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731383

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date	21/06/2017
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Defamation: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will initiate consultation on aligning libel law in Northern Ireland with that in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	5
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p><em></em>As responsibility for libel law in Northern Ireland is devolved, it would be for the Northern Ireland Executive to determine whether there should be any changes to Northern Ireland libel law.</p><p><em><br> <br> <br> </em></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 29/06/2017 14:15:20 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

425256

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Defamation: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what role the Secretary of State has in ensuring that the law of defamation in Northern Ireland is compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL3182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <p>As set out in my Written Answer HL2680 on 30 October 2015, under the Human Rights Act 1998 (section 6), all public authorities are under a duty to act in compliance with the Convention rights set out in that Act. As the law on defamation in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter, it is for the Northern Ireland Executive, in considering its policy on the subject, to reach a view on whether the policy under consideration is compatible with the Convention rights.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 17/11/2015 12:20:29 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

421809

registered interest
date	15/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Defamation: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 14 October (HL Deb, col 230), whether it is for the Secretary of State and the courts, or the Northern Ireland Executive, to decide whether the law of defamation in Northern Ireland is compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL2680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>Under the Human Rights Act 1998 (section 6), all public authorities are under a duty to act in compliance with the Convention rights set out in that Act. As the law on defamation in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter, it is for the Northern Ireland Executive, in considering its policy on the subject, to reach a view on whether the policy under consideration is compatible with the Convention rights.</p><br /><p>The courts are equally under an obligation to act in compliance with Convention rights. Ultimately, if the compatibility of a policy or legislation is raised before the courts, then the courts will decide the question. In the case of a devolved matter, it would be for the Northern Ireland Executive in the first instance to consider how to respond to any judgment.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 30/10/2015 14:56:19 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

421812

registered interest
date	15/10/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Defamation: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
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.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL2683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 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> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 23/10/2015 12:15:40 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

100558

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Defamation: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Northern Ireland Law Commission has set a date for the publication of its report on the law of defamation in Northern Ireland; and, if not, whether it will now do so.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL2295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Law Commission is an independent advisory, non-departmental public body. The Northern Ireland Department of Justice is the Commission’s sponsoring Department. The Noble Lord may wish to contact the Commission or the Northern Ireland Department of Justice directly for information relating to this report.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 30/10/2014 14:32:29 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden