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156417

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Warm Home Discount Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make additional funds available to allow the Northern Ireland Executive to extend the Warm Home Discount Scheme to Northern Ireland; what recent steps she has taken to encourage the setting up of the Warm Home Discount Scheme in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	214951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Decisions on tackling fuel poverty are devolved matters and this is why Northern Ireland has its own fuel poverty strategy separate to Great Britain. It therefore follows that any associated funding issues that would arise in introducing the Warm Home Discount Scheme to Northern Ireland would be for the Northern Ireland Executive to fund from its Block Grant.</p><p>I am aware that from time to time the Social Development Committee has considered the question of introducing a Warm Homes Discount Scheme in Northern Ireland but as these are matters that are the responsibility of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, the hon Member might wish to take this matter up with the DETI Minister directly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 24/11/2014 11:11:26 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

101669

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Parades
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will hold discussions with her ministerial colleagues on including parading rights in a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	212516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The recently convened cross-party talks offer an opportunity for the Northern Ireland parties to consider issues around parading and rights.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 04/11/2014 12:37:02 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

101670

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Orchestras: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will take steps to secure funding for the Ulster Orchestra; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	212515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>I am aware of the difficulties that the Ulster Orchestra is facing in respect of securing funding but this is a devolved matter and is for the authorities in Northern Ireland to consider.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 04/11/2014 12:40:48 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

101671

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will take steps to arrange a service of thanksgiving for people from Northern Ireland who served in Afghanistan and a commemoration for those members of the armed forces from Northern Ireland who died in that country on active service; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	212514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>I will raise this matter with my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Defence. The hon Lady will wish to be aware that at this time there is a Royal Irish Regiment Service of Remembrance held annually at St. Anne’s Cathedral in which respect is paid to the Regimental fallen from all conflicts including Afghanistan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 04/11/2014 12:39:07 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

91320

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Administrative Scheme for the "On the Runs" Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reason she has declined to disclose the number of recipients of On-The-Run comfort letters who have fled the jurisdiction of the UK since her statement following the Hallett Report on 17 July 2014; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	208832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I am not aware of the whereabouts of any individual who received a letter under the ‘on the runs’ administrative scheme and who may have left the UK since the publication of the Hallett Report. I am not therefore in a position to disclose the potential number of individuals concerned.</p><p>Decisions about investigation and prosecution in specific cases, including seeking an individual’s extradition where necessary, will be taken by the independent police and prosecuting authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 12/09/2014 10:26:11 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

91321

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Administrative Scheme for the "On the Runs" Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answers of 4 September 2014, to UIN numbers 207794, 207797 and 207798, who the individual members of the On-The-Runs Policy Oversight Board will be; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	208822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The OTR Policy Oversight Board was established to address the issues raised by the Hallett Report. It is chaired by NIO Permanent Secretary, Sir Jonathan Stephens. NIO officials and Legal Advisers, the Attorney General’s Office, the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Home Office are represented. The Northern Ireland Public Prosecution Service are a consultee to the group, and the Department of Justice are an observer to the group. The Metropolitan Police/ACPO and the Crown Prosecution Service are invited as needed.</p><p>The Board does not in any way impact on the operational independence of the police and prosecuting authorities, or the complete independence of decision-making by those authorities.</p><p>Having consulted with the independent police and prosecuting authorities, my statement of 9 September was the approach which represented the fairest, promptest and most effective way to reduce the risk to future prosecutions and to provide the clarity called for in the Hallett Report.</p><p>I have placed a copy of the Terms of Reference of this group in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 14/10/2014 12:51:39 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

90755

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the terms of reference adopted by the Police Service of Northern Ireland to review on-the-run cases under Operation Red Field; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	208228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Policing in Northern Ireland is devolved and independent of Government. In that context, the terms of reference for policing operations are a matter for the police.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 11/09/2014 14:50:37 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

90756

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Prerogative of Mercy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to establish a procedure for recording on a central register the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy as recommended in the Hallett Report published on 17 July 2014; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	208226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My officials are working with officials from the Ministry of Justice to “consider establishing a procedure for recording on a central register – where this is appropriate – the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy” as recommended by Lady Justice Hallett in her Report into the ‘on the runs’ administrative scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 11/09/2014 14:39:25 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

90759

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Administrative Scheme for the "On the Runs" Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the timetable is for the full implementation of the Hallett Report's recommendations; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	208315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>I made an oral statement to the House of Commons on Tuesday 9 September which dealt with some aspects of the implementation of the recommendations of the Hallett Report. My statement clarified that:</p><p>- This scheme has ended;</p><p>- Letters issued in whatever form do not represent any commitment that the recipient will not be investigated or prosecuted, if that is now considered appropriate by the responsible authorities;</p><p>- Those who received individual or composite letters indicating that they were ‘not wanted’ and who derived comfort from that, should cease to derive any such comfort;</p><p>- Recipients should cease to place any reliance on their letters;</p><p>- Decisions about investigation and prosecution in specific cases, now or in the future, will be taken on the basis of intelligence and/or evidence relating to whether or not the person concerned committed offences; and</p><p>- These decisions will be based on the views of those who now have responsibility for these matters. Their views may be the same as those that led to the letters being sent in the past, or they may be different.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Northern Ireland Office has set up an ‘On the Runs’ Policy Oversight Board to oversee the implementation of the recommendations. In association with others, we will ensure that the Hallett Report recommendations are implemented with due care and in a timely manner.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 11/09/2014 14:53:34 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

90760

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking in response to the breach of internal communications security in her Department relating to the leak of information to newspapers regarding her announcement to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on 3 September 2014; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	208316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There was no breach of communications security in my Department relating to the leak of information to newspapers regarding the evidence I gave to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on 3 September 2014. Any communication with the media was aimed at correcting inaccurate reports of what I was expected to say to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 11/09/2014 14:41:40 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon