Patrick Finucane
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the public inquiry into the murder of Patrick Finucane.
Answered by Hilary Benn
As outlined in my Oral Statement of 11 September 2024, I have considered the likely costs and impact on the public finances. It is the Government’s expectation that the inquiry will - while doing everything that is required to discharge the State’s human rights obligations - avoid unnecessary costs given all the previous reviews and investigations, and the large amount of information and material that is already in the public domain.
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