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1696562

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Stormont Brake
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which existing provisions of EU law listed in Annex 2 of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland can be subjected to the Stormont Brake procedure.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
	uin	HL3319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2024 answer text <p>The scope of EU legislation that can be subject to the Stormont Brake is set out in the Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2024. The Government welcomes the restoration of Northern Ireland’s devolved institutions so that this important democratic safeguard can now be exercised.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 03/04/2024 14:19:08 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1696331

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Import Controls: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the money allocated for the construction of border control posts in Northern Ireland is for (1) agricultural food inspections, and (2) customs.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
	uin	HL3277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The funding allocated for SPS facilities in Northern Ireland to deal with goods moving into the EU through the red lane - as the Government had also committed to do under the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill - is a maximum funding envelope. The figure is in line with a business case which was being prepared when that Bill was in Parliament.</p><p>The facilities will fulfil a number of functions and it is not possible to provide a breakdown of costs in the manner described.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 27/03/2024 17:38:10 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1691286

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Stormont Brake
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish each individual EU law and regulation which is outside the scope of the Stormont Brake in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
	uin	HL2704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The scope of the Stormont Brake is provided for in domestic law under the Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2024. The restoration of the devolved institutions in Northern Ireland allowed those regulations to come into force and facilitated new democratic safeguards that would be unavailable to the people of Northern Ireland if the failure of those institutions to function continued. The Government has published clear operational arrangements that underpin the democratic mechanisms contained within the Windsor Framework.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 07/03/2024 17:29:17 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1690926

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Windsor Framework
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to introduce legislation to direct Northern Ireland bodies regarding the UK internal market scheme in the operation of the Windsor Framework.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
	uin	HL2645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government will take direct powers at Westminster to direct NI bodies to protect the UK internal market as soon as parliamentary time allows. This will allow us to provide clear legal direction to DAERA and other UK Government authorities to eliminate any physical checks when goods move within the UK internal market system, except those conducted by UK authorities and required as part of a risk-based or intelligence-led approach.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/03/2024 17:13:42 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1690927

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Protocol
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide a list of the measures adopted by the EU within the scope of the Northern Ireland Protocol between January 2021 and July 2022, referred to in the paper Northern Ireland Protocol: the UK’s Solution, published by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 14 July 2022.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
	uin	HL2646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Windsor Framework disapplies swathes of EU rules that applied under the old Northern Ireland Protocol to support internal UK trade. It completely carves out whole areas of EU law on issues such as VAT, medicines and food. Those limited areas that remain apply principally in order to secure NI access to the EU market.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/03/2024 17:14:18 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1688301

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Stormont Brake
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which existing EU regulations and laws applying to Northern Ireland are within the scope of the Stormont Brake mechanism.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
	uin	HL2271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>With the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive back up and running, the powerful democratic safeguard of the Stormont Brake is now in operation. This gives MLAs a vital role in the decision on whether significant new goods rules impacting on everyday life in Northern Ireland should be applied. Its operation is set out in detail in the Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2024.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The operation of the Windsor Framework and the application of a limited subset of EU law in Northern Ireland are subject to a consent vote of the Northern Ireland Assembly, due to be held later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/02/2024 16:18:11 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1681712

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Energy Bills Discount Scheme: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which specific provisions of the Windsor Framework and UK legislation required the European Commission to give state aid approval for the Energy Business Discount Scheme in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
	uin	HL1509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>The Windsor Framework ensures that subsidy control provisions work as intended, serving to avoid market distortion on the island of Ireland, without interfering with Northern Ireland’s place in the UK internal market. It is consistent with Northern Ireland’s full access to both the UK and EU markets, which is what Northern Ireland businesses have consistently asked for.</p><p> </p><p>In the case of the Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS), where targeted support was provided to energy and trade intensive industries, under the relevant provisions set out under Article 10 of the Windsor Framework, there is a proven genuine and material link to Northern Ireland’s trade with the EU, not least with regard to the all-island Single Electricity Market. The EBDS scheme provides equivalent levels of support in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/01/2024 17:40:58 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1679281

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2023
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Assistance: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many approvals have been sought from the European Commission for state aid in Northern Ireland since the coming into force of the Northern Ireland Protocol; what are these approvals; and what estimate they have made of the total amount of funds for which approval has been sought.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
	uin	HL1330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2024 answer text <p>The Windsor Framework addressed the risk of &quot;reach back&quot; of EU state aid rules and, based on past experience, ensures that more than 98% of aid can be granted without notification, preserving the functioning of the UK internal market. This sits alongside the uniquely generous arrangements for agricultural subsidies in Northern Ireland under the Framework. Under the old Protocol, there were 11 cases that required EU approval. Since the Windsor Framework, there has been only one such case, the Energy <del class="ministerial">Business</del> <ins class="ministerial">Bills</ins> Discount Scheme, which was resolved in order to ensure a UK-wide subsidy scheme, and continuing access to the EU market for all manufacturers in scope.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/01/2024 11:19:02 question first ministerially corrected 17/01/2024 15:49:14 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe previous answer version 9756 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1460469

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Protocol
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to provide a list of those individual benefits set out in the Benefits of Brexit paper, published on 31 January, which do not apply to Northern Ireland because of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
	uin	HL7950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 28/04/2022 11:24:52 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1457024

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	EU Law: 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 potential divergence in laws and policies between Great Britain and Northern Ireland resulting from the review of EU retained law.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
	uin	HL7801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government has now delivered the review into the status and substance of retained EU law and is using the outcome of both reviews to inform the content of the ‘Brexit Freedoms Bill’.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p>We remain committed to engaging with devolved governments using Common Frameworks and other existing intergovernmental structures.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL7802 question first answered 25/04/2022 13:30:53 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn