Ms Michelle Gildernew:

Whatever Deputy Tully was going to ask has been covered, so I will proceed. I thank Ms Urwin and Mr. Brecknell for coming here. Their presentations have been very powerful and we have an insight into how difficult this issue is for victims and survivors and those bereaved throughout the conflict. On behalf of Sinn Féin, I thank them for their tireless work on these issues. It is very important we have good people who keep flying the flag for victims, survivors and those bereaved.

Our committee has written previously to the US Senate committee on foreign relations. I will make a suggestion. I might need the Chair's indulgence on this. I know we have written to it before. However, given this issue of legacy and the British Government's highly undemocratic desire to put a line in the sand under all of the legacy processes and everything, it would be no harm to write to it again and reiterate our call for that to happen and for it to be able to engage with elected representatives throughout the island of Ireland on that. I also ask Mr. Brecknell and Ms Urwin whether they think enough is being done. Obviously, all of the parties on the island of Ireland are opposed to this. Do they suggest anything else we need to do to try to have our voice heard?

I do not know if I have said before that I was at a meeting in London a number of weeks ago. It was not just between the parties of the North, but with Labour, Plaid Cymru, the SNP and the Greens. There was a bit of chat about the Salisbury Convention and whether it would be opposed. We talked about how many barristers, judges and solicitors there are in the House of Lords and hoped the rule of law might usurp the commitment in Westminster. What more do the witnesses think we could do to try to stop this legislation going through? Do they think there is something we are missing or should be doing?