Letters sent to IRA fugitives granting them amnesty may have been illegal . Parliamentary report has looked at controversial so-called 'comfort letters ' The scheme was set up by Tony Blair ’ s Labour government in 2000 . They told 187 Republican terror suspects they were no longer being hunted . 300 of those recipients were linked to At least 95 murders during Troubles . MPs have now decided the letters should never have been written . Report said scheme has damaged integrity of UK criminal justice system .
Letters sent to IRA fugitives granting them amnesty may have been illegal . Parliamentary report has looked at controversial so-called 'comfort letters ' The scheme was set up by Tony Blair ’ s Labour government in 2000 . They told 187 Republican terror suspects they were no longer being hunted . At least 95 of those recipients were linked to 300 murders during Troubles . MPs have now decided the letters should never have been written . Report said scheme has damaged integrity of UK criminal justice system .