Written Question·Northern Ireland Office·UIN 3049

Patrick Finucane

Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

Alex Burghart

ConservativeBrentwood and Ongar

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will publish his request to the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland for extra time to consider the ruling in the case of Geraldine Finucane v Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

Answer

Hilary Benn
I met with Mrs Finucane on 25 July to hear firsthand her views, during which I explained that I would likely be required to seek an extension to the timetable set by the Court. I then wrote to Mrs Finucane and the Court of Appeal setting out in detail the...

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