Written Question·Northern Ireland Office·UIN 96295

Billy Wright and Robert Hamill

Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 10 December 2025

Question

Simon Hoare

ConservativeNorth Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the official closing date under section 14 of the Inquiries Act 2005 was for the public inquiries entitled (a) Robert Hamill Inquiry and (b) Billy Wright Inquiry.

Answer

Hilary Benn
Section 14(1) of the Inquiries Act 2005 sets out that for the purposes of the Act, an Inquiry comes to an end either:(a) on the date, after the delivery of the report of the inquiry, on which the chairman notifies the Minister that the inquiry has fulfill...

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