1.7 pm
Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill
Laurence Robertson (Shadow Minister, Northern Ireland; Tewkesbury, Conservative)
The Minister is basically reiterating the position. He is not telling us why it is so important that these people come back. He mentioned the victims, but the victims do not want this legislation. I know that he has promised to review the non-appearance part of the Bill, but the whole Bill was put together with non-appearance in mind. It could not have been in the Government’s mind that the victims would know who committed the crime when the Bill was drawn up.