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1682719

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Women: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to help ensure the safety of women and girls in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	900962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>I recently visited the Women’s Aid Federation NI in Belfast, to hear directly about this important issue. It is disappointing that Northern Ireland remains the only part of the UK without a dedicated strategy to tackle violence against women and girls and I note the significant work currently underway in the Executive Office to develop a Strategic Framework to End Violence Against Women and Girls. It is vital that the Northern Ireland Executive is restored to approve and implement this strategy.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 17/01/2024 14:35:05 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1726399

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for Communities in Northern Ireland on the potential impact of changes to the eligibility criteria for the Winter Fuel Payment on people in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Robin Swann
uin	3630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>The Winter Fuel Payment is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and its delivery and the eligibility criteria are the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Department for Communities.</p><p>The Northern Ireland Executive is responsible for balancing its own budget. The Executive has made a decision to maintain parity with the UK Government by requiring receipt of the Winter Fuel Payment to be means tested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Leeds South answering member printed Hilary Benn question first answered 04/09/2024 14:18:02 answering member 413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn
tabling member	5319

1698277

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Windsor Framework (Implementation) Regulations 2024
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which department will answer questions on matters relating to the Windsor Framework (Implementation) Regulations 2024.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL3581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>Consistent with responsibility for the Windsor Framework, the Cabinet Office is responsible for the Windsor Framework (Implementation) Regulations 2024 overall. Any matters relating to the constitutional position of Northern Ireland or devolution would be for the Northern Ireland Office to answer.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 28/03/2024 15:52:32 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1719893

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Windsor Framework (Implementation) Regulations 2024
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish directions made under the Windsor Framework (Implementation) Regulations 2024.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL4816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Government decisions, including those exercised under the Windsor Framework (Implementation) Regulations, are subject to scrutiny by Parliament. The Government does not routinely publish details of the engagement with officials working under its direction, whether under the terms of those regulations or otherwise.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 24/05/2024 12:11:04 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1606180

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Windsor Framework
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Windsor Framework on Northern Ireland's place in the Union.
tabling member constituency	Broadland
tabling member printed	Jerome Mayhew
uin	904199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The Windsor Framework protects and strengthens Northern Ireland’s place in our Union and this will be reinforced by the changes we are making to domestic legislation.</p><p>As well as ensuring goods available on the shelves in Great Britain are able to move freely to Northern Ireland, the agreement safeguards Northern Ireland’s place in the UK internal market through agreements on medicines, VAT and State aid.</p><p>The agreement ensures that Northern Ireland will benefit from the same VAT and alcohol taxes as apply in the rest of the United Kingdom.</p><p>With the agreement, we have restored sovereignty by putting the people of Northern Ireland in charge and eliminating the democratic deficit.</p><p>Northern Ireland’s businesses have access not only to the UK market, but also to the European single market and the agreement provides Northern Ireland with excellent opportunities for economic growth. In so doing it supports the prosperity of both Northern Ireland and the whole of the UK.</p><p>As Tony Blair recently noted, political stability is the best way to protect the union between Northern Ireland and Great Britain and by fixing the problems with the Protocol and restoring the delicate balance inherent in the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, we have provided a sound basis for Northern Ireland to move forward economically and politically as an integral and prosperous part of the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 23/03/2023 11:31:48 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris previous answer version 64341 answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4739 label Biography information for Jerome Mayhew

1658498

registered interest
date	29/08/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Windsor Framework
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has held with Cabinet colleagues on progress in implementing the Windsor Framework.
tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
uin	906191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>Our priority now is ensuring the timely and successful implementation of the Framework. To this end, we have published further guidance on how the Windsor Framework will work in practice, including detail on improved customs processes and movements of goods and subsidy control, and on the UK Internal Market Scheme, the Retail Movement Scheme and the Duty Reimbursement Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>This all delivers on our commitment to the Windsor Framework, its implementation and supporting businesses and members of civic societies in Northern Ireland. We have – and will continue to - engage extensively with businesses, communities and political parties in Northern Ireland to support them in adapting to these new arrangements, which will be phased in over nearly two and half years.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 06/09/2023 13:16:27 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

1721194

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Windsor Framework
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 Safeguarding the Union Command Paper (CP 1021), published on 31 January; and whether they will be implementing all of the measures outlined in it.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL32
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to implementing the Windsor Framework in good faith and to taking all necessary steps to protect the UK internal market.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent question first answered 24/07/2024 12:59:55 answering member 4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1721607

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Windsor Framework
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to The Windsor Framework (Implementation) Regulations 2024, what functions he exercises direction and control over; and if he will publish the directions issued under those regulations.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Jim Allister
uin	322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>The Windsor Framework (Implementation) Regulations are intended to assist with the delivery of the arrangements adopted between the UK and EU as set out in the Windsor Framework and, more specifically, the operation of arrangements under the Windsor Framework concerning the movement of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government does not routinely publish details of discussions with officials working under its direction, whether under the terms of these regulations or otherwise.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Leeds South answering member printed Hilary Benn question first answered 22/07/2024 15:38:08 answering member 413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn
tabling member	5356

1721666

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Windsor Framework
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the policy paper entitled Safeguarding the Union, published on 31 January 2024, whether he plans to implement the policies set out in that paper.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Jim Allister
uin	381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to implementing the Windsor Framework in good faith and to taking all necessary steps to protect the UK internal market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Leeds South answering member printed Hilary Benn question first answered 22/07/2024 15:36:36 answering member 413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn
tabling member	5356

1483330

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Wilton Park: 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 matters discussed at the conference A more confident and inclusive Northern Ireland, hosted by Wilton Park from 22 to 24 June in association with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Northern Ireland Office.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL1282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>The Wilton Park conference provided an opportunity for participants to discuss and explore how to create a more confident and inclusive Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Participants discussed a range of themes including education, skills, opportunities for young people and how community groups can support opportunity and integration.</p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">A report of the conference will be published in due course and made available in the public domain.</del></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 11/07/2022 15:23:00 question first ministerially corrected 11/07/2022 15:34:06 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine previous answer version 11788 answering member printed Lord Caine answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick