Speeches by Robinson.

“Language does matter, Secretary of State.”

“If I was in fair form, Secretary of State, I would say that is a fair answer.”

“In terms of confidence in this process, should people be surprised if half of 14 inquests do not proceed to full inquest?”

“I am talking about comments and the general discourse on inquests.”

“You know, and you said earlier in this session, that a lot of people say a lot of things. You cannot be expected to comment on them all. I understand that. The current discourse around inquest is that there are 14 that should be re-engaged when you make an announcement on legacy, that half of them will go to the commis…”

“That could be you or the police. It could be the security services. It could be anybody who has information from the state.”

“That is issued by you, the police or the security services.”

“Who makes the determination on closed material? Is that the coroner?”

“In relation to the 14 that have commenced, are we to understand that all of those will continue, or continue to the point at which the coroner has to assess a PII, and therefore they may go to the commission as well?”

“It does not. It absolutely does not. You said that letters of comfort did not provide an amnesty and people are being prosecuted. People are being prosecuted. There was an inquiry. Lady Justice Hallett said there should be no comfort provided by these letters and they amount to nothing more than a piece of paper. But i…”

“We heard you earlier in the session and we hear others outside of this room say, “We are going to protect veterans”. Is not having to travel the sum total protection for elderly veterans who fear being dragged through a prosecution process that in the end could lead to a conviction but with no time served?”

“Thank you for your chairmanship, Mr Mundell, and for the opportunity to speak in this important debate. I give thanks to the armed forces of our country: those who came and served with us in Northern Ireland—people from Culloden coming to Coleraine, from Folkestone to Fermanagh, from Birmingham to Belfast and from Lond…”

“I have had the privilege of sharing time on the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee with the hon. Gentleman and the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi), in the names of whom this motion has been laid. It is crucial that the Omagh inquiry gets the information it requires, and we have raised concerns about the Irish …”

“Good morning to you all. Apologies for being slightly delayed. It was not my fault; it was the plane’s. One of the troubles that we have had with sessions on this issue particularly is about trying to discern a Northern Ireland angle and what we can do from a Northern Ireland perspective. More importantly, we want to u…”

“A colleague of mine spoke to me, as leader of the party, earlier this week to say that they had received a death threat online. It was reported to the police. The police came back to say, “We have identified the image. The image is taken from a dating website in Germany.” The image of a gentleman was appropriated from …”

“Do you talk to the NCA?”

“We did hear from the police that they feel under‑resourced, particularly on some of the more tech-enabled public protection issues that they are looking at, such as online abuse and harm. They felt that they were losing resources to other areas. That is indicative of policing more generally in Northern Ireland a…”

“Finally, do you as Ofcom have to tailor your advice given the different legislative provisions in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland? When England passes a measure, even if it is England only, does the scale of England compared to the other parts of the United Kingdom mean that service providers will just mo…”

“A lot of this revolves around chat functions. Roblox, for example, says they do not really have an age limit because they know children are on it. On Minecraft, you can talk to other users. You do not know who that other user is. Are there degrees within that? Is it about the ability to chat, share images and interact …”

“I commend the Secretary of State for at least answering a question yesterday. Despite it being a day when the Labour Government were prepared to take money out of the pockets of the most vulnerable, they at least had the courage to stand forward and say that Gerry Adams would get none, so I thank the Secretary of State…”