| Heading: |
Sovereignty: Northern Ireland |
| Question ID: |
1795891 |
| UIN: |
47131 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5319 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Robin Swann
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| Asking Member handle: |
RobinSwann_MP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@RobinSwann_MP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria he will use to assess the need for a border poll in Northern Ireland. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-25 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
413 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Hilary Benn
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| Answering Member handle: |
hilarybennmp
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@hilarybennmp
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Answer text: |
The responsibility for a referendum sits solely with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, as set out in the Good Friday Agreement. In accordance with that Agreement and the principle of consent, Northern Ireland will remain part of the United King... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
21 |
| Answering body name: |
Northern Ireland Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |