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‘Legacy Bill will finally provide answers for many Troubles families’

The Government’s proposed legacy Bill “will finally provide answers” for many victims, survivors and families bereaved during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris has said. As the controversial legislation is set to return to the ...

18 Jul 2023 at 09:17

Scotland

New Veterans Commissioner for Scotland will be ‘great champion’

Scotland has become the first part of the UK to have a female as Veterans Commissioner. Susanna Hamilton, who has served in the Royal Navy, has just been appointed to the role – with Veterans Secretary Keith Brown saying she is “already a great ...

13 Jul 2022 at 13:08

Ireland

MPs overturn attempts to remove immunity clause from Troubles legacy Bill

The UK Government has overturned attempts to remove the conditional immunity provision from legislation designed to deal with the legacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles. The House of Lords had voted to strip out the contentious element which ...

18 Jul 2023 at 18:42

Unionist parties pledge support for new Northern Ireland Veterans Commissioner

Unionist parties have pledged their support for Northern Ireland’s next Veterans Commissioner David Johnstone. Secretary of State Hilary Benn announced Mr Johnstone’s appointment on Wednesday to lead the Northern Ireland Veterans ...

18 Dec 2024 at 19:39

Hopes for new NI Veterans Commissioner to be appointed by the end of the year

Hilary Benn has said he hopes a new Veterans Commissioner for Northern Ireland will be appointed before the end of the year. Former commissioner Danny Kinahan resigned in September saying he was unable to provide the independent ...

19 Nov 2024 at 17:42

Kinahan says he cannot provide voice for veterans as he quits commissioner role

Northern Ireland’s Veterans Commissioner Danny Kinahan has resigned, saying he “cannot provide the independent voice that veterans require”. Mr Kinahan, a former Ulster Unionist MP and a veteran himself, said he had left the ...

05 Sept 2024 at 20:58

Local News

Witness safeguards for legacy bodies ‘oversold’ as veteran protections

The Government has made a “big mistake” in claiming new safeguards for witnesses in legacy mechanisms in Northern Ireland are “protections” for veterans, MPs have been told. Northern Ireland Veterans’ Commissioner David ...

05 Nov 2025 at 18:33

Northern Ireland

New legacy body offers ‘amnesty in all but name’, MPs told

Proposed new legacy mechanisms for Northern Ireland offer an “amnesty in all but name”, Northern Ireland Veterans’ Commissioner has warned. David Johnstone criticised the plan to allow people responsible for Troubles ...

05 Nov 2025 at 16:57

Northern Ireland

Witness safeguards for legacy bodies ‘oversold’ as veteran protections

05 Nov 2025 at 17:24

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