Petitions/Reinstate the NI Legacy Act protecting veterans from prosecution
StatusClosed
Opened16 Dec 2025
Closes16 Jun 2026
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Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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Give veterans the same protection from prosecution as given to suspected IRA terrorists by Tony Blair's amnesty.

We believe it can’t be right to prosecute veterans who were defending the country on government orders, affecting the willingness of serving people now to risk shooting in case they face future prosecution We need equality of treatment for veterans, the same as given in the past to suspected members of the IRA who were responsible for bombings and shootings which killed innocent people. This would be justice for people willing to make the ultimate sacrifice, as many serving members of the armed forces are doing now. The Government must consider the implications of sending forces in to harm’s way when they could potentially face prosecution in the distant future.

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Andrew Pakes
1Andrew Pakes MP
Peterborough
5
Danny Kruger
2Danny Kruger MP
East Wiltshire
3
Mary Glindon
3Mary Glindon MP
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
3
Richard Fuller
4Richard Fuller MP
North Bedfordshire
3
Dr Ellie Chowns
5Dr Ellie Chowns MP
North Herefordshire
3
Sadik Al-Hassan
6Sadik Al-Hassan MP
North Somerset
3
Sam Carling
7Sam Carling MP
North West Cambridgeshire
3
James Cartlidge
8James Cartlidge MP
South Suffolk
3
Kim Leadbeater
9Kim Leadbeater MP
Spen Valley
3
Sir Geoffrey Cox
10Sir Geoffrey Cox MP
Torridge and Tavistock
3