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date	19/09/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Ulster Scots Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he is taking steps to promote (a) the usage and (b) education of the Ulster Scots language.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	200216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has taken the Identity and Language Act 2022 through Parliament. The Act provides for the creation of a Commissioner for the Ulster Scots and the Ulster British Tradition, as agreed in the New Decade, New Approach deal.</p><p> </p><p>A principal aim of this Commissioner will be to enhance and develop the associated language, arts and literature, recognising that Ulster Scots does not just encompass a language but a people with distinct cultural and artistic traditions. Specifically, the Act places a duty on the NI Department of Education to encourage and facilitate the use and understanding of Ulster Scots in the education system.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 16/10/2023 09:44:57 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1661861

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date	19/09/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Puffins: Rathlin Island
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Government is taking steps to help Rathlin Island protect its native puffin population.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	200217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>Biodiversity, conservation and protection is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland. In the absence of a Northern Ireland Executive and Ministers, it is for the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to advise on this topic.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 16/10/2023 09:43:20 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell