Tuesday, 6 June 2023
Growing the economy is one of our government’s five priorities. Growing the rural economy is key to that, and to continuing to make our countryside a vibrant and thriving place where people...
Section 9 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Act 2019 (“the NIEF Act”), places me under a legal duty to ensure that the recommendations in paragraphs 85 and 86 of the 2018...
During the passage of the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022, the Government committed to provide updates to Parliament on the implementation of the Act every six months from...
Last November, I committed to update the House on the response to media reporting of unofficial Chinese ‘police service stations’. The Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire reiterated...
The government’s number one priority is keeping the UK safe. In order to further strengthen our border security, the government is launching an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme...
Written Ministerial Statements were introducted in late 2002 to stop the practice of having “planted” or “inspired” questions designed to elicit Government statements.
They are just that – statements on a particular topic by a Government Minister.
