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Stormont House Agreement

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Question for Northern Ireland Office

UIN 519, tabled on 29 May 2015

Question

Mr Ivan Lewis
Labour
Bury South
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the Stormont House Agreement.

Answer

Mrs Theresa Villiers
Conservative
Chipping Barnet
Commons

Answered on

3 June 2015

As announced by Her Majesty The Queen on 27 May 2015, legislation will be brought forward in this Parliament giving effect to the Stormont House Agreement in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland (Stormont House Agreement) Bill will establish the Historical Investigations Unit, and an Oral History Archive. My officials are working with officials from the devolved administration on various aspects of the Bill.

The Bill will also provide for the Independent Commission for Information Retrieval which is to be established by an international agreement between the UK and Irish Governments. The Bill represents an important step forward towards recognising the needs of victims and putting in place new mechanisms to help Northern Ireland deal with its past.

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