Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons for specified minutes, notes, and correspondence relating to Government contracts awarded to Randox Laboratories Ltd, HC1072, laid before the House on 3 February 2022, ref 24, page 46, if he will place a copy of his email to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in the Library; whether his Department holds any other records relating to the attempted removal of extraction systems by Randox Laboratories Limited from Queen’s and Ulster Universities and the AFBI Lab; and whether he took any other steps in response.

My Department does not hold any other records relating to the attempted removal of extraction systems by Randox Laboratories Limited from Queen’s and Ulster Universities and the AFBI Lab; and did not take any other steps in response. The email referenced in the question was not sent by a Northern Ireland Office Minister.