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1688034

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date	06/02/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many inquests into deaths to the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland are still to be completed.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL2233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>At this time, 37 Troubles-related inquests have not been completed:</p><ul><li>18 cases have commenced hearing of evidence;</li><li>A further two cases have been listed for hearing;</li><li>Another 17 cases have not been listed for hearing.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 13/02/2024 11:44:42 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1688035

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of inquests into deaths to the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland that will not have been completed by 1 May.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL2234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 requires Troubles-related inquests to conclude by 1 May 2024. The legislation provides a limited carve out for any Troubles-related inquests where the hearing of all evidence has finished and where the only matter still to come is the delivery of the inquest’s findings.</p><p> </p><p>The Act contains provisions allowing a coroner to request a review of a death by the ICRIR, led by Sir Declan Morgan as Chief Commissioner, if the inquest has not been concluded via the coronial process by 1 May 2024. Close family members, as well as the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Attorney General for Northern Ireland and the Advocate General for Northern Ireland, can also request a review of a death by the ICRIR.</p><p> </p><p>The case management of inquests is a matter for coroners.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 13/02/2024 11:46:05 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1688039

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Protocol
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their Command Paper Safeguarding the Union, published on 31 January, what changes will be made to Articles 5–10 of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL2238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>The Command Paper ‘Safeguarding the Union’ builds on the progress under the Windsor Framework, strengthening the UK Internal Market and the Union into the long term. It remains the case that the decision as to whether Articles 5 to 10 of the Windsor Framework should continue to apply in Northern Ireland will be taken by the Northern Ireland Assembly later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 13/02/2024 11:45:10 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey