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  • NIO Ministers mark 99th Anniversary of The Battle of The Somme

    The Secretary of State and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State will mark the 99th anniversary of the Somme in Northern Ireland and France. The Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP will be in Belfast to represent the UK Governme…

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  • Villiers – time is running out

    The Northern Ireland Secretary of State today hosted a Stormont House Agreement Implementation Review meeting with the 5 Executive parties and Irish Government

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  • Villiers: Situation looks grim

    The Secretary of State gives her assessment following today's meeting with the 5 Northern Ireland parties

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  • Villiers invites party leaders to Stormont House Agreement review meeting

    The Secretary of State has invited the NI party leaders to a Stormont House Agreement review meeting on Tuesday at Stormont House

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  • Villiers meets party leaders

    The Rt Hon Theresa Villiers today met the 5 Northern Ireland party leaders

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  • Villiers meets Irish Foreign Minister

    Earlier this evening Secretary of State met Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan in Dublin to discuss the progress made in implementing the Stormont House Agreement.

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  • Villiers to continue as Northern Ireland Secretary

    Theresa Villiers will continue as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland following her appointment to the Cabinet by the Prime Minister this afternoon.

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  • Villiers appoints new Equality Commissioners

    The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Rt. Hon Theresa Villiers MP today announced the appointment of Rev Dr Lesley Carroll as the new Deputy Chief Commissioner of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland and the ap…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New Member appointed to the Parades Commission

    The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Rt. Hon Theresa Villiers MP today announced the appointment of Anne Marshall to the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government responds to NIAC Report on the ‘on the runs’ administrative scheme

    The Government today welcomed the publication of the NI Affairs Committee’s report on the administrative scheme for on-the-runs (OTRs).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Order laid for electronic notification of parades and protests

    The NI Secretary of State has signed an Order allowing for notices of parades and related protests to be submitted online

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Villiers urges resolution on welfare reform

    The Secretary of State met NI party leaders today to press for progress in implementing the Stormont House Agreement

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • St Patrick's Day Washington speech

    Theresa Villiers briefs a US audience on the current political situation in NI, focusing on the importance of the Stormont House Agreement and the consequences of failing to implement it.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Villiers: 'Pivotal that all aspects of the Agreement are implemented in full'

    The Secretary of State this afternoon responds to news that Sinn Fein will block the Welfare Reform Bill which is due to go through its final stages in the NI Assembly later today

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Secretary of State appoints new Sentence Review Commissioners

    Rt. Hon Theresa Villiers MP today announced three new appointments to the Sentence Review Commissioners.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors 'Invest in Northern Ireland' lunch

    Theresa Villiers addresses an audience at RICS on the current state of the economy and the benefits of investing in Northern Ireland.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • A major step towards a more peaceful, stable and prosperous Northern Ireland

    Theresa Villers reflects on the Stormont House Agreement and says the significance of what has been achieved should not be underestimated.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Villiers embarks on 3-day US visit

    The Secretary of State will brief key US stakeholders on the Stormont House Agreement and the challenges that lie ahead for Northern Ireland

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Applications invited for appointment to the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland

    The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland invites applications for appointment as a member to the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Statement on stayed inquest into the death of Gareth O'Connor

    Theresa Villiers responds to a question from Ian Paisley MP on a second error related to the so-called on-the-runs administrative scheme

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government