Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential implications of his policies of the Irish Taoiseach's recent comments on a United Ireland; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of those comments on the Good Friday Agreement.

In accordance with the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the principle of consent, the Government is clear that Northern Ireland will remain part of the UK for as long as its people wish for it to be.

The test for a referendum is set out in the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the Northern Ireland Act.