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1690602

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following publication of the Safeguarding the Union Command Paper (CP 1021) on 31 January, when they intend to introduce legislation to fulfil the commitment in that paper to repeal all statutory duties relating to the 'all-island economy'.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL2621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is working actively to deliver commitments made in the <em>Safeguarding the Union </em>command paper, which was published on 31 January (CP 1021). This includes the passing into law on 20 February of two statutory instruments to give effect to legislative assurances contained within the command paper. Any required further legislation will be brought forward as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 23/02/2024 11:23:33 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1688034

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many inquests into deaths to the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland are still to be completed.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL2233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>At this time, 37 Troubles-related inquests have not been completed:</p><ul><li>18 cases have commenced hearing of evidence;</li><li>A further two cases have been listed for hearing;</li><li>Another 17 cases have not been listed for hearing.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 13/02/2024 11:44:42 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1688035

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of inquests into deaths to the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland that will not have been completed by 1 May.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL2234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 requires Troubles-related inquests to conclude by 1 May 2024. The legislation provides a limited carve out for any Troubles-related inquests where the hearing of all evidence has finished and where the only matter still to come is the delivery of the inquest’s findings.</p><p> </p><p>The Act contains provisions allowing a coroner to request a review of a death by the ICRIR, led by Sir Declan Morgan as Chief Commissioner, if the inquest has not been concluded via the coronial process by 1 May 2024. Close family members, as well as the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Attorney General for Northern Ireland and the Advocate General for Northern Ireland, can also request a review of a death by the ICRIR.</p><p> </p><p>The case management of inquests is a matter for coroners.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 13/02/2024 11:46:05 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1688039

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
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 Protocol
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their Command Paper Safeguarding the Union, published on 31 January, what changes will be made to Articles 5–10 of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL2238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>The Command Paper ‘Safeguarding the Union’ builds on the progress under the Windsor Framework, strengthening the UK Internal Market and the Union into the long term. It remains the case that the decision as to whether Articles 5 to 10 of the Windsor Framework should continue to apply in Northern Ireland will be taken by the Northern Ireland Assembly later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 13/02/2024 11:45:10 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1683935

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Bombings: Omagh
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with the government of Ireland regarding the possibility of that government establishing a public inquiry into the Omagh bombing of 1998.
tabling member printed	Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee
uin	HL1786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>In October 2021, the Northern Ireland High Court found that an Article 2 compliant investigation into the Omagh bombing had not taken place, citing four grounds which the Court held could give rise to plausible arguments that there was a real prospect of preventing the Omagh Bomb. The <em>Gallagher </em>judgement also expressed a desire that a simultaneous Article 2 compliant investigation occur in Ireland, though it recognised that it was not within the Court’s power to order a cross-border investigation.</p><p> </p><p>In response to the findings of the Court, the Secretary of State announced in February 2023 that the Government would establish an independent statutory inquiry into the Omagh bombing. In June 2023, the Secretary of State appointed Lord Alan Turnbull as Chairman of the Omagh Bombing Inquiry. The Government continues working at pace to finalise the Inquiry’s Terms of Reference as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>While this is, of course, a matter for the Irish Government, the UK Government is keen to understand what consideration it has given, since the <em>Gallagher </em>judgement, to the setting up of an investigation in Ireland to discharge its obligations under Article 2 of the European Convention of Human Rights. This issue was directly raised most recently by me at the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference on 28 November 2023.</p><p> </p><p>This is one of several legitimate questions regarding the Irish Government’s record of dealing with legacy matters in its own jurisdiction.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 29/01/2024 11:42:46 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4969 label Biography information for Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee

1683567

registered interest
date	18/01/2024
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 Office: Ministerial Responsibility
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many written meeting requests relating to his ministerial responsibilities the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland received in 2023; how many were granted; and how many are yet to receive a reply.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL1753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>All meetings that the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland undertakes as part of his ministerial responsibilities can be found in transparency reports. Links for <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64b6793d0ea2cb000d15e49b/NIO_s_Ministerial_Meetings__January_to_March_2023ort_-_Q4_January_-_March_2023.xlsx" target="_blank">January to March 2023</a>, <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65313408e839fd000d8671e5/NIO_Ministerial_Meetings__April_-_June_2023_-_Meetings.csv" target="_blank">April to June 2023</a>, and <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/657ad7bd095987001295e09e/NIO_s_Ministerial_Meetings__July_to_September_2023_-_Meetings.csv" target="_blank">July to September 2023</a> are available. The transparency report for October to December 2023 is due to be published in due course. The exact number of meeting requests granted and yet to receive a reply are not centrally collated and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The Northern Ireland Office processes all ministerial meeting requests in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 29/01/2024 11:41:46 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

1682280

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Charter of Fundamental Rights (EU): Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the case Angesom v the Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] NIKB 102, what assessment they have made of the finding in paragraphs 86 to 103 concerning the impact of Article 2 of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights on immigration in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL1570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the judgement in relation to this case. Article 2 of the Windsor Framework applies in respect of a diminution of a right, safeguard or equality of opportunity provision or protection covered by the relevant chapter of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, as a result of the UK's withdrawal from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Charter of Fundamental Rights does not form part of domestic law anywhere in the UK, including Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 22/01/2024 15:37:57 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1681400

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Victims' Commissioner: Payments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proposal by the Victims Commissioner to provide payments to the relatives of those killed during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL1493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government fully recognises the terrible loss of those bereaved through Troubles-related incidents. Support for victims is a devolved matter for consideration by a restored Northern Ireland Executive. It is right that a restored Executive considers how best to acknowledge and support people who have lost loved ones during the Troubles.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has always made clear, in successive manifestos, that it will never accept any moral equivalence between those who defended democracy and the rule of law in Northern Ireland, and those who sought to destroy both.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 18/01/2024 12:05:20 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1681401

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Victims' Commissioner: Payments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the proposal by the Victims Commissioner to issue payments to the relatives of those killed during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, whether the scheme will apply in respect of paramilitaries who were killed.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL1494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>Support for victims is a devolved matter for consideration by a restored Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has always made clear, in successive manifestos, that it will never accept any moral equivalence between those who defended democracy and the rule of law in Northern Ireland, and those who sought to destroy both.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 18/01/2024 11:48:34 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1676819

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Official Visits: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the total costs incurred by the Police Service of Northern Ireland covering the visit of President Biden and other dignitaries to Northern Ireland during the commemoration of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement they have refunded.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL1061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>In line with the HMT Statement of Funding Policy, the UK Government has agreed to meet costs totalling £2.752 million towards the policing operation for President Biden's visit and other dignitaries to Northern Ireland during events to mark the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>The budget will be transferred to the Department of Justice for Northern Ireland to transfer to the Police Service of Northern Ireland at Supplementary Estimates 2023/24.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 20/12/2023 11:08:51 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey