Written questions

266 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 May 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Office: Ulster Scots Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which Ulster-Scots groups he has met; when those meetings took place; which Ulster-Scots groups he has visited; and when he visited them.

19 May 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Office: Irish Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which Irish language groups he has met; when those meetings took place; which Irish language centres he has visited; and when he visited them.

19 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Republic of Ireland: Omagh Bombing Inquiry

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the Memorandum of Understanding between Omagh Bombing Inquiry and the Government of Ireland relating to the Disclosure of Materials, published on 15 April 2025, was clea

8 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UK Internal Trade: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the policy paper entitled Safeguarding the Union, published on 31 January 2024, what progress his Department has made on introducing Not for EU labelling in Great Bri

28 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to check the movement of people over the Northern Ireland-Republic land border to identify illegal immigrants with no right to access the Common Travel Area.

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of applying the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 apart from Articles 103-107 and 109 to Great Britain on a regulatory border

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions his Department has had with relevant industry bodies in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the rest of the UK on the potential application the provisions of Regulation

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of applying the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 other than Articles 103-107 and 109 to Northern Ireland compared

24 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason graduates of UK medical schools are being given placeholder positions with four to eight weeks’ notice to move to new roles.

23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of prioritising UK medical school graduates' preference informed allocation over international medical graduates.

7 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2025 to Question 19620 on Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland, what the value of the Barnett consequential for 2025-26 to (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland is fo

19 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Crafts: Northern Ireland

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2024 to Question 10214 on Crafts: Northern Ireland, whether the Government has made a decision on the vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly on the applicability motion in rel

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Windsor Framework

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people in his Department are working on the implementation of the Windsor Framework (Implementation) Regulations 2024.

13 Mar 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper, CP1021, what the (a) budget and (b) number of staff is that has been allocated to the Independent Monitoring Committee for its first year of op

13 Mar 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper, what steps he has taken to ensure the Independent Monitoring Committee is independent from Government.

13 Mar 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to paragraph 158 of his Department's publication entitled Safeguarding the Union, published on 31 January 2024, if he will make an assessment of how the membership of the Independent Monit

13 Mar 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Windsor Framework: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to paragraph 159 of the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper, CP 1021, how often the Independent Monitoring Panel will report on the delivery of the Windsor Framework against the four test

11 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 22 February 2023 to Question 146816 on Northern Ireland Protocol and Trader Support Service: Costs, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) Trader Support Services operations

11 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Import Controls: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where in Northern Ireland border control posts have (a) been and (b) are being constructed for the purpose of complying with the Windsor Framework.

11 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Import Controls: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 11 March 2024 to Question HL2323 on Import Controls: Northern Ireland, what recent progress he has made on the construction of those border control post

11 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Import Controls: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 11 March 2024 to Question HL2323 on Import Controls: Northern Ireland, how much and what proportion of the funding allocated to the construction of thos

11 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

IRA: Clonoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will initiate a judicial review against the findings of the Clonoe inquest.

26 Feb 2025 · Cabinet Office

Veterinary Medicine Working Group

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the dates of meetings of the Veterinary Medicine Working Group.

12 Feb 2025 · Cabinet Office

Emergency Services: Medals

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of people nominated for the Elizabeth Emblem by (a) organisations and (b) private individuals in (i) Northern Ireland and (ii) the UK.

12 Feb 2025 · Cabinet Office

Emergency Services: Medals

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have been awarded the Elizabeth Emblem in recognition of the sacrifice of a loved one who died in the course of providing services in Northern Ireland.

12 Feb 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

UK Trade with EU: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the implementation of Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2533 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2534 on (a) businesses selling tumble dryers in North

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make a comparative assessment of the potential impact of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism introduced by Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Generalised System of Preferences

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential impact of the (a) EU Generalised Scheme of Preferences on businesses importing into Northern Ireland and (b) UK Generalised Scheme of Preference

12 Feb 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

InterTrade UK: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether Intertrade UK will have a board; and how many full-time staff it will have.

12 Feb 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

InterTrade UK: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the annual budget will be for Intertrade UK.

Source: official written-questions record.