Question follow-through · 26377
Terrorism: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make it his policy to prevent payments to people who were interned in the 1970s.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Northern Ireland Office
- Tabled
- 24 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make it his policy to prevent payments to people who were interned in the 1970s.
28 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2025
Answer published
Sections 46 and 47 of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 have been found by the Northern Ireland courts to be incompatible with the UK’s human rights obligations. The Government is committed to bringing forward new legacy l...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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