Speeches by Hanna.

“I have not made a specific reference. There are two or three cases that are being looked at.”

“I think that the current Chief Constable is in court fighting the principle: it is not always the technology that is contributing to the suppression. The current Chief Constable has indicated that there are times when he would wish to be more transparent in the publication of material. I do not think that we can say it…”

“You arrived at the point I was going to ask about. I think your successor, Jon Boutcher, was quite specific last week about the impact of legacy on recruitment, and especially about the reality or perception of information suppression—particularly how agents were handled. Yes, sometimes it delves into conspiracy, but t…”

“The interim report proposed reviewing the classification of previous reports. The PSNI have refused the release of the 1973 Morton report into special branch activity, and your final report indicates no progress on that. Would the release of that document, or even an indication of its principal findings, help us to bet…”

“Should we be considering that a troubles case and therefore allowing it to have any article 2 and article 3-compliant investigation from the new body?”

“On the relationship of informant stories, particularly related to the IRA, Kenova shows that Stakeknife was protected. He was sheltered in west Belfast and resettled with pretty lavish arrangements. There were football season tickets, wealth management, and even the lurid story of the proposed farewell dinner. During t…”

“Chief Constable Boutcher, do you want to comment on any of the issues around PPS decisions or the treatment of agents related to the republican movement and the potential further investigation of those?”

“Do you think there should be an independent counsel review of that decision? Any review would be taken in-house, I suppose, by the same teams that made the initial decision.”

“Chief Constable, you referenced your new recruitment campaign that is launching today, and I want to acknowledge all you have done to achieve a properly resourced and representative PSNI. You laid out very clearly the link between resolving legacy and getting that confidence and buy-in from all communities. I always ta…”

“Do you think there needs to be an investigation into the treatment of IRA assets and the moneys relating to those, and the extent to which political or security interests were taken into account in how they were handled?”

“Who collapsed it?”

“Bluntly, my view is that the agreement is trying to salve, resolve and manage a centuries-old division—a society that has been divided into two tribes. It is not my belief that creating a third tribe is the solution to that, but I understand that it is important that all parties feel that they are represented. As I hav…”

“Clearly, we are a more pluralist society. I am unashamedly a new Irelander, and that is an important part of my identity. That is a factor in our politics, as is the legitimate position of Unionists, so we cannot wish it away. We cannot say, “I don’t see colour or designation,” but for so many of us it is clearly not t…”

“The hon. Member is absolutely right. Those subsequent changes, particularly at St Andrews, have distorted the institutions away from a place of consensus and towards veto, brinkmanship and power struggle. There is a lot in the agreement that the SDLP would like to revisit—not least strand 2, which has shockingly underp…”

“Does the Minister acknowledge that at the time of the Good Friday agreement, the parties did not arrive together at consensus, and nor did they with the likes of the St Andrews agreement, when things were distorted? Does he agree that it is unusual for all the parties to arrive at a fully formed agreement, and that a d…”

“The hon. Gentleman asked me to intervene. Unfortunately, the hon. and learned Member for North Antrim (Jim Allister) would not take my intervention, and I am sad about that. I was seeking to clarify whether his party’s position had moved from being the quite radical one—more radical than my position or that of the hon.…”

“Will the right hon. Member confirm whether he believes that the Assembly has or should have responsibility for international affairs, which is included in the Windsor framework, and can he outline where cross-community consent for Brexit was demonstrated?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Vaz. I confess that I have not been in Westminster Hall for a while; I was watching the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) to see exactly when I should stand up. I thank the hon. Member for Lagan Valley (Sorcha Eastwood) for securing the debate, which is an im…”

“rose—”

“The Minister will be aware that for a number of months, I have been raising concerns about the local growth fund and its impact in Northern Ireland. Just before Christmas, organisations got the devastating news of a large cut to the local growth fund, which will devastate a number of support jobs and work done to help …”