The Ulster Unionist Justice Spokesperson - Doug Beattie MC MLA - has urged people to engage with the Westminster committee Inquiry into the legacy mechanisms proposed in the Stormont House Agreement, to make their views known to the committee by Friday 15 June.
Doug Beattie MC MLA said:
“The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee is currently conducting an Inquiry to examine the scope of the Government’s consultation on Legacy matters, in an effort to ensure that the Government’s own Legacy consultation (which closes on the 10th September) meets the needs of victims and survivors.
“This Westminster committee is seeking views regarding the legacy mechanism contained within the Stormont House Agreement of 2014.
“This includes the Historical Investigations Unit; an Independent Commission on Information Retrieval (ICIR); an Implementation and Reconciliation Group (IRG); and an Oral History Archive (OHA).
“The Ulster Unionist Party has already voiced major misgivings with a number of aspects of these legacy mechanisms - not least the HIU - and we will be making a submission to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee to ensure they are aware of our views.
“I would urge any individual or group with an interest in Troubles legacy matters to ensure that they make their views known to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee before the closing date of Friday 15 June.”