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Written Question
Cancer: Medical Treatments
Tuesday 12th March 2024

Asked by: Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with the (a) Department for Health and Social Care and (b) Department for Transport on providing financial support for young cancer patients (0-25) and their families travelling from Northern Ireland to receive treatment in England.

Answered by Steve Baker

This matter is devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive. Arrangements for financial support for young cancer patients and their families travelling from Northern Ireland to receive treatment in England is a matter for the Northern Ireland Department of Health and local Health and Social Care Trusts.

Written Question
Livestock: Transport
Wednesday 22nd March 2023

Asked by: Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the movement of livestock between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.

Answered by Steve Baker

The Windsor Framework respects that for decades the island of Ireland has been treated as a single epidemiological unit, meaning that there have been additional requirements for the movement of livestock. These include identification requirements, health certificates and the physical inspection of animals by vets.

In 2021, technical easements were agreed with the EU to simplify livestock moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Defra is working closely with the livestock sector to ensure movements can continue with as little friction as possible.

Written Question
Integrated Schools: Northern Ireland
Monday 16th January 2023

Asked by: Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party - North Antrim)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the current status is of the outstanding (a) development proposals affecting integrated schools and (b) other Northern Ireland Department of Education development proposals.

Answered by Steve Baker

Development proposals affecting schools in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter, under the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Department of Education (NIDoE).

A full list of development proposals and their live status is available on the NIDoE website at: https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/articles/current-development-proposals.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Bill

"I thank the Secretary of State for giving way so quickly into his speech. He used the term “considerable alarm”. I wonder whether he is pondering what is taking place in the Hutch criminal trial in the courts in Dublin and the implications that the outcome of that trial could …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Bill

"Is the Secretary of State equally deeply angry about those abstentionist MPs from Northern Ireland who get allowances and run offices but do not take their seats in this House, and is he prepared to take immediate action and amend his own activities today by removing those allowances? Will he …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Bill

"I want to give the hon. Gentleman time to outline issues that have alarmed him. Does what has happened in the criminal courts in Dublin, including the Hutch criminal gang trial, create or provoke alarm in the Labour party? He will recall that, historically, whenever the IRA was involved in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Bill

"Does my hon. Friend think it important that those who want full implementation of the protocol take cognisance of a recent report from this House and the House of Lords, which claims that that would halt east-west trade within 48 hours? Is it not the case that the reason why …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Bill

"Can my hon. Friend explain how removing the salaries of some MLAs will suddenly make the Assembly work, when under the terms of the Belfast agreement, which the hon. Member for North Dorset (Simon Hoare) obviously supports, we cannot have a working Assembly unless Unionists are part of it? I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Bill

"Will my hon. Friend take the opportunity to reflect on the points that Front Benchers on both sides of the House have made about the Dublin criminal trial? Does he agree that if the current crisis were not going on, the trial would be an equally huge and significant crisis …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Nov 2022
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Bill

"Can the Minister update us on how the talks on veterinary medicines are going? Will we have a solution on that before 16 December? Can he also outline whether any more of my constituents will be receiving VAT notices from the Republic of Ireland for goods on which VAT has …..."
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