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518805

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Prime Minister: Ministerial Policy Advisers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether parity of esteem as established in the Belfast Agreement 1998 applies to people who live in the Republic of Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL99
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>This Government understands the concept of parity of esteem, as set out in the 1998 Belfast Agreement, as placing a general obligation on the UK Government to treat people of different traditions in Northern Ireland fairly and with equal respect. In the Agreement it is clearly expressed and defined in relation to people living in Northern Ireland.</p><p>As a general obligation there is no definition of particular circumstances in which it does or does not apply.</p><p> </p><p>As I have set out in previous replies to the Noble Lord, this Government is firm in its commitment to the protection of people against any form of discrimination, and the promotion of opportunity for all, across the whole of our United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of the Noble Lord’s question about those who might march wearing army uniforms but who are not members of an army, the concept of parity of esteem clearly does not absolve people from upholding the law. This Government has made clear many times that we will never accept any form of equivalence between members of the security forces and those who engage in terrorism or other forms of paramilitary activity.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop grouped question UIN HL100 HL101 HL102 HL103 HL129 HL131 question first answered 26/05/2016 12:22:50 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

944906

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness and uptake of the new system of online registration of voters in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL9689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Electoral registration is an operational matter for the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Office report that for the first month of the digital service being in operation, 18 June to 17 July 2018, approximately 79% of all applications to register to vote in Northern Ireland were made using the online service.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 25/07/2018 11:48:03 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

944905

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with local councils in Northern Ireland about the transfer of some of the functions of the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland to local authorities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL9688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The delivery of elections in Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland and there is no suggestion that that will change. If the Chief Electoral Officer wishes to pursue the possibility of local authorities assisting in the delivery of some aspects of elections, under her direction, that will in the first instance be a matter for her.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 25/07/2018 11:48:15 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

944904

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received from the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland regarding the implications of the current budget allocation for its activities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL9687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Officials regularly hold discussions with the Chief Electoral Officer and her staff on this and a range of other issues.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 25/07/2018 11:48:22 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

944440

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Army and Police: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) members, and (2) former members of the security forces have been charged with offences relating to their duties in Northern Ireland since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	uin	HL9674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not hold figures on prosecutorial decisions as this is a matter for the prosecuting authorities (in this case the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland) who act independently of Government.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware, however, that since 2011 the following decisions have been taken in relation to offences connected to the security situation in Northern Ireland that took place prior to the signing of the Belfast Agreement on 10 April 1998.</p><p> </p><ul><li>There have been seven prosecutions of republican paramilitaries. Of the five concluded cases there have been two convictions, one acquittal and two cases in which proceedings were discontinued (one following the death of the defendant);</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>There have been four prosecutions related to alleged loyalist paramilitary activity. Convictions have been secured in two cases and two cases are currently active;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>There have been three prosecutions of soldiers with one ‘no prosecution’ decision currently under review. All of these cases are currently active.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 25/07/2018 11:48:45 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

944439

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2018
	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 Her Majesty's Government how many people have been charged with terrorist offences connected with Northern Ireland since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	uin	HL9673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Information on charges for terrorist offences with a connection to Northern Ireland is held by a number of agencies. Northern Ireland Office officials are currently undertaking a consolidation exercise to confirm the answer to this question and I will write to the Noble Lord once this exercise has been completed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 25/07/2018 11:49:00 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

940110

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2018
	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: Reviews
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many independent reviews the Northern Ireland Office has commissioned into its policy or administration over the last year; and what was the total cost of those reviews.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watts
	uin	HL9525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office has not commissioned any independent reviews into its policy or administration over the last year.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 19/07/2018 15:35:40 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

934468

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Brexit: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to reassure Northern Irish businesses that their operations will not be interrupted if the UK leaves the EU in March 2019 without a withdrawal agreement.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL9149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has agreed a detailed proposal for a UK-EU free trade area which will establish a common rule book for industrial goods and agricultural products and maintain high standards in these areas.</p><p> </p><p>This proposal will protect jobs and livelihoods and ensure that both sides meet their commitments to Northern Ireland and Ireland through the overall future relationship, whilst retaining the constitutional integrity of the United Kingdom and respecting the result of the referendum. Further details are set out in the White Paper.</p><p> </p><p>We are confident that this proposal will work for the UK and the EU and look forward to productive discussions. As a responsible Government we will also continue to prepare for a range of outcomes, including the unlikely scenario in which no mutually satisfactory agreement can be reached.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 16/07/2018 12:06:12 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

933748

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	British Irish Intergovernmental Conference
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Duncan of Springbank on 20 June (HL8501), what assessment they have made of the comments of the Irish Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Coveney, about the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference in July as a forum for working “to achieve the earliest operation of the devolved institutions”; whether restoring the operation of the devolved institutions will be discussed with the government of Ireland at the Conference; and if so, why.
	tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
	uin	HL9134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference (BIIGC) is concerned with non-devolved Northern Ireland issues. It is not an executive body and as the Belfast Agreement states ‘there will be no derogation from the sovereignty of either government’.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 16/07/2018 12:05:33 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

932047

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2018
	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 Assembly Members: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to make a determination on the salary levels of Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL9020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has made clear that she is carefully considering all the details and will set out the next steps on this matter in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 06/07/2018 09:56:27 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey