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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

The noble Baroness raises a really important point that I know is of huge concern to the veterans community, both those who served in Operation Banner and more broadly. With regard to the specifics of the inquest, the veterans involved in the Clonoe inquest and the Secretary of State for Defence have applied for a judicial review of the coroner’s verdict and findings, which do not properly reflect the context of the incident nor the very difficult circumstances in which members of the Armed Forces served in Northern Ireland. The MoD is also funding the veterans in question to seek the judicial review and providing them with welfare support.

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