Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Gregory Stafford Excerpts
Wednesday 19th November 2025

(1 day, 11 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Gregory Stafford Portrait Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon) (Con)
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Was the Irish Deputy Prime Minister Simon Harris wrong when he said that there were no new protections for veterans in the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill?

Hilary Benn Portrait Hilary Benn
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There clearly are new protections for veterans in the troubles Bill—throughout the legislation—that were never in the previous legislation that the last Government passed. We have laid them out to the House, and the veterans community and others can see clearly what they are.