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1692938

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date	29/02/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to make cross-community consent mandatory in all Stormont decisions.
tabling member printed	Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
uin	HL2910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The principle of cross-community consent applies to matters for which the Northern Ireland Assembly is responsible. Trade is not one of those matters. This approach is entirely compatible with the Belfast Agreement.</p><p>We remain fully committed to the Agreement which ensures that the future of Northern Ireland is decided by the democratically expressed wishes of the people of Northern Ireland and reaffirms our commitment to the principle of consent.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 05/03/2024 14:45:58 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

1692271

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Integrated Schools: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government why money allocated to Fresh Start Agreement funding has been repurposed to the general Northern Ireland budget.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL2816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government is providing the Executive with a significant £3.3 billion spending settlement to stabilise its finances and protect public services. Within this package, we are increasing the spending power of the Executive by repurposing over £700 million of existing and new UK Government funds.</p><p>The Fresh Start agreement in 2015 made provision for funding for integrated and shared education over 10 years. As that funding was due to expire at the end of 2024-25, the decision to remove the ring-fence on £150m of Fresh Start Agreement funding was made by the UK Government on taking a coherent look across its existing funding in Northern Ireland. We came to a considered position in response to the challenging budgetary position faced by the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p>The Northern Ireland Executive will be able to decide how it uses the non-ring fenced funding element of reprioritised and new UK Government funding streams which contribute to the settlement package.</p><p>In line with commitments in the Belfast Agreement, the Government will continue to invest in and support educational integration in Northern Ireland as an essential aspect of reconciliation.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 05/03/2024 17:24:57 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1692272

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Integrated Schools: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they remain committed to the Fresh Start Agreement funding programme.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL2817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government remains committed to the Fresh Start Agreement and we will continue to invest and support educational integration in Northern Ireland as an essential aspect of reconciliation.</p><p>The Fresh Start agreement in 2015 made provision for funding for integrated and shared education over 10 years. As that funding was due to expire at the end of 2024-25, the decision to remove the ring-fence on £150m of Fresh Start Agreement funding was made by the UK Government on taking a coherent look across its existing funding in Northern Ireland. We came to a considered position in response to the challenging budgetary position faced by the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p>This will enable the Executive to prioritise funding on public service transformation. Integrated education is a vital element of that.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 05/03/2024 17:26:07 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme