Question follow-through · 47131
Sovereignty: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria he will use to assess the need for a border poll in Northern Ireland.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Northern Ireland Office
- Tabled
- 22 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 25 Apr 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
22 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria he will use to assess the need for a border poll in Northern Ireland.
25 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Apr 2025
Answer published
The responsibility for a referendum sits solely with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, as set out in the Good Friday Agreement. In accordance with that Agreement and the principle of consent, Northern Ireland will remain part of the United King...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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