The son of a murdered police officer asks MPs if they think it is 'morally right' to support the government's Troubles legacy bill and remove the chance of justice from families whose loved ones were killed in violence
Victims families have previously held protests outside Parliament to call on MPs to oppose the Troubles billThe son of a police officer who was murdered in Northern Ireland has urged MPs to scrap government plans for a Troubles amnesty.put an end to Troubles-era court cases and inquestsLouie Johnston asked MPs to put themselves in the shoes of those, like him, whose loved ones were murdered.
But given the government's majority in the Commons it is expected that the immunity provision will be put back in. He also said that his family would not cooperate with the new body being set up under the government's plan. "It is serving no purpose other than that of the Conservatives and the Ministry of Defence and victims are lost within this process," he said.Sir Declan Morgan was appointed to lead the government's proposed Troubles legacy body
"We don't expect and would not accommodate any interference from government or from any other organisation or individual."He said: "I have only just taken up this role and am certainly not envisaging stepping down.
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