Ulster Unionist Peer Lord Empey said:
“On Wednesday morning I am due to give evidence to the House of Commons’ Northern Ireland Affairs Committee as part of its inquiry into the UK Government’s new proposals for addressing the Legacy of Northern Ireland’s past. I will be taking the opportunity to remind the Committee of the points made in the Ulster Unionist Party’s written submission in June of this year.
“It is very clear that the issue of legacy has become the new theatre of conflict and that a very concerted effort is being made to rewrite the history of the Troubles and in the process place the blame at the feet of the State, the Police and the Army and whitewash the role and crimes of terrorists, particularly the IRA.
“The Ulster Unionist Party does not - and indeed never did - support the Stormont House Agreement’s Legacy arrangements, particularly the HIU, which is in effect an auxiliary police force.”