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That this House notes that the bereaved families of Pat Finucane, Rosemary Nelson, Robert Hamill and Billy Wright have been contacted by Justice Peter Cory and informed that he has recommended a public inquiry into each of their four deaths; recalls that following the Weston Park Agreement in 2001, Judge Cory was appointed jointly by British and Irish governments to examine allegations of collusion in six deaths and to assess whether there was sufficient evidence in each case to merit a publi...

That this House notes that Thursday 15th March marks the second anniversary of the death of human rights lawyer, Rosemary Nelson, killed as a result of a bomb explosion beneath her car in Lurgan, County Armagh; notes that to date nobody has been brought to justice for her murder; notes that in the months before her death, Ms Nelson's professional work representing the interests of the Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition, the family of murder victim Robert Hamill, the miscarriage of justice vic...

That this House congratulates the Northern Ireland Law Society on the decision of its special annual general meeting to add its authority and voice to calls for an independent investigation into the circumstances and allegations of collusion arising from the murders of solicitors Patrick Finucane in 1989 and of Rosemary Nelson in 1999; notes that similar motions have already been adopted by the Bar Council of Northern Ireland and by Law Societies in England and Wales and in the Republic of Ir...

That this House, following the Report of the Independent Commission for Police Complaints allegations of RUC harassment of the late Mrs Rosemary Nelson, a solicitor noted for her work for human rights, notes that the IPC found RUC officers were 'hostile, evasive and disinterested' in connection with the enquiry and supports her husband Paul's comments that 'if the ICPC had no confidence in the ability of the RUC to investigate death threats against Rosemary how can my family be expected to ha...