Mr. John Finucane:

I thank the Chair. I also thank Professor Rolston, Mr. Thompson, Ms Hackett and Ms Aiesta for their attendance today. It is important. I will take some time at the start to thank them for the work they have been doing in this area for decades. I say that as someone who has benefited personally from it and as someone who lives in the community of Belfast and is aware of the work that is unfortunately needed now as much as ever.

The Chair said I have ten minutes. I would like to explore three areas with the witnesses. First, the committee has done a tremendous amount of work in this parliamentary term, from the time Brandon Lewis made a statement in the House of Commons and the command paper was published, to the passage of the legislation. Unfortunately, we are now dealing with the Legacy Act and no longer the legacy Bill. I throw it open to any of the witnesses to comment on the impact the passage of that legislation has had on families.