Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the document entitled New Decade, New Approach, published on 9 January, what his timescale is for implementing the Council of Europe Framework Convention for National Minorities in respect of the Ulster-Scots community in Northern Ireland.

Under the New Decade, New Approach agreement, the Government committed to recognising Ulster Scots as a national minority under the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. We are working towards delivering this commitment before the end of 2020.