Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland – in the House of Commons at on 10 April 2019.
John Penrose
The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office
The hon. Lady is right to raise that concern, which has been raised on previous occasions because of the depth of worry. I would just reassure her that in the 52 years since section 5 was passed, there have been no prosecutions for failure to report a rape in Northern Ireland. I would add that an outgoing Director of Public Prosecutions in Northern Ireland said that it is very unlikely that anyone will face prosecution in future.