Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether there are planned timescales for the independent statutory inquiry into the Omagh bombing.

The draft Terms of Reference are with the Inquiry Chair, who has been clear that he will consider them after he has taken the views of those affected by the bombing. Once this process is complete, we will move quickly to agree and publish the Terms of Reference so that the Inquiry can be formally launched.