Lord Sharkey – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Northern Ireland Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Sharkey on 2014-06-10.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government which Ministers formally petitioned Her Majesty for the pardons granted in the 16 Northern Ireland terrorist-related cases in the years immediately after the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.

Baroness Randerson

The 16 uses of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy for Northern Ireland terrorist-related cases after the Belfast Agreement were granted between 2000 and 2002. The Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland over this period were Peter Mandelson and John Reid.