Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2024

Baroness Suttie Excerpts

Wednesday 26th February 2025 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Suttie (LD)]

My Lords, given the lateness of the hour, I shall endeavour to be extremely brief and will concentrate primarily on the parliamentary process. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan, for tabling this regret Motion and allowing us to have this thought-provoking and wide-ranging debate, which has perhaps been more about legacy issues in general than specifically this order. She raised a number of extremely important points and spelled out some of the positives in this order. I recall, as she did, that during the debates we had on the previous Government’s legacy Act, all political parties in Northern Ireland were absolutely united in opposing the immunity provisions. For that reason alone, we on these Benches support this draft order.