MURDER OF POLICE OFFICERS IN NORTHERN IRELAND

Early day motion 2355, tabled 13 June 2006 by Gregory Campbell (DUP). Signed by 20 members.

That this House notes the recent 10th anniversary of the murder of Gardai Jerry McCabe by terrorists in the Irish Republic; acknowledges that 302 officers in Northern Ireland were murdered by terrorists; draws attention to the fact that many of the killers of the police officers in Northern Ireland used the early release scheme available to them under the terms of the Belfast Agreement and that no such release at present is being contemplated by the authorities in the Irish Republic; and utterly condemns the failure, even 10 years after the event, of prominent Sinn Fein elected parliamentarians in the Republic to show remorse or regret over these murders.

Signatures by party: Conservative 9, DUP 7, Labour 1, Liberal Democrat 1, Scottish National Party 1, UUP 1.