Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2018 to Question 139996 on Security: Northern Ireland, if he will place in the Library copies of the redacted minutes of his briefings with (a) PSNI officers and (b) Northern Ireland Office officials during his visit to Northern Ireland of 23 April 2018.

The Secretary of State meetings with PSNI Officers and Northern Ireland Office officials relate to matters concerning our exit from the EU. Release of this information while our exit from the EU is ongoing would indicate sensitive information relating to the negotiations. Ministers have a specific responsibility, which Parliament has endorsed, not to release information that could undermine our negotiating position.