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45468

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who took the decision not to announce the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy in respect of members of the IRA in the London Gazette or the Belfast Gazette.
	tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
	tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
	uin	194052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There have been no instances in which the Royal Prerogative of Mercy (RPM) has been issued in respect of paramilitaries in Northern Ireland since the current Government came to power in May 2010<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p><p>I am not aware of any legal requirement to publish in the media information relating to the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy (RPM). In England and Wales, RPMs signed by HM the Queen, on the advice of the Secretary of State, are then passed to the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery for sealing, who by convention subsequently places the notice in the London Gazette. By convention in Northern Ireland, RPMs signed by HM the Queen are not subsequently placed in the Belfast Gazette.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers grouped question UIN 194051 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

45471

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy granted in respect of members of the IRA was not announced in the London Gazette or the Belfast Gazette.
	tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
	tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
	uin	194051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There have been no instances in which the Royal Prerogative of Mercy (RPM) has been issued in respect of paramilitaries in Northern Ireland since the current Government came to power in May 2010<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p><p>I am not aware of any legal requirement to publish in the media information relating to the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy (RPM). In England and Wales, RPMs signed by HM the Queen, on the advice of the Secretary of State, are then passed to the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery for sealing, who by convention subsequently places the notice in the London Gazette. By convention in Northern Ireland, RPMs signed by HM the Queen are not subsequently placed in the Belfast Gazette.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers grouped question UIN 194052 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

48031

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	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 her progress in discharging her responsibilities under section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 in respect of (a) HM Revenue and Customs, (b) the Driver and Vehicle Agency and (c) the UK Border Agency.
	tabling member constituency	South Down
	tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
	uin	195999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 imposes a statutory duty on public authorities (as defined therein) with regard to the carrying out of their functions relating to Northern Ireland.</p><p>The bodies concerned are not within my responsibility, but that of Treasury Ministers, the Northern Ireland Executive Minister of the Environment and the Home Secretary, respectively.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick