Debate contribution: Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill: Consideration Stage
Debate contribution by Mr John Stewart on .
- MLA
- Mr John Stewart
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 19 May 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Executive Committee Business
- Heading
- Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Bill: Consideration Stage
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5549326
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I thank the Deputy Chair for giving way. He has been very generous with his time in that respect. I am not a member of the Committee, but I am interested to hear the Committee's thoughts on amendment Nos 20 and 21. The Department originally proposed 14 days for those rare occasions where a judicial review might be required to be taken on behalf of a victim. Those will be rare, but, in my mind, it is important to give that individual the most amount of time possible. What were the Committee's deliberations on, potentially, going against 14 days and up to 21 days? Can we get a feeling for the amendment from the Member from West Belfast for 28 days, which is possibly where I am siding at this time?
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