| Heading: |
Public Inquiries |
| Question ID: |
1795946 |
| UIN: |
HL6705 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
210 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Hoey
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Hoey
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland In re Bridie Brown (CA) on 3 April, in which cases since the commencement of the Human Rights Act 1998 have the courts ordered the Northern Ireland Office t |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-07 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3154 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
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| Answer text: |
Aside from the case of Brown, the Courts have never ordered the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland nor any other Government Minister to establish a public inquiry.Under section 1 of the Inquiries Act 2005 the power to set up a statutory public inquir... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |