Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, if she will chair round table talks to restore the Executive in Northern Ireland with the political parties of the Northern Ireland Assembly; and if she will make a statement.

I am closely engaged in efforts to restore devolved government in Northern Ireland. I am kept fully appraised by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, my right hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup (Mr Brokenshire) who is working with the parties and, as appropriate, the Irish Government in Belfast. I have had several recent discussions with the party leaders, building on meetings I had with all five main party leaders in Downing Street in the summer.