Clonoe Inquest - Commons Urgent Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 4:12 pm ar 12 Chwefror 2025.

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Photo of Lord Caine Lord Caine Shadow Minister (Northern Ireland) 4:12, 12 Chwefror 2025

My Lords, on 16 February 1992, known IRA terrorists armed with a heavy machine gun and AKM rifles fired 30 rounds at Coalisland RUC station before driving to Clonoe, where they were engaged by soldiers, who shot dead four of them. Given that the terrorists were clearly on a mission to murder that night, does the Minister understand why so many people have reacted with anger to the coroner’s court finding that the use of lethal force was “unjustified”? The Secretary of State has said that the MoD is considering that finding. Could the Minister say what options are open to the Government and does she accept that the Government’s decision to restore coronial inquests in legacy cases will lead to yet more veterans being dragged before the courts?