Question follow-through · 84169
Sports: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on preventing the politicisation of sport in Northern Ireland.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Northern Ireland Office
- Tabled
- 22 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 31 Oct 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on preventing the politicisation of sport in Northern Ireland.
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Oct 2025
Answer published
I meet frequently with Northern Ireland Executive Ministers on a range of issues. I have visited a number of sporting projects and organisations across Northern Ireland, most recently meeting with Down GAA and the Irish Football Association. Sport has a g...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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