Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to appoint anyone with a paramilitary background to the proposed legacy commission.

The Northern Ireland Troubles Bill already sets out that a person may not be appointed as a Commissioner, a Director of Investigations or a Judicial Panel member if they have been convicted of an offence. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland therefore cannot, and will not, appoint anyone to the Commission who has been convicted of an offence, related to paramilitary activity or otherwise.