Committees: Ministerial Attendance

Mr. Wallace
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on what occasions (a) he and (b) departmental Ministers have been requested to appear before Committees of (i) devolved institutions and (ii) the European Parliament since 2004; on what topic in each case; how many and what proportion of such requests were accepted; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Hain
Neither I, as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, nor my Ministers have been requested to appear before any Committees of the devolved institutions or the European Parliament since 2004.