Written Question·Northern Ireland Office·UIN 63126

Terrorism: Northern Ireland

Tabled: 26 June 2025

Answered: 1 July 2025

Named Day

Question

Chris McDonald

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to his oral contribution of 26 February 2025, Official Report, column 765 and the judgment in R v Adams (Appellant) (Northern Ireland) [2020] UKSC 19, what steps he is taking to address th

Answer

Hilary Benn

The main issue here is the application of the Carltona principle in the context of ICOs. The previous Government’s attempt to address this following the 2020 Supreme Court judgment in Adams has been found by the Northern Ireland courts to be unlawful and ...

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