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UK Membership of EU: Northern Ireland

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Question for Northern Ireland Office

UIN 5642, tabled on 6 July 2015

Question

Mr Ivan Lewis
Labour
Bury South
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the provisions of the EU Referendum Bill on levels of investment in Northern Ireland.

Answer

Mrs Theresa Villiers
Conservative
Chipping Barnet
Commons

Answered on

9 July 2015

The purpose of the Bill is to provide a legislative framework for a referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU. Giving people a vote on our future relationship with Europe was a Conservative manifesto commitment and was given substantial cross party support when voted on in Parliament.

Northern Ireland will continue to be a very competitive place for attracting inward investment. In his renegotiation with the EU, the Prime Minister intends to enhance the attractiveness of the whole of the UK, including Northern Ireland, as a destination for inward investment by securing reforms to reduce the risk of excessive or unnecessary regulation being imposed by the EU.

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