Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government which Ministers and Departments the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland consulted before withdrawing on 29 July 2024 the appeal against the section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998 declarations of incompatibility made by the Northern Ireland High Court in the Dillon case.

All relevant Ministers have been consulted on the Governments approach to addressing the legacy of the Troubles, including the decision taken in July 2024 to abandon the Government's appeal to the Court of Appeal on all European Convention on Human Rights grounds. This followed the ruling of the Northern Ireland High Court in February 2024.