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NIO – RECONCILIATION V. REINSTATEMENT OF TRIALS - 04 December 2025

NIO – RECONCILIATION V. REINSTATEMENT OF TRIALS - 04 December 2025

Sir Julian Lewis: I agree entirely with the Chairman of the Committee that reconciliation depends upon uncovering the truth. Does her Committee’s report go into the incompatibility of that aim with the reinstatement of trials that the previous legacy Act would have prevented, given that when people face the prospect of being put on trial, they are less likely, rather than more likely, to say what actually happened?

[Tonia Antoniazzi (Chairman of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee): With regard to veterans going on trial, we did take evidence and heard those concerns, and it is reflected in our report. I would happily have a conversation with the right hon. Member to pursue that further. His expertise in this field is welcomed by all members of the Committee from across the House, so I thank him.]