Veterans: Investigations

Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve Excerpts

Thursday 16th May 2019 Lords Chamber

[Viscount Younger of Leckie]

The noble Lord has so much more experience than me in Northern Ireland, but I do not entirely accept what he says. In the interests of justice, we need to find out what evidence there is. If any new evidence emerges relating to the possibility that a serious crime was committed at some point in the past, it should be properly investigated. As he rightly says, the Armed Forces themselves do not wish to be seen as somehow above the law.

[Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve (CB)]

My Lords, a year ago I visited the Staatsanwaltschaft in Stuttgart—

[Baroness Goldie (Con)]

I am so sorry, but I must say that we are out of time.