Oral Evidence Apr. 22 2021
Committee: NoneFound: of Gaddafi -sponsored and/or facilitated IRA terrorism.
Mentions:
1: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) on UK victims of Gaddafi-sponsored IRA terrorism. - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Mar. 29 2021
Committee: NoneFound: Representative on UK victims of Qadhafi-sponsored IRA terrorism, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Asked by: Simon Hoare (Conservative - North Dorset)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on (a) what date and (b) for what reason he decided to begin referring to the report on Qadhafi-sponsored IRA terrorism produced by William Shawcross as an internal scoping paper.
Answered by James Cleverly
Mr Shawcross was commissioned in 2019 to produce an internal scoping report on the issue of compensation for UK victims of Qadhafi-sponsored IRA terrorism.
Asked by: Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
What policies he plans to implement in response to the Shawcross Report on UK victims of Qadhafi-sponsored IRA terrorism.
Answered by James Cleverly
I express my deepest sympathies to UK victims of Qadhafi-sponsored IRA terrorism, and all victims of Troubles.
This is an important issue; and I recognise this House takes a close interest.
Ministers across Government are carefully considering the internal scoping report Mr Shawcross has produced in order to do justice to the important and sensitive issues it covers, giving due respect to the victims.
Asked by: Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the Shawcross Report on UK victims of Qadhafi-sponsored IRA terrorism will be published.
Answered by James Cleverly
The report produced by Mr Shawcross is an internal scoping paper. The Government is considering how best to address the sensitive issues raised in the report.
Oral Evidence Jan. 25 2021
Committee: NoneFound: is one of the things the Secretary of State at Defra is focused on.
Mentions:
1: Louise Haigh (LAB - Sheffield, Heeley) , in a case of mistaken identity, and who has since campaigned on behalf of all victims of the troubles - Speech Link
2: Andrew Murrison (CON - South West Wiltshire) of Gaddafi-sponsored terrorism are being short-changed? - Speech Link
3: Robin Walker (CON - Worcester) representative on UK victims of Gaddafi-sponsored terrorism. - Speech Link
4: Carla Lockhart (DUP - Upper Bann) The suffering of those victims of terrorism cannot continue amidst this wrangle. - Speech Link
5: Ian Paisley (DUP - North Antrim) of Gaddafi-sponsored terrorism and yet our victims, who have a piece of legislation made in this place - Speech Link
Asked by: Lord Empey (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Interior Minister of the government of Libya about (1) frozen Libyan assets, and (2) the provision of compensation to victims of IRA bombings that used Semtex and other material support supplied by the Gaddafi regime.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
The UK is committed to supporting the victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA terrorism and wishes to see a just settlement for all victims. In March 2019 the former Foreign Secretary appointed William Shawcross as the UK's Special Representative on UK victims of Qadhafi-sponsored IRA terrorism. We have also raised the issue of a just settlement with the Libyan authorities. The Government has a longstanding position of not pursuing government-to-government negotiations with Libya on behalf of victims of Qadhafi-sponsored IRA terrorism, though we continue to provide support to the victims, their representatives and campaign groups, and we continue to press the Libyan authorities to engage constructively on this issue. Libyan assets in the UK were frozen under UN Security Council Resolution 1973 at the instigation of the Libyan authorities in 2011. These assets can only be unfrozen by gaining the agreement of all members of the UN Security Council.