Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to establish a procedure for recording on a central register the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy as recommended in the Hallett Report published on 17 July 2014; and if she will make a statement.

My officials are working with officials from the Ministry of Justice to “consider establishing a procedure for recording on a central register – where this is appropriate – the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy” as recommended by Lady Justice Hallett in her Report into the ‘on the runs’ administrative scheme.