Debate contribution: Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill: Further Consideration Stage
Debate contribution by Ms Joanne Bunting on .
- MLA
- Ms Joanne Bunting
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 22 June 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Executive Committee Business
- Heading
- Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill: Further Consideration Stage
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5638736
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I am grateful to the Member for giving way. In light of the things that he has said, does he accept that part of the reason for having the inquiry was to get to the bottom of what happened in the workhouses so that there could be an evidence base and we could take the matter forward from there? The inquiry will inform the response and the next steps. Its purpose is to ensure that all those issues can be addressed in one way or another. Does he accept that and understand the point that I am trying to make?
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