Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will hold discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on prison sentences for terrorism offences.

In the development of the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill there has been official and ministerial engagement with our Ministry of Justice counterparts in Northern Ireland’s Department of Justice to discuss the breadth of the Bill’s provisions, including prison sentences for terrorism offences.

We will continue this engagement throughout the Bill’s progress and once it is enacted to ensure we have a consistent approach to managing terrorist offenders in the United Kingdom.