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Baroness in Waiting/Government Whip (Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent) (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 21 May 2025

Debate

Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery

Contribution

My Lords, under the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023, the commission is responsible for Troubles-related investigations for the period 1966 to 1998. Any alleged criminality which took place after 10 April 1998, including that described by the noble Lord, remains a matter for the PSNI. The UK Government do not comment on national archive releases or releases relating to previous Governments. However, I want to take this opportunity to pay thanks to my noble friend the former Secretary of State at that time, as well as to all Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland, for their role in the incredibly challenging work of helping to maintain peace and delivering and implementing the Good Friday agreement, including the effective decommissioning of weapons. We owe them an immense debt of gratitude and should never forget the context in which they were operating.

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