Debate contribution: Mother-and-baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses
Debate contribution by Mrs Pam Cameron on .
- MLA
- Mrs Pam Cameron
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 3 February 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Mother-and-baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4774091
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We thank all those who responded to the 12-week consultation that closed in September 2024. The 269 responses to it were reviewed, and a draft report was then shared with the consultation forum to ensure that the terminology used was sensitive to victim and survivors. A copy was also provided to the Committee for the Executive Office. The final consultation report was published on the Executive Office website in January this year. Although we are pleased with the many areas of broad agreement, further discussions with Executive colleagues are needed on some complex and sensitive policy issues before the final decisions can be made. It is also important for us to continue to engage with and listen to victims and survivors in the period. We hope to introduce the legislation as soon as possible in this legislative year, once pre-introduction steps are completed. We, along with Members of the House, remain committed to helping victims and their loved ones get the answers and support that they deserve.
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