...

My Lords, turning to the amendment the noble Baroness, Lady Suttie, has brought to the attention ...

My Lords, I will speak briefly first to Amendment 63, which seems to be based on the premise that...

I accept part of what the noble Lord is saying about how the victims feel about what has happened...

The point I am making is that there were files, and Operation Kenova has had access to those file...

My Lords, I will deal first with Amendment 1. I support this probing amendment. That is not neces...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 71 and 83, which are in my name and that of my noble friend ...

My Lords, I rise to support Amendment 147 from the noble Lord, Lord Hain. In passing, it might be...

My Lords, I support Amendment 1 in this group, from the noble Baroness, Lady Suttie. She made the...

My Lords, I want to briefly comment on Amendment 52, which the noble Baroness raised, in relation...

My Lords, this has been a deeply respectful debate. A number of issues have come to light, and it...

I entirely agree with the point that the noble Baroness has made. However, to be fair to the nobl...

It may be. I do not have the amendment in front of me—I will look at it again later—but there see...

Proposed new subsection (5B) inserted by that amendment says that the commissioner

“must co...

That is helpful; I am grateful. It is “the close family member” as well.

A number of issues...

I am very grateful to noble Lords for their contributions on this group of amendments. I will sta...

My Lords, I agree that this has been a very thoughtful and—as the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of B...

Moved by

Baroness O'Loan

2: Clause 2, page 3, line 13, after “out” insert “investigat...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 2 to 4 in my name and the consequential amendments in this g...

My Lords, I support Amendment 2, which has been so ably moved by the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan....

My Lords, I apologise and crave the indulgence of the Committee. On the point that those who are ...

I am very grateful to the noble Baroness for her interruption. She makes a telling correction, or...

My Lords, I was very glad to add my name to the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Hain, an...

My Lords, I need to apologise for not attending Second Reading, but I want to support the amendme...

My Lords, I support the amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan. I have already...

My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 34 about human rights, to which the noble Lords, Lord Gods...

My Lords, I rise briefly to support the amendments. First, I was struck during the debate by this...

I thank the noble Lord for his support, which is extremely important. In making that important po...

I entirely agree. If you are able to say to a relative, “We are aware of a call and we know the c...

My Lords, I will be extremely brief, given the hour and the desire to move on to the dinner break...

My Lords, if I were still Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and someone had suggested to me...

You are on!

As if I need reminding. I am grateful to all who have contributed to this extensive and far-reach...

I understand the Minister’s point about some cases. The fear of victims is that “review” will be ...

I am grateful. What I had in mind with short review is that if there are specific facts to which ...

Not the Secretary of State?

Not the Secretary of State but the director of investigations, because the commission will be ope...

My Lords, I thank all those very powerful voices that have been heard in the Chamber tonight. I a...