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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-01-14more like thismore than 2019-01-14
answering body
Northern Ireland Office more like this
answering dept id 21 more like this
answering dept short name Northern Ireland remove filter
answering dept sort name Northern Ireland more like this
hansard heading Voting Rights: Foreign Nationals more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether Irish citizens’ will retain their right to vote in certain UK elections after the UK leaves the EU. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Morris of Aberavon more like this
uin HL12804 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove filter
answer text <p>The rights of Irish citizens to vote in UK elections will remain unaffected after the UK leaves the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>The long standing eligibility of Irish citizens who are resident in the UK to register for and vote in elections in the UK is a result of the historical and close political ties between the two countries and is currently enshrined in the Representation of the People Act 1983. The reciprocal arrangement on voting rights between the United Kingdom and Ireland is entirely separate to membership of the European Union.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-01-22T12:15:18.22Zmore like thismore than 2019-01-22T12:15:18.22Z
answering member
4686
label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank more like this
tabling member
565
label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon remove filter