Asked by: Andrea Leadsom (Conservative - South Northamptonshire)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the economic effect of the suspension of the Northern Ireland Executive on (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the UK.
Answered by Karen Bradley
The Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly have not been suspended.
They are however not functioning in the ways set out in the 1998 Belfast Agreement.
This Government has taken the necessary action to ensure good governance and stable public finances in Northern Ireland, which of course is an integral part of the United Kingdom.
Asked by: Andrea Leadsom (Conservative - South Northamptonshire)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with the Irish Government on preventing the implementation of a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
Answered by Karen Bradley
I have regular discussions with the Irish Government concerning the UK's exit from the EU.