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Written Question
Business: Northern Ireland
Wednesday 28th February 2024

Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the potential impact of the restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly on trends in the level of business investment in Northern Ireland.

Answered by Steve Baker

Since our department hosted the Northern Ireland Investment Summit in September, we have seen significant investment announcements including from IceMos technology, Ocula technology, and Vertiv. With that in mind, I think it is in everyone's interests - regardless of position on the constitutional question - for everyone to maintain a singular focus on attracting investment into Northern Ireland.

Written Question
Foreign Investment in UK: Northern Ireland
Wednesday 8th February 2023

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 he has had with relevant stakeholders in the United States on promoting investment opportunities in Northern Ireland.

Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris

I was delighted to have the opportunity to visit the United States over the course of last week. I met the special envoy to Northern Ireland, Joe Kennedy III, where we discussed Northern Ireland’s rich potential for US investors.

I also attended a roundtable with US business leaders in New York and met businesses in Boston. I was greatly encouraged by the enthusiasm shown towards investment in Northern Ireland.

There are huge investment opportunities to deepen UK-US trading links benefiting communities on both sides of the Atlantic, and I look forward to working to strengthen these bonds.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"9. What steps he is taking to help improve the Northern Ireland protocol. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"The trader support service has helped thousands of businesses in Northern Ireland to navigate the way in which goods move under the protocol. How will this very important service be funded over the next year?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Jan 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"10. The recruitment of 20,000 police officers is a fantastic commitment to law and order by this Government. Bedfordshire, in common with many other police forces, has lost out on about 95 officers as a result of the imposition of damping in 2004. So that we do not have to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 20 Jun 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Prime Minister’s renewed commitment to the NHS is extremely welcome. Recently, the Health and Social Care Committee visited the Larwood House GP surgery in Worksop where, generally, all patients are seen by the doctors the same day. What more can the Government do to make sure that this best …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Jun 2018
Offences Against the Person Act 1861

"Does the Secretary of State agree that the legal effect of repealing sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 would be to allow terminations right up to the point of birth?..."
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Written Question
Northern Ireland Office: Recruitment
Thursday 23rd February 2017

Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department operates a ban the box employment policy in respect of ex-offender job applicants with unspent convictions; and how many employees of his Department have unspent convictions.

Answered by Kris Hopkins

The Northern Ireland Office operates in line with Ministry of Justice recruitment policies and we are supportive of the Ban the Box initiative.

No employees in the Department currently have unspent convictions.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Jul 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"2. What recent assessment she has made of the outlook for the Northern Ireland economy...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Jul 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does the Secretary of State agree that in order to attract further inward investment to Northern Ireland, we need to project an image to the world of peace and stability? In that vein, does she further agree that the recent peaceful passing of the twelfth of July celebrations gives us …..."
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