A bid to prevent immunity from prosecution being offered to those who cooperate with Troubles investigations has been rejected in the Commons
But what happened today is not going to change the bigger picture.Mrs Moffitt-Scott also said the focus should remain on the lack of truth coming from the IRA and Sinn Féin about what happened during the Troubles.
Meanwhile, the niece of a Belfast school girl who died after being hit by a plastic bullet fired by a soldier also criticised the government's Troubles bill. Charlotte McCurry, who's aunt Julie Livingstone was killed in 1981 at the age of 14, said "truth and justice" were vital for reconciliation and to allow people to move forward.
"No victims support this and I don't think anybody wants an amnesty for those who were involved in murder during the Troubles," she said.Ms McCurry said her family had given up hope of ever getting justice, but she said files on the case have been locked by the government until 2064, which she said was unacceptable.
"By then my aunt's brother and sisters will no longer be around, but we are determined to carry on the fight for Julie," she said.Ms McCurry joined a number of other relatives of victims at Westminster on Tuesday night for a production of victims' testimony."We felt it was important to let MPs hear at first hand about the victims and how their families have suffered in the hope it may influence how they vote on this bill" explained Ms McCurry.
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