Brokenshire 's comments in '' The Sunday Telegraph '' of 28 January 2017 sparked consternation in Northern Ireland : Writing in the '' Telegraph '' , James Brokenshire , the Northern Ireland Secretary , concedes there is an apparent " imbalance " that has led to a " disproportionate " focus on criminal inquiries involving former soldiers . " I am clear the current system is not working and we are in danger of seeing the past rewritten . " Recently retired SDLP MLA Alban Maginness said that : Following a question from MP Sylvia Hermon , Brokenshire offered his " clear and unequivocal " support for the Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan . Sir Declan had earlier criticised Brokenshire for refusing funding for cases and thereby adding to case backlogs when Brokenshire refused to grant £ 10 million to pay for an inquest into the deaths of eleven civilians shot dead by British forces in 1971 in the Ballymurphy massacre
Ballymurphy massacre
Ballymurphy massacre
James Brokenshire