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Northern Ireland Office: Press Conferences

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) the Belfast News Letter and (b) other news outlets are given equal rights to ask questions at his Department's press conferences.

answeredJim AllisterNorthern Ireland Office

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Answering body: Northern Ireland Office
Tabled: 29 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 2 Sept 2024
Answer: 2 Sept 2024 · 35 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

29 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) the Belfast News Letter and (b) other news outlets are given equal rights to ask questions at his Department's press conferences.
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Northern Ireland Office invites a wide range of news outlets to its departmental press conferences.During press conferences, as many news outlets as possible are given an opportunity to ask a question. However, it is not always possible for every medi...

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