§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Privy Seal on 10 April (WA 104) concerning the Belfast Agreement of 1998 and a suggestion of amnesty for all terrorists, whether the question could be answered as asked. [HL3790]
§ The Lord Privy Seal (Lord Williams of Mostyn)The early release scheme was an integral part of the Belfast Agreement. What the British and Irish Governments said in their proposals of 1 August 2001 was that it would be a natural development of the scheme for relevant prosecutions and extraditions not to be pursued.