Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Register of Members' Financial Interests, dated 17 December 2018 and 21 October 2019, for what reason the Ministry of Defence authorised payments of £6,210.27 on 20 July 2018 and £5,541.27 on 18 June 2019 to the then hon. Member for Lagan Valley.

Answered by Calvin Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People)

The Ministry of Defence authorised payments to the then hon. Member for Lagan Valley, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, for consultancy work advising the UK Government on the Anglophile Crisis and assisting in the development of a peace process plan for the Government of Cameroon. Sir Jeffrey Donaldson had previously been involved in several successful peace processes including Northern Ireland and Colombia.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question14187, have payments been made to any other politicians in respect of consultancy work.

Answered by Calvin Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People)

With the exception of salary paid to the Secretary of State for Defence, and Defence Ministers, it is not possible to identify whether any other direct payments have been made to current or former Members of Parliament or other politicians as a cohort. Whether the recipient of any type of payment for any reason is a Member of Parliament or other politician, is not centrally recorded and could only be provide at disproportionate cost.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what legislation changes arising from the EU legislation covered by the Explanatory Memorandum for the European Union Legislation/Documents within the Scope of the UK/EU Withdrawal Agreement and the Windsor Framework C(2026) 766 Final, published on 17 June 2026, will take direct effect in Northern Ireland without requiring the passage of new UK legislation.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

EU DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2026/322 which amends certain Articles of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 and certain Annexes of that regulation is directly applicable law in Northern Ireland. Paragraph 10 of the EM sets out the impact of those changes. It came into effect on 12 May 2026.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, further to the response of 6 July to Question 14187, whether the Department made any payments to the Causeway Initiative for Peace-building and Conflict Resolution International, otherwise known as The Causeway Initiative.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

Details of Government contracts are routinely published on the ContractsFinder and Find-a-Tender Service websites.

Details of payments over £25,000 made by Government departments are routinely published via transparency releases on GOV.UK.

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