Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2017 to Question 119147, which events to mark the centenary of the suffrage movement in Northern Ireland are being organised by (a) his Department and (b) the Devolved Administration; and if he will publish the lead organiser for each such event.

While my Department is not organising any specific events to mark the centenary of the suffrage movement in Northern Ireland, the UK’s official arts programme marking the centenary of the First World War, 14-18 NOW, is commissioning activity in Northern Ireland to commemorate the suffrage centenary.

I understand the Department for Communities are taking the lead on behalf of the Devolved Administration to co-ordinate a programme to mark the centenary of the suffrage movement in Northern Ireland.

The honourable Lady may wish to contact both 14-18 NOW, and the Department for Communities, to find out more about their plans.