Clause 1 - Meaning of “the Troubles” and other key expressions

Part of Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill – in the House of Commons at 3:30 pm on 29 June 2022.

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Photo of Stephen Farry Stephen Farry Alliance, North Down 3:30, 29 June 2022

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way.

On people coming before the panel and not acting in good faith, will the Minister explain how the prospect of investigation or prosecution is anything more than purely theoretical? Given that anyone giving an account before the panel would not be under police caution, and therefore their statement could not be used in evidence, who exactly would start an investigation from first principles to take forward any prosecution by giving a file to the Public Prosecution Service?