Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will publish the biographies and any declared interests of the members of the Castlereagh Foundation Advisory Panel.

The members of the Castlereagh Foundation Advisory Committee are:

Arlene Foster (Chair),

Simon Routh Jones CBE QFSM,

Julie Andrews,

Frederick Lauritzen,

Mary Madden CBE and,

Professor Peter Shirlow.

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced the appointments to the Advisory Committee on 23 July 2021. These are non-statutory appointments for which no remuneration is payable.

The Advisory Committee will provide an independent advisory function to the Secretary of State and will report directly to him within a period of six months. The Government has full confidence that this committee will be fair and balanced in the analysis and advice they provide to the establishment of the Castlereagh Foundation.