Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment his Department made of the risks to security at Northern Ireland ports during preparations for the end of the transition period on 1 January 2021.
Answered by Robin Walker
The Government worked closely with the devolved administration in Northern Ireland and security partners to understand and mitigate against security related risks in preparation for the end of the transition period. We will continue to work with our partners to understand any emerging issues and work together to address them.
Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) women and (b) men his Department has appointed to each of her Department's non-Departmental Public Bodies in each of the last five years.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
The Northern Ireland Office sponsors three non-Departmental Public Bodies; the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland, the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
There have been 16 new appointments to these bodies (8 women, 8 men) over the last five years as follows:
Public Body | 2012-2013 | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | ||||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Parades Commission for Northern Ireland | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 |