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Domestic Visits: Northern Ireland

Asked by Robin SwannUlster Unionist PartyNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled Answered 3 June 2025UIN 54563

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To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2025 to Question 52795 on Domestic Visits: Northern Ireland, on how many occasions did the Secretary of State notify Rt hon. and hon. Members in advance that he would vis

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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