Devolution
Northern Ireland
Written answers and statements, 4 November 2009
Andrew MacKinlay (Thurrock, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether there will be a residual power for the Government to intervene in relation to a decision by a Northern Ireland Justice Minister to repatriate a foreign prisoner on medical or other grounds following the proposed devolution of responsibility for criminal justice and policing; and if he will make a statement.
Shaun Woodward (Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office; St Helens South, Labour)
The repatriation of foreign prisoners will become the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Minister for Justice after the devolution of criminal justice and policing. Decisions on the grounds of national security will, however, remain excepted.