Concern has been expressed that a ‘huge swathe’ of applicants have been excluded from the redress scheme.

The legal team of the Northern Ireland MP responded by calling it an attempt to ‘to trivialise the relevant offensive postings’.

The Lagan Valley MP told the Commons last week that she was a ‘survivor of abuse’.

Bridget Foster, 80, a mother of five, was shot dead by a stray RUC bullet following a shoot-out between police and masked men.

The body of Thomas Lockard was discovered in Co Louth two days after he disappeared from his south Belfast home