Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 99 and 101 in this group, which are in my name and those of ...

My Lords, in speaking—briefly, the Committee may be pleased to hear—to Amendment 136, I again tha...

My Lords, I speak for the first time on this legislation. During Second Reading, I was in the sou...

I think the amendments are very sensible, they come from sensible people and the Minister should ...

I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Murphy of Torfaen, and will, as ever, seek to deliver a sen...

He is a young man.

He is a very young man.

I am a child in your Lordships’ House.

We are looking at cases which go back very many year...

I apologise; I do not want to detain the Committee, but what proportion of that extra spending or...

A lot of it is determined by the Barnett formula, but, in large part, it is not just security but...

Is the Minister sure that Northern Ireland benefits from the same level of services as the rest o...

I completely appreciate the point made by the noble Baroness. To some extent, the problems there ...

My Lords, once again, I thank noble Lords for their contributions on these issues. Amendment 136,...

Moved by

Lord Caine

6: Clause 2, page 3, line 26, at end insert—

“(4A) At least...

My Lords, I beg to move the amendment in my name. Most of the amendments in this group are techni...

My Lords, my remarks will focus on Amendment 33 in the name of my noble friend Lord Empey, who ha...

My Lords, first I say that, on the whole, I support most of the government amendments; they are s...

My Lords, I will speak very briefly on Amendment 33, and I commend the signatories to it. I ask t...

I thank my noble friend Lord Morrow for giving way. Would he agree with me that if we fail to put...

I thank my noble friend Lord Weir for making that very important and valid point. It would be abs...

My Lords, I will ask the Minister two brief questions. It may be that I have not understood his a...

My understanding is that it reflects the fact that, while the commissioner for investigations wil...

So there is no dilution of the rights of staff in the ICRIR?

No.

Okay. Secondly, on Amendment 183, does that in any way dilute the investigatory powers of the ICR...

I beg the noble Lord’s pardon—I missed the amendment number.

Amendment 183.

Absolutely not—nothing here is intended to dilute the investigatory powers of the commission at a...

My Lords, I acknowledge the need for many of these government amendments, which clarify technical...

I was expecting the noble Lord, Lord Bew, to speak on this group of amendments.

I do not have any amendments in this group.

My Lords, this has been an interesting discussion. I want to pick up on a couple of points and sp...

My Lords, as ever, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have participated in this debate.