Member

I know that there has been a lot of controversy, as highlighted by the noble Lords, Lord Godson, Lord Faulks and Lord Caine, surrounding the proposed removal of Sections 46 and 47, on interim custody orders, from the legacy Act via remedial order. I will address that issue directly. The previous Government failed to address it adequately following the 2020 Supreme Court judgment in R v Adams. The Government’s belated attempt to do so via an amendment to the legacy Act in this House, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Faulks, three full years after the judgment in R v Adams, has been found by the Northern Ireland courts to be unlawful.