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Inquiry by the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, 5 March 2014 to 24 March 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 2 April 2014: Norman Baxter QPM, former Detective Chief Superintendent, Royal Ulster Constabulary GC/Police Service Northern Ireland; Peter Sheridan OBE, former Assistant Chief Constable, Royal Ulster Constabulary GC/Police Service Northern Ireland (at 3:15pm).
  • 9 April 2014: Sir Hugh Orde OBE QPM, President, Association of Chief Police Officers, and former Chief Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland; Rt Hon Shaun Woodward MP, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (at 15:30).
  • 30 April 2014: Sir Ronnie Flanagan GBE QPM, former Chief Constable, Royal Ulster Constabulary GC/Police Service Northern Ireland; Kevin McGinty CBE, Director of Criminal Law and Deputy Head of the Attorney General’s Office
  • 7 May 2014: Matt Baggott CBE QPM, Chief Constable, and Drew Harris OBE, Assistant Chief Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland
  • 13 May 2014: Rt Hon the Lord Trimble, former First Minister of Northern Ireland
  • 4 June 2014: Mark Durkan MP, former Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, and Dave Cox QPM, former Director, Historical Enquiries Team
  • 9 June 2014: William Frazer, Barry Halliday, and Gordon Murdock, Families Acting for Innocent Relatives; John Beggs, Secretary to the Commission, Adrian McNamee, Head of Policy and Research, Commission for Victims and Survivors, Ann Travers, and David Scott, Victims and Survivors Forum
  • 9 June 2014: Nick Perry, Permanent Secretary, Department of Justice
  • 10 June 2014: Anne Connolly, Chair, Brian Rea CBE JP, Member, and Sam Pollock, Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Policing Board; Kenny Donaldson, Phyllis Carrothers, Stephen Gault, and Shelley Gilfillan, Innocent Victims United; and John Larkin QC, Attorney General for Northern Ireland
  • 10 June 2014: David Ford MLA, Minister of Justice; Barra McGrory QC, Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland; Rt Hon Peter Robinson MLA, First Minister of Northern Ireland
  • 18 June 2014: Rt Hon Peter Hain MP, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and Christopher Daly, representing the Hyde Park families.
  • 25 June 2014: Rt Hon the Lord Reid of Cardown, former Secretarry of State for Northern Ireland
  • 2 July 2014: Rt Hon the Lord Goldsmith QC, former Attorney General, and Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP, Attorney General
  • 9 July 2014: Cat Wilkinson and Michael Gallagher, Omagh Support and Self Help Group, and Brian Hambleton and Julie Hambleton, Justice4the21
  • 15 July 2014: Rt Hon. Paul Murphy MP, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (October 2002 to May 2005), former Minister of State for Northern Ireland (May 1997 to January 1999)
  • 3 September 2014: Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and Sir Jonathan Stephens KCB, Permanent Secretary, Northern Ireland Office
  • 8 September 2014: Jonathan Powell, Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Tony Blair (1997 – 2007)
  • 10 September 2014: Rt Hon Mr Owen Paterson MP, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
  • 22 October 2014: Mark Rowley, Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations, and Duncan Ball, Commander of the Counter Terrorism Command, Metropolitan Police Service
  • 4 November 2014: Drew Harris OBE, Deputy Chief Constable, Police Service of Northern Ireland
  • 4 November 2014: Lord Mandelson, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
  • 11 November 2014: Peter Sheridan OBE, former Assistant Chief Constable, Royal Ulster Constabulary GC / Police Service of Northern Ireland; Dr Michael Maguire, Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, Adrian McAllister, Chief Executive, and Paula Cunningham, Deputy Senior Investigations Officer, Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
  • 19 November 2014: Sir Bill Jeffrey KCB, former Political Director, Northern Ireland Office; Sir Jonathan Phillips KCB, former Permanent Secretary, Northern Ireland Office
  • 6 January 2015: Sir Jonathan Stephens KCB, Permanent Secretary, Northern Ireland Office
  • 13 January 2015: Rt Hon Tony Blair
  • 19 January 2015: Right hon. Theresa Villiers MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Sir Jonathan Stephens KCB, Permanent Secretary, Northern Ireland Office, Mark Sweeney, former Head of Rights and International Relations Division, Northern Ireland Office, and Dr Simon Case, former Deputy Director, Security and Legacy Group, Northern Ireland Office