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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 noble friend, as ever, makes a series of excellent points. He is absolutely right. He knows better than I do, as he served our country in government in numerous roles at Cabinet level, that the police have complete operational independence. We owe all those who operated as politicians in Northern Ireland and the UK Government and who worked so hard in the most difficult of circumstances to deliver peace a huge debt of gratitude. Every day, we now have to live up to the promise of the Belfast/Good Friday agreement and the spirit of the Stormont House agreement to make sure the people of Northern Ireland and Great Britain have the peace that was so difficultly earned.

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