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registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2015-10-15
answering body
Northern Ireland Office remove filter
answering dept id 21 more like this
answering dept short name Northern Ireland more like this
answering dept sort name Northern Ireland more like this
hansard heading Defamation: Northern Ireland more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Defamation Act 2013 can be applied in Northern Ireland through a legislative consent motion by the Northern Ireland Assembly, without any further legislation by Parliament. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Lexden remove filter
uin HL2683 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-10-23more like thismore than 2015-10-23
answer text <p>A Legislative Consent Motion (LCM) consents to legislation being undertaken by the UK Parliament to extend to a part of the UK where the subject-matter of the legislation is devolved. An LCM cannot of itself extend existing UK Parliament legislation. As the law on defamation is a devolved issue, this is a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Dunlop remove filter
question first answered
less than 2015-10-23T12:15:40.577Zmore like thismore than 2015-10-23T12:15:40.577Z
answering member
4534
label Biography information for Lord Dunlop more like this
tabling member
4202
label Biography information for Lord Lexden more like this