Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent steps her Department has taken in response to the Hallett Report, published on 17 July 2014, into the on-the-runs administrative scheme; and if she will make a statement.
As I said in my statement of 17 July following publication of the Hallett Report, the Government accepts the report and all its recommendations in full.
The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has set up an OTR Policy Oversight Board, chaired by the NIO Permanent Secretary, to ensure that follow-up action is taken to implement the recommendations in full. The Board brings together representatives from all interested parties to ensure that the response to the Hallett report is fully co-ordinated.
I will keep Parliament abreast of developments as appropriate.