Select committee: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Recommendation 2
3rd Report - Operation Kenova: naming Stakeknife
Published 9 Feb 2026
Addressed to Northern Ireland Executive; Northern Ireland Office
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
The Government should formally name agent Stakeknife. (Recommendation, Paragraph 17) Outstanding Kenova recommendations
From: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, 3rd Report - Operation Kenova: naming Stakeknife (HC 1580), 9 February 2026
Government response
No government response linked yet: deadline 9 April 2026, 206 days ago.