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Written Question
Northern Ireland Executive: EU Law
Tuesday 21st February 2023

Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill (2023) and the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform Bill), what measures he has put in place to enable retained EU within the devolved competency of the Northern Ireland executive to be retained, replaced or restated ahead of the sunset clause of 31st December 2023.

Answered by Steve Baker - Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)

UK Government officials have been proactively engaging with The Executive Office in Northern Ireland on the progress of the Bill and the wider retained EU law reform programme and have established regular intergovernmental meetings intended to support the Northern Ireland Civil Service with the identification of which REUL is devolved or reserved, as part of the retained EU law reform programme and wider Whitehall departmental engagement.

The UK Government is committed to sustained engagement with the Executives Office and devolved counterparts.


Written Question
Northern Ireland Executive: EU Law
Tuesday 21st February 2023

Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill (2023) and the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, what discussions he has had with colleagues in Westminster and Northern Ireland regarding the impact of the December 2023 sunset clause on legislation contained within the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Answered by Steve Baker - Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)

The UK Government is committed to ensuring that necessary legislation is in place to uphold the UK’s international obligations, including the Northern Ireland Protocol, the Withdrawal Agreement and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement after the sunset date in the Retained EU Law Bill.

UK Government Officials have been proactively engaging with their counterparts in the Northern Ireland Civil Service on the progress of the Bill and the wider retained EU law reform programme and have established regular intergovernmental meetings intended to support devolved counterparts with the identification of which REUL is devolved or reserved, as part of the retained EU law reform programme and wider Whitehall departmental engagement. The UK Government is committed to sustained engagement with devolved counterparts as part of this work.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Nov 2022
Northern Ireland Elections

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Written Question
Abortion: Northern Ireland
Wednesday 25th May 2022

Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, further to his written statement of 24 March 2022, what recent assessment he has made of the Northern Ireland's Department of Health's levels of compliance with the direction to provide access to abortion for women in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Brandon Lewis

On 24 March, I made a commitment to return to Parliament after the Assembly election to make regulations on abortion, if no progress had been made by the Northern Ireland Department of Health towards the provision of services.

Regretfully, the Department of Health failed to make progress. That is why, on 19 May, I laid regulations to ensure abortion services are commissioned for women and girls in Northern Ireland. I have made a Written Statement in Parliament to set out the details of those regulations.

These regulations mean that the Department of Health will have no further barriers to commission and fund these services, and if it does not do so as directed, the Government will then move to intervene further.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Mar 2021
Abortion in Northern Ireland

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