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1183868

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2020
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	IRA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the statement of 13 February 2020 made by Chief Constable of the PSNI at the NI Assembly Justice Committee, whether the role of determining the status of the Provisional IRA resides with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	27642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>In 2015, the UK Government commissioned the Assessment of Paramilitary Groups in Northern Ireland in order to provide a factual assessment from the UK security agencies and the PSNI on the structure, role and purpose of paramilitary organisations in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>As the then Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers, made clear at the time, this assessment was specifically intended to inform then ongoing cross-party talks. The IRA, including the Provisional IRA, remains a proscribed organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 27643 question first answered 18/03/2020 13:03:15 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1183869

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2020
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	IRA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the status of the Provisional IRA.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	27643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>In 2015, the UK Government commissioned the Assessment of Paramilitary Groups in Northern Ireland in order to provide a factual assessment from the UK security agencies and the PSNI on the structure, role and purpose of paramilitary organisations in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>As the then Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers, made clear at the time, this assessment was specifically intended to inform then ongoing cross-party talks. The IRA, including the Provisional IRA, remains a proscribed organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 27642 question first answered 18/03/2020 13:03:15 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart