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Written Question
Childcare: Northern Ireland
Wednesday 28th February 2024

Asked by: Mary Kelly Foy (Labour - City of Durham)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on trends in the level of childcare funding in Northern Ireland.

Answered by Steve Baker

I welcome the recent debate in the Northern Ireland Assembly on childcare and the cross-party support for a childcare strategy to be delivered.

Whilst childcare in Northern Ireland is devolved, the UK Government is keen to see this work progressed so that parents are able to balance childcare alongside their work. Northern Ireland has already received the Barnett consequentials of childcare funding in England.

The UK Government has provided the NI Executive with a significant £3.3 billion package, including money to stabilise, which will support progress for key services.

Written Question
Lough Neagh
Wednesday 6th September 2023

Asked by: Mary Kelly Foy (Labour - City of Durham)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make it his policy to support public ownership of Lough Neagh; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Steve Baker

Any decision to negotiate the sale of Lough Neagh with its landowner and bring it into public ownership is a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive.

The Northern Ireland parties need to restore the Executive so that locally elected decision-makers can address issues such as this.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Jul 2022
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill

"I rise in support of the amendments in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Hove (Peter Kyle).

As a member of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, I have sat through countless evidence sessions and have heard evidence from victims’ groups across the communities, and what comes through …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 29 Jun 2022
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill

"Today I will be speaking against several of the proposals in part 2, specifically clauses 18, 20, 23 and 24, and in support of amendments 111 and 115. My position on the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee has allowed me to hear a range of views on the legacy of the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Apr 2021
Northern Ireland

"Social media has been used to lure young people to interfaces between communities, inflaming the crisis with provocative messages and fake news. Will the Secretary of State make clear that social media giants such as Facebook and WhatsApp cannot wash their hands of responsibility, and they have a duty to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Nov 2020
Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court Judgment

"I am appalled that the Secretary of State has failed to grant an independent public inquiry. What that means is that the UK, in effect, remains in breach of our international human rights obligations. The Finucane family and the wider community in Northern Ireland have been let down once again. …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 11 Nov 2020
Pat Finucane

"I thank the hon. Member for Foyle (Colum Eastwood) for bringing before us this important debate. It is crucial that we get a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane after all these years, and that we discuss the wider issues of the troubles in Northern Ireland, and Army, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Sep 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" What steps he is taking to help ensure that Northern Ireland legacy investigations proceed on the basis of cross-community support. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Sep 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Stormont House agreement was agreed by the overwhelming majority of political parties in Northern Ireland, was endorsed by the British and Irish Governments and had cross-community support. Will the Secretary of State recommit to the principles of Stormont House and reconfirm the central involvement of victims’ groups in any …..."
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