Legacy Bill commitment by British Labour leader in Belfast
2 releases from 2 parties, 13 January 2023.
Each party’s website press releases, in order of publication
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Eastwood welcomes Labour commitment to repeal Legacy Bill
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP welcomes Labour Leader Keir Starmer's commitment to repeal the Legacy Bill, which he says is opposed by all Northern Ireland parties, victims and the Irish Government. Eastwood says SDLP MPs will back repeal at the first opportunity.
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Tories should scrap ‘cruel and callous’ legacy bill – Gerry Kelly
Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly calls on the British Government to scrap the Legacy Bill, which he says would close down truth and justice and place British state forces above the law. He welcomes a commitment from the British Opposition leader to repeal it.
Parties with no matching press release found on their website
- Alliance: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
- DUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
- UUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
- TUV: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
- Green Party: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
- PBP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
- Aontú: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
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