Found: Session 2026–27 Number Title Reference 3rd Legislative Scrutiny: Northern Ireland Troubles Bill HC 162

Found: Bryant and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Baroness Anderson in relation to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: to be reformed and renamed the Legacy Commission through the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: Government were elected on a manifesto to repeal and replace the Legacy Act with the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: Government were elected on a manifesto to repeal and replace the Legacy Act with the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: 3rd Report - Legislative Scrutiny: Northern Ireland Troubles Bill HC 162 Report

Found: Office, ‘Guide to Making Legislation’ (CO, 2025), at para 10.53. 117 House of Commons, ‘Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: This should be introduced as soon as possible, and no later than the current Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: Correspondence from General Sir Peter Wall and General Sir Nick Parker relating to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: Immigration Bill: Correspondence from Lord Hanson of Flint, dated 22 October 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: 2 Correspondence from Secretary of State for Northern Ireland relating to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: For instance, in the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, the judges in the new legacy commission are not

Found: Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (‘the 2023 Legacy Act’), and the current Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: Introduction: The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 and the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: Directors of Investigations, Judicial Panel members and other officers envisaged in the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: retention of the promotion of reconciliation as a binding statutory principle in the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: The historical record proposed in the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill should be kept distinct from Part

Found: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/69fed2a1-8cc9-4e76-9edb-7c00ce54a098. 11 UN, ‘UK: Flawed Northern Ireland “Troubles” Bill

Found: Q29 Chair: With the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill seemingly not progressing as it should in this Parliament

Found: Q29 Chair: With the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill seemingly not progressing as it should in this Parliament

Found: It means also, for example, that people debating the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, which is going

Found: Correspondence from Secretary of State for Northern Ireland relating to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: Our current inquiries include legislative scrutiny of the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill and thematic

Found: This will remain the case if the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, currently before Parliament, is enacted

Found: Correspondence to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland relating to Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: everything it can, including through the important reforms set out in the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (first reading 12th November 2025), Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: include: replacing the 2023 Legacy Act through successfully delivering the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Government plans to review the provisions of the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill before its remaining parliamentary stages.

Answered by Sarah Owen - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office)

NIO Ministers have been listening to the concerns of veterans that there is more we must do to safeguard our veterans and provide further reassurance.

The Secretary of State and I will be continuing to discuss with veterans and veteran groups, including regimental associations, to bring forward amendments to the Bill which will ensure that veterans can have confidence in the legislation, whilst still ensuring that families who have lost loved ones, including those service families, can get the answers they need.

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of Armed Forces veterans who may become subject to renewed criminal investigations following passage of the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill.

Answered by Sarah Owen - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office)

Operation Banner veterans served in Northern Ireland in the most difficult circumstances in order to preserve law and order and protect life. The vast majority did so with the utmost professionalism.

Operating under the rule of law is central to how our Armed Forces keep the UK safe at home and abroad, and there is no question of anyone being prosecuted for having lawfully followed the rules. It is also right that our Armed Forces are held to the highest standards - it is what sets them apart from the terrorists whose actions were never justified.

The Troubles Bill provides those veterans with effective and deliverable protections that the flawed Legacy Act never did, including protection from repeated investigations. The protections already included in the Bill will be further strengthened at Committee Stage when the Government table a package of amendments that respond directly to the concerns raised by veterans.

The Troubles Bill does not mandate the opening of any investigation. The primary route for the investigation of cases is the specific request of families seeking answers. This is exactly the same model as the previous government’s Legacy Act. Given this model, and the fact that 90% of Troubles-related deaths were caused by paramilitaries, this will be the overwhelming focus of the Commission’s work.

It is important to note that a significant proportion of live cases before the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery involve military victims.

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill on future recruitment to the Armed Forces.

Answered by Sarah Owen - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office)

We are not aware of any effect on Armed Forces recruitment. As of October 2025, when we introduced the Bill, more people are joining the Armed Forces than leaving them for the first time since 2022. In the year to July 2026, recruitment is up by 7%, and outflow is down by 7%. The Government is delivering for our Service personnel, and we remain committed to ensuring they are heard.

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to seek the approval of hon. Members for the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill in the form re-introduced on 14 May 2026.

Answered by Sarah Owen - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office)

The Northern Ireland Troubles Bill is crucial to restoring trust in legacy processes across Northern Ireland which have been lost as a result of the Legacy Act. We intend to continue passage of the Bill as soon as possible.

Before the Bill returns to Parliament, NIO Ministers will continue to discuss the legislation with a wide range of interested stakeholders, including veterans and veteran groups and, regimental associations. We plan to bring forward amendments to the Bill which will ensure that veterans can have confidence in the legislation and allow families who have lost loved ones, including those service families, can get the answers they need.

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of the legacy mechanisms proposed to replace the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023.

Answered by Sarah Owen - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office)

The Northern Ireland Office continues to have discussions with partners, including HM Treasury and the Independent Commission for the Retrieval of Information and Reconciliation (ICRIR), about the budget which will be required by the Legacy Commission which will replace ICRIR under the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill. These discussions will continue during the passage of the Bill as the shape of the new Commission is debated and set in statute.

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent Northern Ireland veterans facing further legal proceedings relating to their service during the Troubles.

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords)

The Northern Ireland Troubles Bill will ensure a fair and transparent framework that gives all communities confidence in legacy processes and will allow victims, survivors and their families, including service families to obtain the answers they have long sought. Alongside this, we are putting in place robust, deliverable protections specifically designed to support the welfare of veterans, including protection from duplicating investigations.

This measure will ensure that the Legacy Commission and coroners conducting inquests will be required not to duplicate the work of any previous investigation or inquest unless doing so is essential, which is a very high threshold in law.

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to make further progress with the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill.

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords)

The Government is committed to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill which will replace the flawed Legacy Act with a fair, transparent system that will allow victims and their families obtain the answers they have long sought, and provide robust and deliverable protections for our former service personnel.

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications of the Dillon judgement for his Department's policies.

Answered by Hilary Benn

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to protect the British Army from vexatious claims made by terrorists or their families relating to its actions during the Troubles.

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Captain of the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords)

Civil litigation plays an important role in enabling facts to be uncovered, as well as enabling victims to feel that they have achieved some measure of justice even where they have not been able to achieve that through the criminal justice process.

For example, four individuals were found responsible for the Omagh bombing in the civil courts in 2009. The Judge in that case ordered £1.6m damages to the Omagh families as a result of this.

Civil claims are always decided on their merit by independent courts and in the vast majority of cases, civil claims are taken against the State, not against individuals.

This Government’s commitment to our Operation Banner veterans is unshakeable and that is why the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill puts in place the strongest possible safeguards, which were not included in the Legacy Act.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will meet with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to discuss the potential impact of the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill on morale within the armed forces.

Answered by Calvin Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People)

The Secretary of State for Defence routinely meets with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. to discuss the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill.

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies on the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill of the resignation letter by the former Armed Forces Minister of 11 June 2026.

Answered by Hilary Benn

The Northern Ireland Troubles Bill will enable all communities to have confidence in legacy processes, provide answers for victims and their families, including those in the Armed Forces, and provide clear protections for our veterans.

As the Prime Minister has set out, the Government will bring forward amendments at Committee that will improve the process for victims and families, further safeguard our Operation Banner veterans and ensure oversight of their protections, and clearly differentiate between the role played during the Troubles by our brave security forces and the actions of paramilitary terrorists.

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Found: The Government remains absolutely committed to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, which will continue

Found: The Government remains absolutely committed to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, which will continue

Found: It also underlines the Government’s commitment to delivering the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill. 

Found: can, including through the important reforms set out in the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: The Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, currently progressing through Parliament, will make significant reforms

Found: recommendations which will support a smooth transition to the arrangements set out under the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) Meeting to discuss The Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: Recovery (ICRIR)

Found: Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) Meeting to discuss The Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: Recovery (ICRIR)

Found: Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) Meeting to discuss The Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: Recovery (ICRIR)

Found: Policing Bill • Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill • Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: tackling anti-social behaviour, knife and retail crime (Home Office) • supporting the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: ..................................................................................86 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: .................................................................................. 86 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: ................................................................................. 86 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

Found: With regard to Baroness Goldie’s questions concerns related to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, the

Found: recommendations which will support a smooth transition to the arrangements set out under the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill