Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 18 March 2015.
Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction and background
The impact on victims
The Belfast Agreement 1998
2 The administrative scheme
What was the scheme designed to do?
The type of people on the lists
Agreement of the schemes
Beginnings
Who initially drove the process?
Barriers
Did it go over and above the terms of the Belfast Agreement?
Dropping extradition cases
Maze escapees
The involvement of politicians and civil servants in decision making
Role of the RUC GC/PSNI in the initial scheme
Role of the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland
Overall conclusions on the initial scheme
3 Knowledge of the scheme
The general issue of OTRs
Knowledge of the administrative scheme
Disclosure to Parliament
Disclosure to political parties
RUC GC/PSNI
Wider public knowledge
The letters
Secretaries of State
The public
4 The OTR letters
Names
Why those names
Access to the names
Should the names ever be published?
Status of the letters at the time they were issued
New evidence
Sinn Féin's reliance on the letters
Views of Jonathan Powell
New status as a consequence of the judgment
Withdrawal by the Secretary of State
5 Operation Rapid
Introduction
Speeding up the process
Was it the role of the Attorney General's Office to check cases in England and Wales?
Was it Illegal to pass the information on to another police force
Did everyone knew their role in the scheme?
Evidential threshold
Role of the Northern Ireland Office
Knowledge of the end to end scheme
Failure to liaise with the Metropolitan Police Service
Operation Redfield
Historical Enquiries Team
Lawfulness of the scheme
6 Devolution of Policing and Justice
Why was the scheme not devolved?
Legal advice
National security
Should the scheme have been devolved?
7 The Downey error
Downey's name submitted
Downey's case considered by Operation Rapid
PSNI decision on Downey
What happened after Downey's case had been initially processed by the PSNI in 2007
Role of the DPP(NI)/AGO
Should the NIO have known that Downey was wanted
Further checks by the NIO in 2008-9
Should the case have been appealed?
Further mistake
8 Use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy
Pre-conviction pardons
When were Royal Prerogatives of Mercy used?
Parliamentary Questions and disclosure to the Public
Publication of names
Rodger's (Robert James Shaw) Application [2014] NIQB 79
9 Role in the Peace Process
Would Sinn Féin have walked away?
Damage to the justice system
Damage to the relationship between the Assembly and the NIO
Annex: Analysis of OTR data
Appendix 1: Hallett Review Terms of Reference
Appendix 2: Operation Rapid Terms of Reference
Conclusions and recommendations
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
Published written evidence
Extracts of Downey disclosure, and other relevant documents
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament
