United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 82701
Terrorism: Northern Ireland
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16 October 2025
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21 October 2025 · Answer
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21 October 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of civil cases expected to be reopened as a result of repealing the Northern Ireland Legacy Act 2023 and replacing it with the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill 2025.
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16 October 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of civil cases expected to be reopened as a result of repealing the Northern Ireland Legacy Act 2023 and replacing it with the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill 2025.
Source: Commons
21 October 2025
Answer
The 2023 Legacy Act did not prohibit Troubles-related civil cases from proceeding, meaning that over 700 cases remain in the judicial system. The Legacy Act’s retrospective bar on new civil cases was found to be incompatible with our human rights obligati...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-10-16/82701
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1842091
- uk · wq-1842091 · source updated 21 October 2025