Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Robin Swann Excerpts
Monday 25th November 2024

(1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Robin Swann Portrait Robin Swann (South Antrim) (UUP)
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The Minister speaks of the young futures programme. Will she work with the Northern Ireland Executive to put in place the same programmes so that we can prevent young people in Northern Ireland from joining paramilitary organisations, which are nothing more than organised and violent crime organisations?

Diana Johnson Portrait Dame Diana Johnson
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I can certainly talk to Ministers in the Northern Ireland Office to discuss what we can learn from the proposed programme and the good practice we know exists already in many parts of the UK. We want to build on that so I am very happy to share that.