Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 95182

Devolution

Tabled: 27 November 2025
Answered: 5 December 2025

Question

John Cooper

ConservativeDumfries and Galloway

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she had with the Scottish Government prior to the meeting between the First Minister of Scotland and the President of Ireland on 26 November 2025 in Dublin;

Answer

Stephen Doughty
Under the provisions of the Good Friday Agreement, the Devolved Governments are entitled to have discussions with Ireland on matters within devolved competence. These meetings are not routinely attended by UK Government officials but the Foreign, Commonwe...

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