Speeches & Questions - Fleur Anderson MP

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Horticulture Trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Prayers - [Peter Dowd in the Chair]

Fleur Anderson made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

I thank the right hon. Member for raising the SPS veterinary agreement; it is an important part of the picture. Many issues need to be resolved soon, both through the processes that the right...

Horticulture Trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Prayers - [Peter Dowd in the Chair]

Fleur Anderson made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

I recognise that it is frustrating that, this long after Brexit, we are still trying to work this out but it is the reality of the situation. I am glad that the hon. Member secured this debate...

Horticulture Trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Prayers - [Peter Dowd in the Chair]

Fleur Anderson made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

I thank the hon. Member for raising that. I would be very pleased to visit and talk about exactly what practical issues still exist. The label scheme should have enabled free movement from...

Horticulture Trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Prayers - [Peter Dowd in the Chair]

Fleur Anderson made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

It is a great pleasure to respond to this debate and to serve under your chairship, Mr Dowd. I thank the hon. Member for East Londonderry (Mr Campbell) for bringing this important debate to the...

Northern Ireland Public Sector Transformation Board

Northern Ireland Office

Fleur Anderson received a response to a question they put to the government

The Board structure used to provide recommendations for the first tranche of projects held interim status. The Northern Ireland Minister of Finance has proposed expanding the membership of the...

Business: Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Office

Fleur Anderson received a response to a question they put to the government

I refer the Honourable Gentleman to my previous answer (UIN 37022).

Business: Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Office

Fleur Anderson received a response to a question they put to the government

The Public Sector Transformation Board will run a further process to assess proposals from Northern Ireland departments and will make recommendations on those that are judged to have potential...

Business: Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Office

Fleur Anderson received a response to a question they put to the government

Officials advised the Secretary of State on the recommendations made by the interim Board to the Northern Ireland Executive on transformation projects. These projects and their respective funding...

Gender Based Violence: Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Office

Fleur Anderson received a response to a question they put to the government

The UK Government has welcomed the Northern Ireland Executive’s Strategic Framework on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls. At the end of January, I welcomed the Minister for...

European Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism

Commons debates

I am afraid I do not have time, because I want to respond to the issues that the right hon. Member for Belfast East raised. The right hon. Member rightly highlighted that a number of...

European Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism

Commons debates

I agree, and I am glad that WAVE and SEFF have been mentioned this evening. NHS services are also vital for specialist trauma counselling, such as the regional trauma network, which I visited...

European Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism

Commons debates

It is a pleasure to respond to this important debate this evening. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Belfast East (Gavin Robinson) on securing it and on speaking so eloquently and...

Business: Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Office

Fleur Anderson received a response to a question they put to the government

No UK Government Ministers are members of the Interim Public Sector Transformation Board. The Northern Ireland Office Permanent Secretary is a permanent member of the Interim Board, and has...

Gender Based Violence: Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Office

Fleur Anderson received a response to a question they put to the government

Last year seven women were killed in Northern Ireland, and rates of violence are higher in Northern Ireland than in the rest of the UK Last month, I was pleased to welcome the Minister for...

Movement of Horticultural Goods

Northern Ireland

Fleur Anderson made a speech in the House of Commons

I agree that the Windsor framework is a big improvement on the protocol. We are committed to implementing it at the same time as seeking to negotiate an SPS agreement that would provide further...

Movement of Horticultural Goods

Northern Ireland

Fleur Anderson made a speech in the House of Commons

We are working to narrow the range of products that involve a problem, but we are working in respect of each of them as well. The matter is being given consideration in the knowledge that, as the...

Movement of Horticultural Goods

Northern Ireland

Fleur Anderson made a speech in the House of Commons

I can provide more updates. The banned plants are being worked through species-by-species. There were 11 in 2023 and 10 in 2024, and we are working through each one of those. The working group is...

Movement of Horticultural Goods

Northern Ireland

Fleur Anderson made a speech in the House of Commons

Officials from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs are following up specifically with the companies that are most affected, such as seed shipping companies. Shipping seeds is...

Movement of Horticultural Goods

Northern Ireland

Fleur Anderson made a speech in the House of Commons

The Secretary of State has met suppliers, and my officials meet regularly with horticultural industry representatives. The next meeting of the horticultural working group is in two days’...

Health Services: Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Office

Fleur Anderson received a response to a question they put to the government

Improving health outcomes across the UK is a priority mission for this Government. Although health is devolved in Northern Ireland, the Government has been clear that it wants to work with the...