Question follow-through · 120604

Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Irish legal action in Europe against the UK on legacy matters was discussed at the meeting between the UK and the Irish Governments on 12 March 2026.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
13 Mar 2026
Target answer date
18 Mar 2026
Answer
26 Mar 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Irish legal action in Europe against the UK on legacy matters was discussed at the meeting between the UK and the Irish Governments on 12 March 2026.

  2. 18 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the Hon Member to the read-out of the meeting between the Prime Minister and the Taoiseach, available on gov.uk.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

BBC World Service: Political Impartiality

23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the BBC on the impartiality of the BBC World Service.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

International Development Association: Finance

24 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much her Department will contribute to the International Development Association of the World Bank in the remainder of this Parliament.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ebola

19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps are being taken to help protect UK citizens from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

India: Christianity

19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make representations to the Indian authorities regarding the reports of three Baptist pastors being shot dead in the Indian state of Manipur on Wednesday, May 13,

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sub-Saharan Africa: Drinking Water

1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of overseas aid on the provision of clean drinking water in Sub-Saharan Africa in the last five years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Kenya: Ebola

2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps have been taken to assist UK citizens who are currently in, or have recently visited Kenya regarding the spread of Ebola.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

India: Religious Freedom

8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Indian counterpart on the case of the three Baptist pastors shot dead in the State of Manipur on 13 May.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

India: Christianity

15 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answers of 1 June 2026 to Question 2730 and 11 June 2026 to Question 7371, whether the topic of the three pastors shot dead in the State of Manipur on 13 May

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Central Africa: Ebola

24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of UK citizens returning from Central Africa in the past three months with a confirmed diagnosis of Ebola.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Cybersecurity: Business

6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the National Cyber Security Centre is taking to reduce the (a) number and (b) severity of cyber attacks on UK businesses.