The British Government's legacy Bill, which is opposed by political parties and victims’ groups, will not be paused, the Northern Ireland Office minister has insisted.
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT’S legacy Bill, which is opposed by political parties and victims’ groups, will not be paused, the Northern Ireland Office minister has insisted.
Caine said he understood the criticisms of the Bill but that a “realistic assessment” had to be made. The Bill is pending the report stage in the House of Lords, where it will have a third reading before proceeding to the final stages towards becoming law.“One thing to be clear about is that we’re not trying to pause, we’re not pausing the Bill,” he said.
“We don’t want to delay but the case you’ve referred to does highlight one of the problems of the current inquest system, which is they are prone to delays because of lengthy processes.” Caine acknowledged that the process of information gathering outline in the proposed legislation would reveal instances where members of the security forces did not “live up to the highest standards”.
“However, there will of course, during that 30-year period, be examples of where people didn’t live up to the highest standards. And of course, I fully expect this process will identify some cases where that happened.”
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