Paul Givan called the no-confidence motion against him a ‘calculated attempt to drive a unionist minister from office’.

Paul Givan has come under fire over a visit to Israel last week, during which he told officials to publicise a visit to a school in Jerusalem.

The Stormont Education Minister defended asking his department to publicise his visit to a school in Israel amid calls for him to resign.

Sinn Féin and the SDLP have said they will support the motion against Paul Givan.

DUP leader Gavin Robinson said Paul Givan is ‘going nowhere’.

The Northern Ireland Teachers’ Council said the visit was ‘deeply troubling’

The DUP Education minister said the republican party needed to provide ‘much better answers’ to remaining questions.