Speeches by Hanna.

“You are referring to people with an RUC background. Do you have any thoughts on a conflict of interest policy? Would that need to be addressed up front in terms of people’s perceptions of people who investigated—or failed to investigate—first time around having second dibs? Do you think that can be mitigated, and would…”

“Sandra, do you have any suggestions—a conflict of interest policy or internationalisation, perhaps—for ways that a reformed body could feel more independent? I suppose some of it comes down to the original plumbing of it, and how material is achieved and signed off, but is there anything to add to that?”

“I want to ask briefly about the independence of ICRIR. Could you outline how the appointments process affected confidence in the body, and how any new or reformed body could do that better?”

“Could you quantify it?”

“I want to ask about the new parcel requirements from the end of this month, which you have already touched on briefly, Nichola. How prepared are businesses and carriers for that? How has the communication about the new requirements been?”

“Anne-Marie, I am sure the NI Consumer Council has heard from a lot of very small businesses and recipients who have faced challenges so far. How do you think people are prepared for it? How have the communications been?”

“Jennifer, did you want to add anything to that?”

“Unfortunately, we went through a few years where senior politicians enjoyed saying, “We do not care about the rules. The rules are really boring. All this red tape is stifling businesses.” That undermined confidence in biosecurity and other standards and rules, certainly for Britain. Nichola, would that affect your mem…”

“Groot.”

“Lá Fhéile Pádraig shona daoibh agus Seachtain na Gaeilge daoibh. Deis lenár dteanga agus ár gcultúr a cheiliúradh ar fud an domhain. Happy St Patrick’s day, everybody, and happy Irish Language Week. It is an opportunity to use Irish language and celebrate Irish culture across the world. It is an increasingly turbulent …”

“Looking to the bigger wins, for those challenges that your businesses are facing, and the others you have discussed with us today, how would an EU-UK veterinary and SPS agreement mitigate or change that for you?”

“I thank the right hon. Member for giving way; I know his time is precious. I want to associate myself with the remarks he made about Members of this House who were lost and about the moving visit we had last week with victims in Belfast and Fermanagh in relation to people who were murdered by perpetrators from various …”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend and his colleagues on advancing the Bill—eight months into their mandate, we are at the remaining stages. In Northern Ireland, 13 months after restoration, the proposed NI “good jobs” Bill has not even been introduced, and doubt is growing as to whether it will pass in this mandate. Once a…”

“Alyson, can I start with you? In your evidence, you say that reinstating inquests could and should have been done by remedial order. Why was that not done? What would be the most appropriate way to address that now?”

“Anna, none of the elements can work independently and we need to get a complete picture. Based on the work of the model Bill team and the previous analysis, are there any amendments that could make a process like that fit for purpose? Additionally, there is obviously the narrative that more inquests and more exploratio…”

“We will come back to some of the disclosure, the vetoes and the upstream addressing of those. Daniel, you are indicating the same, I think.”

“The core thing that is running through everything we are discussing today is the suppression of information. There is all this complicated architecture and all these different legal processes, but they exist because the people who made victims, state and non-state actors, are suppressing the information. Alyson, you ex…”

“After all these years, people are bewildered that we are still talking about transitioning paramilitary groups, which have continued to recruit, to grip and to poison communities and current-day politics in Northern Ireland. Will the Minister commit to ensuring that we learn from all the things that have not gone right…”

“It was basically what core things we need to know about disclosure and what mechanisms were in Stormont House.”

“Can the enhanced inquisitorial process get the same level of information and accountability as the previous inquest system could?”