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  Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill - Second Reading
  
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  @ MP voted aye to establish the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) and make it the sole investigator of deaths and serious injuries connected with the Northern Ireland Troubles, and to introduce a conditional scheme for immunity from prosecution for those cooperating with the commission. 
  
  @ MP voted no not to establish the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) and make it the sole investigator of deaths and serious injuries connected with the Northern Ireland Troubles, and not to introduce a conditional scheme for immunity from prosecution for those cooperating with the commission. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to establish the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) and make it the sole investigator of deaths and serious injuries connected with the Northern Ireland Troubles, and to introduce a conditional scheme for immunity from prosecution for those cooperating with the commission. 
  
  MPs were considering the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill.[1][2][3]
  
  The motion supported by a majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That the Bill be now read a Second time.
  
  The Bill contained provisions relating to the Northern Ireland Troubles to:
  
  * * establish the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR), and charge it with investigating deaths and serious injuries
  * * require "a programme of memorialisation work, including an oral history initiative"
  * * "introduce a conditional immunity scheme, allowing those who cooperate with the ICRIR to receive immunity from prosecution for offences" 
  * * "bar investigations into Troubles related incidents by any organisation other than the ICRIR, and bar prosecutions for Troubles-related offences not involving death or serious injury, or which are not connected to offences involving death or serious injury"
  * * "bar civil claims arising from conduct forming part of the Troubles and events between 1 January 1966 and 10 April 1998, where a claim has yet to be filed by the date of the Billâs introduction. Those before the Billâs introduction will continue."
  * * stop relevant inquests which are in-progress
  
  
  
  Support for the motion enabled the Bill to continue its path to becoming law. 
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3160 Parliament's webpage on the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-03/0010/220010.pdf Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill, as introduced, 17 May 2022], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-03/0010/en/220010en.pdf Explanatory notes to the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill, as introduced, 17 May 2022], Parliament.uk
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