Debates between Viscount Younger of Leckie and Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve during the 2017-2019 Parliament

Veterans: Investigations

Debate between Viscount Younger of Leckie and Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve
Thursday 16th May 2019

(5 years, 6 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Viscount Younger of Leckie Portrait Viscount Younger of Leckie
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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 Portrait Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve (CB)
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My Lords, a year ago I visited the Staatsanwaltschaft in Stuttgart—