Question follow-through · 63525

Community Relations: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with the First Minister of Northern Ireland on the potential impact of her attendance at IRA commemorative events on inter-community relationships in Northern Ireland.

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Answering body: Northern Ireland Office
Tabled: 30 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 3 Jul 2025
Answer: 3 Jul 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

30 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with the First Minister of Northern Ireland on the potential impact of her attendance at IRA commemorative events on inter-community relationships in Northern Ireland.
3 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Jul 2025
Answer published
I speak regularly with Northern Ireland’s Ministers and Party Leaders on a variety of issues. The attendance of Northern Ireland’s political representatives at commemorative events is a matter for the political parties to decide themselves.

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