Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on economic development in Northern Ireland.
Answered by Theresa Villiers
I regularly hold discussions with Executive ministers on a range of economic issues.
Last week, I chaired a meeting of the Joint Ministerial Task Force on Banking and Access to Finance which was established to help Northern Ireland businesses access finance.