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1136040

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on her Department's preparations for the UK leaving the EU without an agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	271624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>We remain focused on ensuring our smooth and orderly withdrawal from the EU with a deal as soon as possible. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland speaks regularly with Welsh Ministers on issues relating to EU Exit, through the Joint Ministerial Committee on EU Negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 09/07/2019 09:57:21 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1142835

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Economic Situation: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the Northern Ireland economy of the UK leaving EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	284296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Overall, the cumulative impact from a ‘no-deal’ scenario is expected to be more severe in Northern Ireland than in Great Britain, and to last for longer. In a no-deal scenario there is an expectation of disruption to closely interwoven supply chains and increasing costs that would affect the viability of many businesses across Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>I have been working closely with colleagues across Government and engaging with the Northern Ireland Civil Service in our exit preparations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to uphold the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement in all circumstances; it will continue to maintain existing Common Travel Area arrangements for British and Irish citizens between Ireland and the United Kingdom; and it is committed to doing everything in its power to preserve an open border in Northern Ireland, under no circumstances will it put in place infrastructure, checks, or controls at the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 09/09/2019 11:20:38 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1142842

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Catering
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on refreshments in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	284308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2019 answer text <p>In answering this question the Department has taken refreshments to mean tea, coffee and biscuits. Data for 2017 is only available for the period of April to December due to a change in how the data was captured. For these months in 2017 there was a spend of £704.00 on refreshments. In 2018, the spend on refreshments was £3,464.38.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 06/09/2019 11:25:47 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1142866

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) first class, (b) second class and (c) in total in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	284265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>During the financial year 2018/2019, the Department spent £108,896.61 on ministerial travel. This was broken down into £15,643.94 on first class (business class) travel, and £93,252.67 on second class (economy class).</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 09/09/2019 11:23:34 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1143464

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) first class, (b) second class and (c) in total in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	284964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>During the financial year 2017/2018, the Department spent £80,026.13 on ministerial travel. <del class="ministerial">£3,011.04</del> <ins class="ministerial">£30,911.04</ins> of this was first class (business class) travel, and £49,115.09 was for second class (economy class) travel.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 09/09/2019 11:52:24 question first ministerially corrected 09/09/2019 16:21:18 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith previous answer version 134165 answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1149898

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	British Nationality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the statement by the Irish Taoiseach on 15 October 2019 that British citizenship laws are out of step with the Good Friday Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	1087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government remains firmly committed to upholding the Belfast Agreement and the rights it protects, including the birthright of all the people of Northern Ireland to identify themselves and be accepted as Irish or British or both, and the right to hold both British and Irish citizenship.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 24/10/2019 11:03:44 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1149905

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the supply and confidence agreement arrangement between the Government and the Democratic Unionist Party on the Government's discussions with other political parties in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	1090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>The political talks with the Northern Ireland parties on restoring devolution are, quite rightly, handled separately from any confidence and supply discussions with our partners in the DUP.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 25/10/2019 13:51:47 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1149907

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Social Democratic & Labour Party
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he last met the leadership of the Social Democratic and Labour Party.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	1092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>I last spoke to the leadership of the SDLP on 17 October.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 25/10/2019 09:47:34 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1149908

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Sinn Féin
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he last met the leadership of Sinn Fein.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	1093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>I last spoke to the leadership of Sinn Fein on 23 October.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 25/10/2019 09:48:53 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1149909

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Alliance Party
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he last met the leadership of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	1094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>I last spoke to the leadership of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland on 25 October<strong><em>.</em></strong></p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 25/10/2019 09:49:32 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones