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Lord Empey to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of claims made in the Irish Parliament on 22 September that the former chief of staff of the Provisional IRA was an informer for the Special Branch of the Garda in 1972; and what implications they consider these claims may have for relations with the government of Ireland.  HL8447

Question HL8447: tabled on 24 September 2020 and due for answer by 8 October 2020

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Lord Empey to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of claims made in the Irish Parliament on 22 September that the former chief of staff of the Provisional IRA was an informer for the Special Branch of the Garda in 1972; and what implications they consider these claims may have for relations with the government of Ireland.  HL8447
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Lord Empey
Ulster Unionist Party
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