Lord Mann
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(3 years, 7 months ago)
Lords ChamberI assume that the noble Baroness is referring to Northern Ireland. It is probably inappropriate to comment on that at this point, while judicial proceedings are ongoing.
An inquiry cannot request files where it does not know that they exist. Can we be assured that there are no files within the Home Office that have not been sought out, retrieved and provided to the inquiry?
If the Home Office is asked for files that it has, it would most certainly have to provide them to the inquiry.