Radicalism: Northern Ireland
(asked on 19th March 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask His Majesty's Government why Northern Ireland has been excluded from the Community Engagement Principles for countering extremism.
Answered by
Baroness Scott of Bybrook
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
This question was answered on 9th April 2024
Engagement undertaken in Northern Ireland is exempt from the engagement principles to reflect the unique political and historical circumstances in that country. The engagement principles do not apply to the engagement undertaken by the devolved administrations themselves.
The UK Government is in regular contact with the administrations in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.