Diana Johnson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Northern Ireland Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2016-06-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make it her policy to hold discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on the Offences Against the Person Act 1861.

Mrs Theresa Villiers

As part of the Northern Ireland Devolution settlement, prosecutions under the Offences against the Person Act 1861 are a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive. I have no power to intervene in the Northern Ireland criminal justice system.