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To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what date she last met each of the leaders of the five main parties in Northern Ireland to discuss the restoration of devolved government.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what date she last met each of the leaders of the five main parties in Northern Ireland to discuss the restoration of devolved government.
Restoring devolution in Northern Ireland remains a top priority for the UK Government. I am in regular discussion with the five main political parties towards that objective. I set out the Government's approach to the House of Commons on 6 September and have had subsequent meetings with all the party leaders in the week commencing 10 September.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what date she last met the (a) Taoiseach and (b) Tanaiste to discuss the restoration of devolved government in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what date she last met the (a) Taoiseach and (b) Tanaiste to discuss the restoration of devolved government in Northern Ireland.
I have regular contact with the Irish Government on a range of matters. All such discussions are in accordance with the three stranded approach to Northern Ireland affairs. I last met the Tánaiste and the Taoiseach on 2 September.
What progress has been made in talks on the restoration of devolved government.
What progress has been made in talks on the restoration of devolved government.
With your permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to update the House on the talks, so I ask for your forbearance while I give an answer that is slightly longer than usual. Over the past weeks, the political parties—particularly the Democratic Unionist party and Sinn Féin—have engaged in discussions on the key issues that remain to be resolved. They have done so with the continuous support of the UK Government and, in accordance with the three-strand approach, the Irish Government. Those discussions have built on the progress that was made in previous talks to reduce further the gaps between them. An accommodation between the parties has not yet been reached, but there is no doubt as to their collective commitment towards the restoration of devolution. I firmly believe that an agreement in the coming days, while not certain, is achievable. That remains my focus.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance the Government has issued to local police forces in response to the recent increase in reported racist incidents.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance the Government has issued to local police forces in response to the recent increase in reported racist incidents.
We have been working with the police at national level to monitor the increase in reported hate crime over the past few weeks and to ensure that local forces have the necessary guidance and assistance to respond. Operational guidance on hate crime was issued by the College of Policing to all forces in 2014.
Police forces are responding robustly to recent incidents, and victims can be reassured that their concerns about hate crime will be taken seriously by the police and courts. Any decisions regarding resourcing of front-line policing are a matter for chief constables in conjunction with their police and crime commissioner.