I made a written ministerial statement on 15th April about Peter May’s Review into the corporate effectiveness and cultural health of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR). In that statement, I committed to placing the findings of the Review in the Library of the House, along with...

I made a written ministerial statement on 15th April about Peter May’s Review into the corporate effectiveness and cultural health of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR). In that statement, I committed to placing the findings of the Review in the Library of the House, along with...

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Hilary Benn) has today made the following statement:

I made a written ministerial statement on 15th April about Peter May’s Review into the corporate effectiveness and cultural health of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR). In that...

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Hilary Benn) has today made the following statement:

I made a written ministerial statement on 15th April about Peter May’s Review into the corporate effectiveness and cultural health of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR). In that...

I. Corporate effectiveness and cultural health review of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery, conducted by Peter May. 35p. II. ICRIR Summary of Peter May recommendations and action plan (as of 7th May 2206). 5p. III. Letter dated 11/05/2026 from Hilary Benn MP to Tonia Antoniazzi MP regarding the review of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) and plans to address its findings. 4p.

I. Corporate effectiveness and cultural health review of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery, conducted by Peter May. 35p. II. ICRIR Summary of Peter May recommendations and action plan (as of 7th May 2206). 5p. III. Letter dated 11/05/2026 from Hilary Benn MP to Tonia Antoniazzi MP regarding...

To ask His Majesty's Government how many policy reviews and consultations the Northern Ireland Office has launched since the General Election on 4 July 2024; what the subject of each review is; what the anticipated timescales are for their completion; and whether any such reviews will be published in full.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many policy reviews and consultations the Northern Ireland Office has launched since the General Election on 4 July 2024; what the subject of each review is; what the anticipated timescales are for their completion; and whether any such reviews will be published in full.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) internal policy reviews, (b) independent reviews, (c) external reviews, (d) taskforces, (e) public consultations, (f) investigations and (g) other reviews their Department launched between 5 July 2024 and 5 January 2025; what the titles were of those reviews;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) internal policy reviews, (b) independent reviews, (c) external reviews, (d) taskforces, (e) public consultations, (f) investigations and (g) other reviews their Department launched between 5 July 2024 and 5 January 2025; what the titles were of those reviews;...

Following my Written Ministerial Statement of 2 December (HCWS277), I can confirm that the Northern Ireland Assembly held a vote on the continued application of Articles 5-10 of the Windsor Framework yesterday. The motion passed with a majority of the elected members voting, but not with cross-community support.

As set out...

Following my Written Ministerial Statement of 2 December (HCWS277), I can confirm that the Northern Ireland Assembly held a vote on the continued application of Articles 5-10 of the Windsor Framework yesterday. The motion passed with a majority of the elected members voting, but not with cross-community support.

As set out...

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Hilary Benn) has today made the following statement:

Following my Written Ministerial Statement of 2 December (HCWS277), I can confirm that the Northern Ireland Assembly held a vote on the continued application of Articles 5-10 of the Windsor Framework yesterday....

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Hilary Benn) has today made the following statement:

Following my Written Ministerial Statement of 2 December (HCWS277), I can confirm that the Northern Ireland Assembly held a vote on the continued application of Articles 5-10 of the Windsor Framework yesterday....

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will ask the Permanent Secretary of the Northern Ireland Department of Health to publish an update on the Report of the Expert Review of Records of Deceased Patients (Neurology).

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will ask the Permanent Secretary of the Northern Ireland Department of Health to publish an update on the Report of the Expert Review of Records of Deceased Patients (Neurology).

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) Northern Ireland's Department of Education on the potential funding implications of the Independent Review of Education in Northern Ireland, published on 13 December 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) Northern Ireland's Department of Education on the potential funding implications of the Independent Review of Education in Northern Ireland, published on 13 December 2023.

Lords consideration of Commons amendments. Lords amendment 20 not insisted on and Commons amendments 20A and 20B in lieu agreed to. Lords amendment 44 not insisted on. Commons amendments 44A, 44B and 44C agreed to, and Lords amendments 44D, 44E, 44F, 44G, 44H and 44J agreed to on division (201 to 190). Commons amendment 119A agreed to. Bill returned to the Commons with amendments.

Lords consideration of Commons amendments. Lords amendment 20 not insisted on and Commons amendments 20A and 20B in lieu agreed to. Lords amendment 44 not insisted on. Commons amendments 44A, 44B and 44C agreed to, and Lords amendments 44D, 44E, 44F, 44G, 44H and 44J agreed to on division (201...

Moved by

Lord Caine

Moved by

Lord Caine

My Lords, I beg to move Motion A and will speak also to Motions B and C.

We have debated these issues at great length since this Bill was introduced in your Lordships’ House in July 2022. I will therefore speak briefly to the remaining issues today. I have always been...

My Lords, I beg to move Motion A and will speak also to Motions B and C.

We have debated these issues at great length since this Bill was introduced in your Lordships’ House in July 2022. I will therefore speak briefly to the remaining issues today. I have always been...

I am grateful to the Minister for accepting this intervention and I thank him for his generous remarks earlier. The point that he has not so far made, and which I hope he will acknowledge, is that the amendment says that it would be by affirmative

resolution. In other words,...

I am grateful to the Minister for accepting this intervention and I thank him for his generous remarks earlier. The point that he has not so far made, and which I hope he will acknowledge, is that the amendment says that it would be by affirmative

resolution. In other words,...

I thank the noble Lord, although I think my point stands. Throughout the passage of the Bill—in response to criticisms, when it was brought from the other place, that the Secretary of State had too many powers vested in him—we have sought to divest powers and to strengthen the independence...

I thank the noble Lord, although I think my point stands. Throughout the passage of the Bill—in response to criticisms, when it was brought from the other place, that the Secretary of State had too many powers vested in him—we have sought to divest powers and to strengthen the independence...

Moved by

Lord Hain

Moved by

Lord Hain

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Caine, for his generosity. It is true that, having clearly been uncomfortable with the Bill from the outset—a Bill imposed from elsewhere in the government machine—he has sought to come at least some way towards the deep concerns and criticisms of it...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Caine, for his generosity. It is true that, having clearly been uncomfortable with the Bill from the outset—a Bill imposed from elsewhere in the government machine—he has sought to come at least some way towards the deep concerns and criticisms of it...

My Lords, I will speak to the complicated amendments in the Motion in my name on the Marshalled List. Like the Minister, I wish to pay tribute to his civil servants, who have worked very hard on this Bill during a very long 13 months. I also thank the Minister...

My Lords, I will speak to the complicated amendments in the Motion in my name on the Marshalled List. Like the Minister, I wish to pay tribute to his civil servants, who have worked very hard on this Bill during a very long 13 months. I also thank the Minister...

My Lords, although the House is faced with two undesirable options, I very much prefer the position advanced by the Government to that advanced by the noble Lord, Lord Murphy. If accepted, his amendment would preclude immunities from being granted, in the most part. The Government’s position allows for the...

My Lords, although the House is faced with two undesirable options, I very much prefer the position advanced by the Government to that advanced by the noble Lord, Lord Murphy. If accepted, his amendment would preclude immunities from being granted, in the most part. The Government’s position allows for the...

My Lords, I shall speak in favour of the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Hain, to the Minister’s Motion on Clause 13, and the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Murphy, to the Minister’s Motion on Clause 18.

The Bill removes fundamental legal rights from victims of the Troubles throughout...

My Lords, I shall speak in favour of the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Hain, to the Minister’s Motion on Clause 13, and the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Murphy, to the Minister’s Motion on Clause 18.

The Bill removes fundamental legal rights from victims of the Troubles throughout...

My Lords, I once more find myself speaking as earnestly as I can in support of the sentiments of two former Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland—two men who undertook those tasks at times of division, suffering and what I can only term injustice for so many people in Northern...

My Lords, I once more find myself speaking as earnestly as I can in support of the sentiments of two former Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland—two men who undertook those tasks at times of division, suffering and what I can only term injustice for so many people in Northern...