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100558

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Defamation: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Northern Ireland Law Commission has set a date for the publication of its report on the law of defamation in Northern Ireland; and, if not, whether it will now do so.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL2295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Law Commission is an independent advisory, non-departmental public body. The Northern Ireland Department of Justice is the Commission’s sponsoring Department. The Noble Lord may wish to contact the Commission or the Northern Ireland Department of Justice directly for information relating to this report.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 30/10/2014 14:32:29 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

114498

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Welfare State: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they propose to legislate to provide for welfare reform in Northern Ireland, in the light of the failure of the Northern Ireland Executive to agree new welfare reform proposals.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Discussions on welfare reform are continuing to be held at the multi-party talks which are taking place in Belfast. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is pressing hard for an agreed resolution of the issues.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 11/11/2014 12:02:55 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

147398

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Government Departments: Sick Leave
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many employees are currently on sick leave from the Northern Ireland Office for stress; and how that compares with the same period last year.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office currently has no employees on sick leave due to stress. There were no employees on sick leave due to stress in November 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 18/11/2014 13:38:37 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

147399

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Government Departments: Sick Leave
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many employees are currently on long-term sick leave from the Northern Ireland Office; and how that compares with the same period last year.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL2803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office currently has no employees on long-term sick leave. One employee was absent on long-term sick leave during November 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 18/11/2014 13:38:01 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

155385

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Welfare State: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Randerson on 11 November (HL2678), whether they intend to legislate to provide for welfare reform in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL2843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Welfare reform is a devolved matter, and it is for the parties in the Northern Ireland Executive to find a resolution on these issues. The UK Government continues to strongly encourage the parties to implement welfare reform.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 18/11/2014 13:39:01 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

164229

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the progress to date of the discussions initiated by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with the political parties in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
tabling member printed	Lord Eames
uin	HL3059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>There has been positive and constructive engagement from all sides in the cross-party talks. However, differences of view between the parties remain on some significant issues, and a successful outcome will be very difficult to achieve.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 01/12/2014 16:00:09 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

45746

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Randerson on 26 March (WA 124), whether the review by Lady Justice Hallett is to be purely an internal government exercise without anyone else whom the judge may summon being under any statutory legal compulsion to appear; and whether any compulsion to co-operate extends to members of Sinn Fein, the police, the recipients of the "on-the-run" letters, or others who may not be government officials or who may have retired from government service.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL6395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The inquiry led by Lady Justice Hallett has no powers of compulsion. As recorded in my earlier Written Answer, Official Report, Column WA124, officials who are requested to appear will be expected to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

46666

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many super-injunctions on matters relating to libel or privacy are in place in Northern Ireland; and whether any have been granted since 1 January 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL6544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Libel and Privacy law is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and is a matter for the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

46679

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on what date the new trustees of the Royal Palace at Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland, were announced; and who has been appointed.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawhinney
uin	HL6557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>On 24 March 2014, a press release was issued stating “The Northern Ireland Office and Historic Royal Palaces are pleased to announce that they have today signed a contract confirming that Historic Royal Palaces will take over responsibility for management and presentation of Hillsborough Castle as planned, with effect from 1 April 2014.”</p><p> </p><p>No new trustees were appointed specifically to Hillsborough Castle, but details of the current trustees of Historic Royal Palaces can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.hrp.org.uk/aboutus/whoweare/currenttrustees" target="_blank">http://www.hrp.org.uk/aboutus/whoweare/currenttrustees</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	121 label Biography information for Lord Mawhinney

50436

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Randerson on 26 March (WA 124) and 3 April (WA 226), and by Lord Bates on 6 May(WA 410–11), whether they have any plans to reconsider the scope of Lady Justice Hallett's inquiry into on the runs or to assess its possible impact on the judicial, financial or community processes.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL7016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to reconsider the scope of Lady Justice Hallett's inquiry, nor to assess the impacts on the judicial, financial or community processes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass