The role of the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland is to monitor compliance with Annex E of the St. Andrews Agreement, reviewing the relationship between MI5 and PSNI in handling national security matters.

His Honour Brian Barker CBE QC, the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements in...

The role of the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland is to monitor compliance with Annex E of the St. Andrews Agreement, reviewing the relationship between MI5 and PSNI in handling national security matters.

His Honour Brian Barker CBE QC, the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements in...

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Brandon Lewis) has today made the following statement:

The role of the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland is to monitor compliance with Annex E of the St. Andrews Agreement, reviewing the relationship between MI5 and PSNI...

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Brandon Lewis) has today made the following statement:

The role of the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland is to monitor compliance with Annex E of the St. Andrews Agreement, reviewing the relationship between MI5 and PSNI...

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Brandon Lewis) has today made the following statement:

This is a summary of the main findings from the report by His Honour Brian Barker QC, the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland, covering the period from 1...

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Brandon Lewis) has today made the following statement:

This is a summary of the main findings from the report by His Honour Brian Barker QC, the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland, covering the period from 1...

This is a summary of the main findings from the report by His Honour Brian Barker QC, the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland, covering the period from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019. His Honour Brian Barker concludes:

The overview is a twelve-month period of almost...

This is a summary of the main findings from the report by His Honour Brian Barker QC, the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland, covering the period from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019. His Honour Brian Barker concludes:

The overview is a twelve-month period of almost...

This is a summary of the main findings from the report by His Honour Brian Barker QC, the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland, covering the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2018. His Honour Brian Barker concludes:

Throughout the reporting period I have been...

This is a summary of the main findings from the report by His Honour Brian Barker QC, the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland, covering the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2018. His Honour Brian Barker concludes:

Throughout the reporting period I have been...

My Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Karen Bradley) has today made the following statement:

This is a summary of the main findings from the report by His Honour Brian Barker QC, the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland, covering the period from 1...

My Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Karen Bradley) has today made the following statement:

This is a summary of the main findings from the report by His Honour Brian Barker QC, the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland, covering the period from 1...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reason she has not replied to correspondence dated 21 September 2018 from the Police advice and support services in Northern Ireland on deductions from Injury on Duty awards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reason she has not replied to correspondence dated 21 September 2018 from the Police advice and support services in Northern Ireland on deductions from Injury on Duty awards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when a newly constituted Policing Board with (a) political and (b) independent members is planned to be (i) constituted and (ii) fully functional.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when a newly constituted Policing Board with (a) political and (b) independent members is planned to be (i) constituted and (ii) fully functional.

My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Karen Bradley) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

The ongoing absence of a Northern Ireland Executive has meant that a number of key public appointments cannot be made both in Northern Ireland and to some posts appointed by...

My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Karen Bradley) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

The ongoing absence of a Northern Ireland Executive has meant that a number of key public appointments cannot be made both in Northern Ireland and to some posts appointed by...

The ongoing absence of a Northern Ireland Executive has meant that a number of key public appointments cannot be made both in Northern Ireland and to some posts appointed by UK Ministers. As I told the House on 20 June [HC Deb, col. 309], this is an issue that I...

The ongoing absence of a Northern Ireland Executive has meant that a number of key public appointments cannot be made both in Northern Ireland and to some posts appointed by UK Ministers. As I told the House on 20 June [HC Deb, col. 309], this is an issue that I...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she has taken to support the Northern Ireland Policing Board since the collapse of the Northern Ireland Assembly; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she has taken to support the Northern Ireland Policing Board since the collapse of the Northern Ireland Assembly; and if she will make a statement.

My right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Theresa Villiers) has made the following written Ministerial statement: This is a summary of the main findings from the report by Lord Carlile, the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland, covering the period from 1 January...

My right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Theresa Villiers) has made the following written Ministerial statement: This is a summary of the main findings from the report by Lord Carlile, the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland, covering the period from 1 January...

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Theresa Villiers): This is a summary of the main findings from the report by Lord Carlile, the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland, covering the period from 1 January 2015 to 31 January 2016. Lord Carlile concludes:

“Throughout the year I...

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Theresa Villiers): This is a summary of the main findings from the report by Lord Carlile, the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland, covering the period from 1 January 2015 to 31 January 2016. Lord Carlile concludes:

“Throughout the year I...

I beg to move amendment 1, page 1, line 10, leave out

“First Minister and the deputy First Minister acting jointly have”

and insert

“Northern Ireland Policing Board has”.

This amendment provides for two members of the Independent Reporting Commission to be appointed by the Northern Ireland Policing Board instead of jointly by the...

I beg to move amendment 1, page 1, line 10, leave out

“First Minister and the deputy First Minister acting jointly have”

and insert

“Northern Ireland Policing Board has”.

This amendment provides for two members of the Independent Reporting Commission to be appointed by the Northern Ireland Policing Board instead of jointly by the...

I beg to move,

That this House condemns the increasing number of illegal activities being carried out by organised criminal gangs in Northern Ireland; notes police assessments that more than 140 such gangs operate in Northern Ireland; and calls for the implementation, in full, of proposals for the National Crime Agency...

I beg to move,

That this House condemns the increasing number of illegal activities being carried out by organised criminal gangs in Northern Ireland; notes police assessments that more than 140 such gangs operate in Northern Ireland; and calls for the implementation, in full, of proposals for the National Crime Agency...

I appreciate the fact that the hon. Gentleman has raised this matter. Does he agree that there is also a financial cost—not

just for Northern Ireland, but for the UK more widely—because civil recovery has been affected by the NCA’s inability to operate fully in Northern Ireland?

I appreciate the fact that the hon. Gentleman has raised this matter. Does he agree that there is also a financial cost—not

just for Northern Ireland, but for the UK more widely—because civil recovery has been affected by the NCA’s inability to operate fully in Northern Ireland?