Hilary Benn

Hilary Benn

Labour — Leeds South

Speaking in the House of Commons on 24 July 2024

Debate

First Minister and Deputy First Minister

Contribution

I can indeed give my hon. Friend that assurance, because the problem with the legacy Act is that it has almost no support in Northern Ireland among political parties and victims’ families. We have given a very clear commitment to consult on how the repeal and replacement will work: in the end, we hope to get a large measure of support for a new approach, which the current approach has failed to secure.

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