Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab)

I thank the noble Lord for his question. Although I genuinely appreciate the concerns raised, he will be aware that the Weston Park agreement provided a series of public inquiries, of which the inquiry into Robert Hamill’s murder was one. Although I appreciate the noble Lord’s concern, it is, as I said, still an open murder investigation. I reiterate the fact that the terms of reference of the inquiry were to establish the facts around collusion, which is exactly what it did. It was not to try to identify who committed the murder. That brings me to a point that was raised by the noble Lord, Lord Caine. There is a responsibility that we have, both as UK parliamentarians and as people who care deeply and passionately about Northern Ireland, to give the families the answers they need, not the ones that we think they need. In this case, these are the answers that the family wanted. While I am sure they want to know much more, this is what had been agreed with them at the time, and this is where we are. That brings us to why we are doing the legacy commission in the round. Even within families, there are people who want different sets of information so that they can get closure or get the closest thing to closure for them. I believe that is reflected here. I appreciate the noble Lord’s frustration, but in this instance, it is for the family; it is not for us.