Written Question·Northern Ireland Office·UIN 47619

Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023

Tabled: 24 April 2025

Answered: 29 April 2025

Named Day

Question

Mr Mark Francois

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which (a) veterans groups and associations and (b) other stakeholder groups his Department consulted before deciding to not to continue the Supreme Court appeal on the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy a

Answer

Hilary Benn

In the Dillon and Others case, the Northern Ireland High Court made a number of section 4 Human Rights Act declarations of incompatibility in respect of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023. The Government takes its human rig...

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