Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

Further to the point about the independence of the ombudsman/commissioner, it follows from what the Minister was saying that if devolution were to occur in May, as the Government hope, they would then transfer responsibility for this to the Administration in Northern Ireland. If that happens, what steps will the Government take to ensure that any commissioner subsequently created in Northern Ireland would be wholly and truly independent? Or will they simply abandon that principle and rely purely on the Northern Ireland Assembly?