Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill

I associate myself with the Minister in remembering those who suffered violence over the last num...

I echo a lot of the comments that the noble Lord, Lord Murphy, has just made, and the Minister’s ...

I am very grateful to the noble Lord and noble Baroness for their support and kind words, and I h...

Moved by

Lord Caine

2: Clause 2, page 3, line 11, at end insert—

“(3A) The prin...

My Lords, at Second Reading I committed to carrying out extensive engagement, which has just been...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his explanation of the amendments in this group about making t...

My Lords, first, my colleagues and I associate ourselves with the earlier remarks noting and inde...

My Lords, today, the Day of Reflection, was proposed many years ago by Healing Through Rememberin...

My Lords, the Minister was at pains to point out that Amendment 2 is all about reconciliation, ye...

My Lords, I know my noble friend Lord Weir touched on this, but Amendment 3 requires the ICRIR to...

My Lords, I place on record my thanks to the Minister for introducing Amendments 85 and 86, which...

My Lords, I agree with every word spoken by every Member of this House who has taken part in this...

My Lords, again, I am very grateful to those who have participated in the admirably short debate ...

Moved by

Lord Caine

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

“(4A) In exerc...

Moved by

Lord Caine

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

“(4A) At least...

My Lords, I will again try to be mercifully brief given that, with one technical exception, I hav...

My Lords, most of the amendments in this group are unexceptional. I have tabled Amendments 21 and...

My Lords, there are a lot of technical amendments to this and obviously we support those, as we s...

My Lords, I wish to return to something I focused on in Committee: the role of the ICRIR and its ...

Before the noble Lord sits down, I have a question. He talks about the tiny proportion of the cas...

I am grateful to the noble Baroness for the intervention. I did not express it quite correctly; I...

I am grateful to noble Lords for their contributions. I turn first to Amendment 10 to Clause 4, i...

Moved by

Lord Caine

5: Clause 2, page 3, leave out line 27 and insert—

“(5) No ...

Moved by

Lord Eames

9: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—

“ICRIR:...

My Lords, I rise to address Amendment 9, recognising the consequential relationship of Amendments...

My Lords, as a signatory to Amendment 9 in the name of the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Ea...

My Lords, first, I join with other noble Lords who have thanked the Minister for his engagement i...

My Lords, we are now on one of the main debates in this Bill: the issue of amnesty and immunity. ...

My Lords, I must apologise to the House. I omitted to declare my interest as a member of the Oper...

My Lords, I will not detain the House much on this issue and Amendment 63, to which my name is at...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 61A, tabled by me and my noble friends Lord Dodds and Lord We...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 71, 72, 73 and 74 in my name, which are amendments to Amendm...

My Lords, I have listened to everything. I have not bothered to intervene because I basically agr...

My Lords, Amendment 61A stands in the name of my noble friends Lord Dodds, Lord Weir and Lord Mor...

My Lords, the sheer number and scope of amendments in this group should serve as a clear indicati...

This was bound to be a powerful and very emotional debate about an issue which goes, as many nobl...

My Lords, this has been a very thorough debate, as indeed it was in Committee. At the outset, I a...

I rarely do this in the House of Lords, but I think that is worth an answer. It would have been b...

The noble Lord will be aware from his own experience that the search for any consensus around thi...

Could the Minister explain to us how they are compatible?

I explained that at length in Committee. They allow for investigations to an Article 2-compliant ...

Possibly my question was not properly phrased. Could the Minister explain how an immunity provisi...

There are circumstances where setting aside the prospect of a prosecution, if it is for the great...

I have just a quick point. When we talk about the individual giving all the relevant and truthful...

I am grateful to the noble Viscount, Lord Brookeborough, for his intervention. Much of what he sa...

My Lords, I would like to query what the Minister said about Amendments 94 and 97 and about me. I...

Forgive me, I am having difficulty hearing the noble Baroness.

My Lords, I said that the Minister made some allusion to me in the context of Amendments 94 and 9...

I am grateful to the noble Baroness. I do not think I was in any way ascribing those opinions to ...

My Lords, I appreciate once more the manner in which the Minister has dealt with my amendments. I...

Tabled by

Lord Bew

10: Clause 4, page 4, line 26, at end insert—

“(d) would cre...

My Lords, I rise to address the subject of the fairness of the working of the commission in futur...

Just to clarify: does the noble Lord wish to speak to Amendment 12, which we have not yet reached...

Yes, I wish to speak to Amendment 12.

Moved by

Lord Caine

11: Clause 4, page 4, line 29, at end insert—

“(2A) Subsect...

Moved by

Lord Bew

12: Clause 4, page 4, line 31, at end insert—

“(4) Before car...

My Lords, I apologise for being, as they say in Northern Ireland, a little bit previous. I want t...

My Lords, with permission, and in the unavoidable absence of my noble friend Lord Hain, I will sp...

My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 13, which is also in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady ...

My Lords, with regard to Amendment 28 in the name of myself, the noble Lords, Lord Bew and Lord G...

My Lords, it is unusual for me to start by saying that I could not disagree more with what I have...

Strasbourg.

I shall stop there on that point.

I support Amendment 31 in the name of the noble Lord, Lor...

My Lords, this has been an interesting short debate. These Benches fully support Amendment 31, ta...

My Lords, I very much appreciate the amendments put forward by the Government in this group, whic...

My Lords, I am grateful to all those who have spoken. We have debated compatibility with the Euro...

I thank the Minister for giving way. Does he accept that, in the examples he gave of the time wit...

If I am honest, I am not entirely sure I follow the point the noble Baroness is making, but I sta...

I beg leave to withdraw Amendment 12.

Moved by

Lord Caine

14: Clause 5, page 5, line 21, leave out from “require” to “to” i...

Moved by

Lord Caine

16: Clause 7, page 6, line 15, at end insert—

“(3A) Subsect...

Moved by

Lord Caine

19: Clause 8, page 7, line 37, after “section” insert “—

“c...

My Lords, as has been said many times, the Government’s primary focus has been to establish one e...

My Lords, I believe that the Bill and the government amendments to this clause to do with inquest...

My Lords, group 6 refers to criminal justice outcomes. These really are the critical clauses. The...

My Lords, I stand to speak to Amendments 100, 103, 104 and 148 in my name, which are in this grou...

My Lords, I support the Government’s intention to set a deadline on the issue of inquests. I oppo...

My Lords, I shall speak in favour of Amendment 110, to which I have added my name. It would remov...

My Lords, after immunity, this part of the Bill is the most disliked, criticised and disapproved ...

My Lords, I am tempted to write at some point the definitive account of the Stormont House agreem...

The noble Lord is very generous. I want to ask him if legal aid is available to everyone for inqu...

It is assessed in the normal way, which the noble Baroness will know, in Northern Ireland. Inques...

I apologise for intervening on the Minister, but he did provoke me. My amendments relate to civil...

Well, maybe I was very mistaken in trying to answer some of the questions put to me. I was merely...

Can the Minister enlighten us as to what remedy the Bill will provide to those who seek, in the c...

As I said and as the noble Baroness will be aware, 700 cases are currently stuck in the Northern ...

Moved by

Lord Caine

22: Clause 9, page 8, line 17, leave out sub-paragraph (i)

...

Moved by

Lord Caine

30: Clause 13, page 11, line 1, at end insert—

“(A1) The Co...