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Written Question
UK Trade With EU: Northern Ireland
Friday 24th July 2020

Asked by: Lord Hay of Ballyore (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Northern Ireland Executive about the negotiations in relation to a UK–EU trade deal.

Answered by Lord True - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal

The UK Government is in close contact with officials and ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive regarding a UK-EU trade deal.

The Paymaster General has regular calls with Northern Ireland Executive Ministers, including both the First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, and other devolved administration counterparts, to discuss progress with the EU negotiations.

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster chaired a meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee (EU Negotiations) on 16 July to discuss the negotiations with devolved administration counterparts. Both the First Minister and deputy First Minister of the Northern Ireland Executive attended.

At official level, UK Government officials continue to work alongside their counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive, and other devolved nations.

Written Question
Electoral Register
Wednesday 15th July 2015

Asked by: Lord Hay of Ballyore (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps are being taken to increase electoral registration across the United Kingdom.

Answered by Lord Bridges of Headley

Over £14 million has been invested over the last two financial years to support activities aimed at increasing the levels of voter registration, including in the run up to the General Election. Online registration has made registering to vote more accessible than ever before with over three quarters of the 9.6 million applications to date under Individual Electoral Registration being made online. The Electoral Commission has published its analysis of the electoral registers used for elections on 7 May which shows that over 400,000 more entries were on these registers when compared to the last registers before IER, published in February/March 2014.