Oral Question·Department for Business and Trade
“What steps she is taking to increase trade with European countries.”
Tabled: 7 September 2023Answered: 14 September 2023
Asked by
Jeff Smith
Labour — Manchester Withington
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Hilary Benn)
The 2023 legacy Act was rejected by all the major Northern Ireland political parties, as well as by our domestic courts, by victims and survivors and by many veterans, who saw it as an affront to the rule of law that they sought to protect. The Government took a significant step in fulfilling our commitment to repeal and replace the Act by introducing the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, which received its Second Reading yesterday.