Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that Northern Ireland benefits from the Government's planned expansion of the intelligence agencies.

I regularly discuss national security issues with Cabinet colleagues.

The National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review published this week, confirm that tackling terrorism in all its forms continues to be one of the Government’s highest priorities.

We will increase funding for counter-terrorism by 30% in real terms over this Parliament.