Jim Allister MP: written questions
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Import Controls: Northern IrelandDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 37521 on Import controls, on what date the border control posts will become operational.
Answer: In line with the commitments we have made under the Windsor Framework, SPS inspection facilities are already operational in Northern Ireland at the ports of Foyle (18 April 25) and Warrenpoint (20 June 25). Construction and preparation of the new faciliti...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Review of the Windsor FrameworkNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to help ensure the independence of the Independent Review of the Windsor Framework during the review process.
Answer: I would refer the Hon Member to the answer given by my Rt Hon Friend the Paymaster General of 22 January 2025 (UIN 24053).
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Internal Trade: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he received the report from the Independent Monitoring Panel relating to the operation of the UK internal market; and when he plans to publish it.
Answer: The Government expects to receive the final report of the Independent Review of the Windsor Framework by 9 July, and the first report of the Independent Monitoring Panel in the coming weeks. Following receipt, the Government will then proceed with the pub...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Review of the Windsor FrameworkNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he received the Independent Review of the Windsor Framework; and when he plans to publish it.
Answer: The Government expects to receive the final report of the Independent Review of the Windsor Framework by 9 July, and the first report of the Independent Monitoring Panel in the coming weeks. Following receipt, the Government will then proceed with the pub...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity: Northern IrelandDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what consideration he has given to including the electricity imported to Northern Ireland through the Moyle interconnector to Northern Ireland's renewable targets.
Answer: Energy policy is a transferred matter in Northern Ireland, falling within the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly and the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Executive. Accordingly, the setting and defining of renewable energy targe...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPeople Smuggling: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to prevent people smuggling at the border from Ireland into Northern Ireland.
Answer: Journeys from Ireland to the UK are within the Common Travel Area (CTA). As part of the CTA arrangements, the UK does not operate routine immigration controls of individuals arriving in the UK by air or sea from within the CTA, and no immigration checks a...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoma: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Romanians and (b) Roma are resident in (i) Northern Ireland and (ii) North Antrim constituency.
Answer: Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across various departments and, therefore, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Republic of IrelandHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that EU citizens do not move from the Republic of Ireland to become resident in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the rest of the UK.
Answer: Journeys from Ireland to the UK are within the Common Travel Area (CTA). As part of the CTA arrangements, the UK does not operate routine immigration controls of individuals arriving in the UK by air or sea from within the CTA, and no immigration checks a...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOmaveloxoloneDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure access to omaveloxolone for adults with Friedreich’s ataxia.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon Member for East Antrim on 21 May 2025, to Question 52613.
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRepublic of Ireland: Omagh Bombing InquiryForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56548More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 53437 on Republic of Ireland: Omagh Bombing Inquiry, on what date the Memorandum of Understanding was cleared by his Departm
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer of 23 May 2025 to Question 53437.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Internal Trade: Northern IrelandCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53802More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of the SPS agreement with the EU of 19 May 2025 on the requirement for (a) customs declarations and (b) inspections for the trade of sanitary and phytosanitary goods fro
Answer: The new Windsor Framework customs arrangements introduced on 1 May will remain in place, in addition to the arrangements agreed in the SPS deal. The arrangements introduced on May 1 ensure that goods sent to or from consumers will not be subject to custom...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Internal Trade: Northern IrelandCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53801More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK-EU deal on the (a) applicability and (b) operation of the Official Controls Regulation (EU) 2017/625 in Northern Ireland.
Answer: The Government has agreed in its new Common Understanding with the EU a new SPS agreement which makes it easier for food and drink to be imported and exported by reducing the red tape that placed burdens on businesses and led to lengthy lorry queues at th...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImport Controls: Northern IrelandCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53800More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what function will the border posts being built at Northern Ireland’s ports now perform in light of the UK-EU deal.
Answer: This will depend on the final shape of a deal, however, the Government is clear that its priority is to reduce barriers to trade and red tape at the border.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland Office: Ulster Scots LanguageNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which Ulster-Scots groups he has met; when those meetings took place; which Ulster-Scots groups he has visited; and when he visited them.
Answer: Since my appointment, I have met with a range of language groups in Northern Ireland, including the Ulster-Scots Agency.
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland Office: Irish LanguageNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which Irish language groups he has met; when those meetings took place; which Irish language centres he has visited; and when he visited them.
Answer: Since my appointment, I have met with a number of Irish language groups in Northern Ireland, including Foras na Gaeilge.
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRepublic of Ireland: Omagh Bombing InquiryForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the Memorandum of Understanding between Omagh Bombing Inquiry and the Government of Ireland relating to the Disclosure of Materials, published on 15 April 2025, was clea
Answer: The Memorandum of Understanding between the Irish Government and the Omagh Bombing Inquiry is a very positive step. The arrangements underpinning this cooperation are ultimately a matter for the Government of Ireland and the Inquiry, which rightly is inde...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Internal Trade: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the policy paper entitled Safeguarding the Union, published on 31 January 2024, what progress his Department has made on introducing Not for EU labelling in Great Bri
Answer: The Government will introduce legislation shortly to provide a contingent power to introduce a ‘Not for EU’ labelling requirement across Great Britain, should it be needed to protect the UK Internal Market and consumer choice in Northern Ireland. This leg...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to check the movement of people over the Northern Ireland-Republic land border to identify illegal immigrants with no right to access the Common Travel Area.
Answer: As the Hon Member will be aware, no immigration checks are undertaken on the Northern Ireland-Republic land border, but our enforcement agencies do operate intelligence-led operational activity throughout the UK to ensure that all individuals within our t...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Northern IrelandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of applying the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 apart from Articles 103-107 and 109 to Great Britain on a regulatory border
Answer: The UK is committed to establishing a proportionate Artificial Intelligence (AI) regulatory approach which is grounded in science and supports growth and innovation.As we develop our approach to regulating AI, we recognise the need to engage with a range ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Northern IrelandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions his Department has had with relevant industry bodies in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the rest of the UK on the potential application the provisions of Regulation
Answer: The UK is committed to establishing a proportionate Artificial Intelligence (AI) regulatory approach which is grounded in science and supports growth and innovation.As we develop our approach to regulating AI, we recognise the need to engage with a range ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Northern IrelandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of applying the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 other than Articles 103-107 and 109 to Northern Ireland compared
Answer: The UK is committed to establishing a proportionate Artificial Intelligence (AI) regulatory approach which is grounded in science and supports growth and innovation.As we develop our approach to regulating AI, we recognise the need to engage with a range ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: EmploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason graduates of UK medical schools are being given placeholder positions with four to eight weeks’ notice to move to new roles.
Answer: Some United Kingdom foundation programme applicants, including some final year UK medical students, have been assigned a placeholder in their allocated foundation school while their foundation posts can be confirmed. The process of confirming posts can ta...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of prioritising UK medical school graduates' preference informed allocation over international medical graduates.
Answer: NHS England keeps the selection process for foundation training under review to make sure it works well for applicants.Internationally educated staff remain an important part of the workforce, and our Code of Practice for International Recruitment ensures...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44870More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2025 to Question 19620 on Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland, what the value of the Barnett consequential for 2025-26 to (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland is fo
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Chancellor agreed to provide funding to the public sector to support them with the additional cost associated with changes to employer National Insurance Contributions policy.The devolved governments will receive funding through...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCrafts: Northern IrelandCabinet OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39679More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2024 to Question 10214 on Crafts: Northern Ireland, whether the Government has made a decision on the vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly on the applicability motion in rel
Answer: As set out in my response to your question of October 2024, the Government continues to evaluate the implications of Regulation 2023/2411, reflecting the applicability motion vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the conditions set out in Schedule 6B ...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
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