Military veterans to meet Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis later over the UK government's controversial Troubles' legacy plan
Military veterans will have talks with the Northern Ireland secretary later over the UK government's controversial Troubles' legacy plan.If implemented, the law would apply to former members of the security forces and to ex-paramilitaries.Brandon Lewis will meet the leadership of the Northern Ireland Veterans' Movement, that represents more than 17 veteran campaign groups, in London on Wednesday.
"We know that the prospect of the end of criminal prosecutions will be difficult for some to accept, and this is not a position that we take lightly," he said.They may not like it, but there is perhaps a greater acceptance of what the government is proposing there, than those who are based in Northern Ireland.They have highlighted their dislike as they see it, to what is moral equivalence between those who served in the security forces, and those who were paramilitaries.
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