Question follow-through · 24646
Prison Officers: Strikes
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had recent discussions with the Northern Ireland Minister of Justice on the right to take industrial action for prison officers in Northern Ireland.
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- Answering body
- Northern Ireland Office
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had recent discussions with the Northern Ireland Minister of Justice on the right to take industrial action for prison officers in Northern Ireland.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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4 Sept 2026
Answer published
There is regular engagement with the Northern Ireland Department of Justice to discuss areas of mutual interest and concern. As a result of the devolution of policing and justice in 2010, the Department of Justice (DoJ) is primarily responsible for the pr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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