Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says the UK's 'illegal wars' led to 'legal mess' faced by troops
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mirror.co.ukThe Defence Secretary has claimed “illegal wars” instigated by Labour contributed to the legal “mess” faced by British troops.
Ben Wallace made the remark during heated Commons exchanges with shadow defence secretary John Healey, who warned the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill fails to protect troops from prosecution on historical matters.
Mr Healey added the Government is bringing in a “legal presumption against prosecution for torture, war crimes, for crimes against humanity”.
He told the Commons: “This is the Government of Great Britain saying sexual crimes are so serious they’ll be excluded from this presumption, but placing crimes outlawed by the Geneva Convention on a less serious (level) and downgrading our
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