Today sees the publication of a significant report into British collusion in the killing of innocent Irish citizens. The report details how MI5 managed murderers and then sought to hide the truth afterwards. The Glenanne gang, who killed 127 Irish people, and was also made up of British Army, RUC and loyalist paramilitaries, is another example of collusion. In most countries, information such as this would be of the gravest priority but not here.

The legacy Act, which was designed to let British soldiers away with murder, has been binned but it has been replaced by the British-Irish legacy framework document. Currently, that is going through Westminster. The British Government is seeking to build in protections for British Army veterans in relation to that. It is also looking to put the Secretary of State in charge of what information can be brought to these investigations. It may even put senior RUC officers in charge of those investigations. People who were involved in the organisations that were involved in the collusion will investigate collusions. The Government has a chance to stop or change this. What efforts will the Government make to make sure the information is made available to the families and survivors who need it?

At the outset I thank the Kenova team for its service, initially under the leadership of Jon Boutcher and, subsequently, Sir Iain Livingstone. People who have an opportunity, if they have not done so already, to read the report today will see it certainly makes for interesting reading. There are shocking claims of collusion. Paramilitary groups were regularly supplied with intelligence by members of security forces. However, it is also very critical of the Provisional IRA, referencing the wanton use of torture and murder in its own community. This is a really important piece of work that has been done.

The Deputy is wrong in saying that there has not been a priority or a focus put on this by the Government. There has been a huge amount of engagement between this Government, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the UK Government to bring about the framework, which was agreed in September. The framework strikes a very fine balance in making sure the most important thing happens here, namely, that families get the truth. Any information here will be fed into the overall work that is being done with the framework but the legislation will go through the Houses-----

The Secretary of State is still in charge of the information.

The fact that the UK Government has moved with such speed is welcome and we will work with which to make sure it can be implemented.