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Speaking in the House of Lords on 19 May 2026
Debate
Supreme Court Dillon JudgmentContribution
The case was originally brought against the previous Government following the passage of the legacy Act—the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act —in 2023. The applicants, a group of families who lost loved ones during the Troubles, argued that various provisions of the legacy Act undermined rights protected by Article 2 of the Windsor Framework and by the Human Rights Act 1998, which gives effect to the European Convention on Human Rights.
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