The Secretary of State met her counterpart in the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure in her first days of office and the departments regularly discuss matters of mutual interest.<\/p>
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School bus services in Northern Ireland are the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Executive. My department regularly engages with colleagues in the Department for Infrastructure to discuss matters of mutual interest.<\/p>
<\/em><\/strong><\/p> Policy responsibility for home to school transport within England is the responsibility of the Department for Education.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with representatives of the aviation industry on levels of compensation for passengers whose flights are cancelled.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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