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48656

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date	25/04/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether West Midlands Police were contacted on the issuing of so-called comfort letters to anyone suspected of involvement in the Birmingham Pub Bombings.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Perry Barr
tabling member printed	Mr Khalid Mahmood
uin	196607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I am not aware of any contact with West Midlands Police by my Department prior to the issuing of any letters to individuals involved in the on-the-runs administrative scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1392 label Biography information for Mr Khalid Mahmood

48661

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will publish witness statements given to the Downey trial.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Perry Barr
tabling member printed	Mr Khalid Mahmood
uin	196613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This is a matter for the Crown Prosecution Service<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1392 label Biography information for Mr Khalid Mahmood

48666

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the families of all victims of crimes for which the beneficiaries of so-called comfort letters were convicted have yet been informed that such letters were issued.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Perry Barr
tabling member printed	Mr Khalid Mahmood
uin	196707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The administrative scheme established by the previous government operated as follows; the police (and in some cases the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland) checked whether sufficient evidence existed in each case at that time for named individuals to be questioned, arrested or prosecuted if they returned to Northern Ireland or any other part of the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>If it was concluded that there was no prospect of any prosecution based on the evidence then available, the individuals were informed that they were not wanted by the police – the letters were only ever a statement of fact regarding an individual's status with the police and prosecuting authorities at a particular point in time i.e. whether they were sought for arrest or not. Lady Justice Hallett has been appointed to investigate the administrative scheme and to provide a full public account of how it operated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1392 label Biography information for Mr Khalid Mahmood