Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with (a) former Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland and (b) former Prime Ministers about the On the Run scheme and the Northern Ireland Committee inquiry into that matter.

Earlier this year the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland spoke to former Secretaries of State, Rt hon Peter Hain, Rt hon Shaun Woodward and Rt hon Owen Paterson, on a range of issues including the ‘on the runs’ scheme. The Secretary of State has not had contact with former Prime Ministers about the ‘on the runs’ scheme or the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee inquiry into that matter.