Speeches by Hanna.

“I do not think anybody could fail to be moved by yesterday’s scenes of hostages finally being reunited with their families and of Gazans being able to contemplate days and nights without hunger and bombardment. I would love to be able to celebrate and believe, as they are doing and as they should be given the space to …”

“I am not going to insist that you speculate, but people will wonder whether that was a solo run or whether that idea was put in his mind in terms of the thinking and the framing of this issue within the Department. Taking into account that this is not the chief constable’s first rodeo—he has a lengthy background in han…”

“Do you have any anxiety about what that might cover?”

“It is a veto.”

“We have discussed the “neither confirm nor deny” policy. The chief constable outlined the way in which, from his experience, it is used liberally, prolifically and, he has said, in a way that has “stopped wrongdoing coming to notice and prevented people from being prosecuted for murder”. We have discussed—I will not re…”

“This is creating the same layers of cases being relitigated and rehashed out, and creating further years of victims having to travel. We have been talking about commentary, but I am also talking about feelings. You will be aware of the family who are having to return to the Supreme Court again. Can you understand how t…”

“Secretary of State, disclosure, deciding who has the say over what information victims get from those who did the killing, whether in uniform or out, is, you might agree, at the centre of a lot of the paralysis—a lot of what has caused these cases, in many cases, to take decades to resolve. This touches on some of the …”

“There is no question that the Omagh bomb had a cross-border dimension. It is absolutely right, in terms of getting at truth for the families, that it should have disclosure and participation. That is why it was a huge error of the previous Government to establish an inquiry with no legislative vehicle, no defined MOU, …”

“We will pick up on disclosure. The families are participating in hope and after decades. I know that it is incumbent on everybody to make sure that their investment of time and energy, and all else, should not be in vain. It is important that they get maximum disclosure from that. Broad clauses such as that, with all t…”

“That is very well said, Secretary of State. It is fundamentally about moving forward. People think this is all an obsession with the past, and it is not. It is obsession with the future. I genuinely and truly believe that, if there is disclosure and forthcomingness from the state, which is the bit that you have most co…”

“Can you understand the perception of these increasing layers, rivets and processes that have been put on for decades? Files have been sealed. We have all seen documents with page after page of redactions. People are told, “We will not tell you until you have come back to court”, but the people who go to court have aven…”

“It is in the disclosure MOU.”

“Last month, along with eight party leaders across Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, I wrote to the Prime Minister about the catastrophic situation in Gaza and the deficits in the UK response to the unbearable suffering we are seeing—biblical levels of injustice, pain and hunger. Does the Foreign Secretary recognise…”

“That is some of what we are going to try to pull out. Everything, from abuse and intimidation to pornography, has all just intensified the access. Colleagues are going to try to drill into some of those issues and, again, why there is a prevalence in Northern Ireland. I just wanted to come back to something that you sa…”

“Emily and Sorcha have both spoken about the targeting of women in public life in particular. Again, that is probably a universal experience, and I know that every woman in politics gets that abuse. My colleague, Cara Hunter, and the DUP MLA, Diane Forsythe, have experienced very specific, false image-based abuse. Is th…”

“Thank you very much. This is disturbing, fascinating evidence. These are global issues, but our inquiry is trying to understand specifically the high prevalence of violence against women in Northern Ireland. Based on your research, that appears to be mirrored online, if I am reading that correctly from the data, with w…”

“The EU-UK deal was warmly and broadly welcomed across Northern Ireland to begin to unpick and undo some of the damage and friction created by Brexit, which was championed by some of those on the Opposition Benches. However, an FSB report out this week highlighted continuing problems, particularly for small businesses. …”

“I will finish here: I have made clear that it would not be my preferred action. We will engage with it as constructively as we can. I am not damning it and walking away from the consequences, but there are actions outlined in the track one and track two strategies that have not been fulfilled before we move to this par…”

“And not just in Ballymena—in Derry as well. I share your revulsion at that, and I will always stand with the PSNI. I supported their recruitment campaign, and I have engaged directly with officers about that—as you say—thuggery and wanton disorder, and I will take every opportunity I can to support the police, includin…”

“As I say, I welcome it and I can understand that, for soccer in particular, there are very real concerns, and there was a wider package. Soccer is a sport that is enjoyed across the community, and across the region, and many facilities require upgrade. There is a deal to be done. I am just anxious that there has not be…”