Following the Government statement on its plans for dealing with legacy issues and the investigation of veterans who served in Northern Ireland during the troubles, Iain Duncan Smith says that as far as soldiers were concerned there was no difference between being sent on peacekeeping operations in Northern Ireland and elsewhere and if the natural justice collides with the law, we should change the law.
Iain Duncan Smith condemns the horrific Easter day terrorist attack in Sri Lanka which was timed on the single biggest day in the Christian calendar when children are encouraged to be in the church and calls on the government to support the Sri Lanka Government in pursuing those who conducted this attack but, at the same time, recognising that the Christian faith is about forgiveness.
Iain Duncan Smith welcomes the Government’s White Paper setting out proposals to make the internet a safer place and calls on the Secretary of State to look at legal constraints to the idea that social media companies are responsible for the content on their website and also liase with the United States to identify commonality of purpose.
Iain Duncan Smith opposes using an emergency procedure to rush through a Bill to prevent the UK leaving the EU without a deal on 12th April; raising specific concerns about the precedent being set.