My Lords, I know my noble friend Lord Weir touched on this, but Amendment 3 requires the ICRIR to
“have regard to the general interests of persons affected by Troubles-related deaths and serious injuries”.
I ask the Minister to clarify: have the Government failed conclusively to rule out perpetrators, including those who died or were injured at their own hand, from the scope of this duty which is now being placed upon the ICRIR? It would certainly be wrong that those who have been perpetrators and died or were injured at their own hand should be placed on the same level as those who are innocent victims.