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Domestic Visits: Northern Ireland

Asked by Robin SwannUlster Unionist PartyNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled Answered 22 May 2025UIN 52795

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To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2025 to Question 51251 on Domestic Visits: Northern Ireland, on how many of those visits the hon. Member for that constituency received prior notification.

Answered by Hilary Benn

The Honourable Gentleman will be aware it is a requirement to notify Members of Parliament before a visit to their constituency. For the recent occasion when he was not notified, I have apologised to him.

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