Written Question·Northern Ireland Office·UIN 30916

Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Veterans

Tabled: 11 February 2025

Answered: 19 February 2025

Question

Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he has taken with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that veterans of the Northern Ireland conflict are not subject to potential repeated or prolonged legal action under the provisions of the Northe

Answer

Hilary Benn

We owe a great debt to our Armed Forces who served in Northern Ireland.The previous government's Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 has been found to be unlawful and was widely opposed in Northern Ireland, including by some fam...

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