Bill of Rights: Northern Ireland

(asked on 22nd June 2015) - View Source

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will take steps to introduce a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland.


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Theresa Villiers
This question was answered on 25th June 2015

The Government would like to see the issue of a Northern Ireland Bill of Rights resolved on the basis of agreement between the parties in the Northern Ireland Executive. As the Stormont House Agreement notes, there is currently no consensus on this issue.

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