Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over) Debate
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Northern Ireland Troubles Bill (Carry-over)
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Alex Burghart
My hon. Friend is quite right. The process has become the punishment. The process is being used to continue the conflict by other means.
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP)
Would the hon. Member accept that when the process exonerates the soldiers and the veterans at the end, the whole point of the process and taking them to the court in the first place is to give the daily headlines in the paper to allow Sinn Féin and the IRA to rewrite the history of the troubles?
Alex Burghart
I must agree with the right hon. Gentleman that this is clearly what vexatious litigation looks like. This is vexatious litigation moved against men who did nothing wrong but are now confronted with a legal framework that creates endless potential for challenge against them.