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date	20/02/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Domestic Visits: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many times he has visited Northern Ireland since his appointment as Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union; and if he will set out the details of any such visits.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	128538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>Avoiding a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland is a key priority for the UK Government and we remain firmly committed to that objective.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union visited Northern Ireland in September 2016 meeting with the then Northern Ireland Executive and stakeholders including NI Screen and SONI (System Operator for Northern Ireland). I visited Northern Ireland with former Northern Ireland Office Minister Chloe Smith in September 2017, visiting the border and meeting with Re-Gen waste and InterTradeIreland. In October 2016, I met with representatives from Northern Ireland’s agriculture and food sector for a Business Advisory Group meeting.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Northern Ireland Office Ministers have also conducted an extensive programme of engagement in Northern Ireland on EU exit with a wide range of stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 28/02/2018 17:44:23 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

838584

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Domestic Visits: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many official visits he has made to Northern Ireland since June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
uin	127404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Avoiding a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland is a key priority for the UK Government and we remain firmly committed to that objective.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union visited Northern Ireland in September 2016 meeting with the then Northern Ireland Executive and stakeholders including NI Screen and SONI (System Operator for Northern Ireland). Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Robin Walker MP, visited Northern Ireland with former Northern Ireland Office Minister Chloe Smith in September 2017, visiting the border and meeting with Re-Gen waste and InterTradeIreland.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Northern Ireland Office Ministers have also conducted an extensive programme of engagement in Northern Ireland on EU exit with a wide range of stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Fernandes question first answered 20/02/2018 15:52:11 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington