Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reason the publication of the Hallett Report into the On-The-Runs Scheme has been delayed until 17 July 2014; and if she will make a statement.
As the Hon. Lady will be aware, I set out in my Written Ministerial Statement of 26 June the processes necessary to prepare Lady Justice Hallett's report for publication. In my statement, I confirmed that the report is being prepared for publication by Lady Justice Hallett and that she had informed me that it will be presented to me for the first time on 16 July. I intend to publish Lady Justice Hallett's report 24 hours later.