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What assessment he has made of the potential merits of funding a permanent memorial to people who served in Northern Ireland.

Asked by
Jo White (Labour)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
19 November 2025
Reference
906382; 775 cc764-5
House
House of Commons

The Northern Ireland Troubles Bill will retain part 4 of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023, which includes provisions for memorialisation. I would welcome views and suggestions on how to take this forward, including on whether any new memorials should be established.

Answered by
Hilary Benn (Labour)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
19 November 2025
Reference
775 c765
House
House of Commons

On 5 April 1979, an IRA sniper fired at an armoured vehicle as it entered Andersonstown Royal Ulster Constabulary station, killing Blues and Royals serviceman, Anthony Dykes. My constituent Kathleen, his mother, now aged 94, has never let his memory go. She told me that her son is a forgotten soldier. There are monuments for soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq, but nothing for those who served in Northern Ireland. Kathleen is now very frail, so I am her voice today, asking the Government to commit to national memorial.

Asked by
Jo White (Labour)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
19 November 2025
Reference
775 c765
House
House of Commons

On behalf of the whole House, I express our condolences to Kathleen on the loss of her son all those years ago. The names of those service personnel who died on deployment to Operation Banner are rightly listed on the armed forces memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum as a lasting record of their sacrifice. I do not know whether my hon. Friend’s constituent has had a chance to visit there, but perhaps that is something that my hon. Friend might like to facilitate.

Answered by
Hilary Benn (Labour)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
19 November 2025
Reference
775 c765
House
House of Commons

Many thousands of our brave troops served in Northern Ireland, and many gave their lives for peace and for our country. Does the Secretary of State agree that they deserve a permanent memorial, not for some of them to be prosecuted?

Asked by
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
19 November 2025
Reference
775 c765
House
House of Commons

As I indicated in an earlier answer, there is already a memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum. There are other places in which the service and sacrifice of those who served the state is recorded, including the Royal Ulster Constabulary memorial garden, which I had the opportunity to visit. It was extremely moving to look at all the names and remember the huge sacrifice that all those people made in the defence of freedom in Northern Ireland.

Answered by
Hilary Benn (Labour)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
19 November 2025
Reference
775 c765
House
House of Commons

As we approach Remembrance Sunday, we honour those who gave their lives for our freedom, and remember the often overlooked women who served as codebreakers and factory workers, and in countless vital roles. In light of that, I have written to Dudley council asking it to permanently install the first...

Member
Sonia Kumar (Labour)
Type
Business questions
Date
30 October 2025
Reference
774 c507
House
House of Commons

It is our duty to never forget all those who gave their lives for our country, especially during this Remembrance period. I am always particularly moved when I pass the memorial in Whitehall to the women who served our country in the world wars. They played a fundamental role in...

Member
Alan Campbell (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
30 October 2025
Reference
774 c507
House
House of Commons

That this House pays tribute to the courage and sacrifice of all members of the United Kingdom's armed forces who lost their lives during the conflict in Northern Ireland; recognises the immense contribution of service personnel who served with dedication and professionalism in the most challenging circumstances; acknowledges the deep...

Primary sponsor
Jo White (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
27 October 2025
Reference
2152
House
House of Commons

Motion that this House has considered the 75th commemoration of the Korean War. Agreed to on question.

Lead member
Iain Duncan Smith
Answering member
Chris Elmore; Wendy Morton
Department
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Type
Debates
Date
22 October 2025
Reference
773 cc394-417WH
House
House of Commons

I beg to move,

That this House has considered the 75th commemoration of the Korean War.

May I say what a pleasure it is to have you invigilating our proceedings, Mr Twigg? This debate is about North Korea, but it is also specifically about the 75th commemoration of the Korean war, in...

Member
Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 October 2025
Reference
773 cc394-5WH
House
House of Commons

I congratulate my right hon. Friend on securing this debate. It is worse than he says in North Korea. If someone is caught committing any of these minor crimes, such as listening to a memory stick from the west, it is not only they who are imprisoned; it is their...

Member
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 October 2025
Reference
773 c395WH
House
House of Commons

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is a shocking concept. A state like that is run for the purposes of the leader, their military chiefs and nobody else. I will come back to some of those figures.

It is worth reminding ourselves that poor Lord Alton, the co-chair of the...

Member
Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 October 2025
Reference
773 cc395-7WH
House
House of Commons

My right hon. Friend is making an excellent, poignant speech. In 2013, as the then Veterans Minister, I had the great honour of going to South Korea with His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester to represent the Government at the 60th anniversary of the armistice. As my right hon....

Member
Mark Francois (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 October 2025
Reference
773 c397WH
House
House of Commons

Yes, and my right hon. Friend’s comments will be recorded and available for all to see.

Member
Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 October 2025
Reference
773 c397WH
House
House of Commons

I completely concur with the right hon. Member for Rayleigh and Wickford (Mr Francois) about the need to pay tribute to the South Koreans and their Government for their acknowledgment of the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of our fellow countrymen in the defence of liberty and democracy in...

Member
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 October 2025
Reference
773 c397WH
House
House of Commons

I am grateful for the right hon. Gentleman’s comments. He is right to ask that question. We should apply ourselves to everything that is needed to ensure the freedom of South Korea, its Government and its people. We did it once; we should be prepared to do it again. It...

Member
Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 October 2025
Reference
773 cc397-8WH
House
House of Commons

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I thank the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) for securing the debate and for recognising the contribution of our Glorious Glosters.

On 1 October 1950, 890 men from the Gloucestershire Regiment left England...

Member
Alex McIntyre (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 October 2025
Reference
773 cc398-9WH
House
House of Commons

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg, and to follow the hon. Member for Gloucester (Alex McIntyre) and the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith). I think this will be a consensual debate, in which we come together to show...

Member
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 October 2025
Reference
773 c399WH
House
House of Commons

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Member
Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 October 2025
Reference
773 c399WH
House
House of Commons