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947420

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date	24/07/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Incinerators: Northern Ireland
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 implications for the (a) government of Northern Ireland and (b) role of the Northern Ireland civil service of the recent court ruling against the granting of planning permission for the Arc21 incinerator; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	167923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Following the decision of the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal, the UK Government recognises that there is a need to provide reassurance and clarity on the mechanisms for the continued delivery of public services and good governance in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland’s statement to the House of 6 September set out our clear plan to introduce legislation that will include provisions to enable Northern Ireland departments to continue to take decisions in Northern Ireland and to ensure the continued delivery of public services.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 10/09/2018 14:42:06 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

947483

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Borders: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans the Government has for the construction of new infrastruture on the UK border in Northern Ireland in the event of no withdrawal agreement being concluded under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	167939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Joint Report, the UK and the EU are committed to ensuring that our departure does not lead to a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Our White Paper outlines a new and detailed proposal for a principled, pragmatic and ambitious future partnership between the UK and the EU and would enable us to meet these commitments.</p><p> </p><p>We firmly believe it is in the interests of both the EU and the UK to strike a deal and we are confident that this will be achieved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 05/09/2018 11:41:15 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

947536

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Borders: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information her Department holds on whether the (a) Republic of Ireland and (b) the EU has plans for building new infrastructure on the UK border in Northern Ireland in the event of no agreement being reached under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union; and whether the UK Government has any such plans.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	168022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Joint Report, the UK and the EU are committed to ensuring that our departure does not lead to a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Our White Paper outlines a new and detailed proposal for a principled, pragmatic and ambitious future partnership between the UK and the EU and would enable us to meet these commitments.</p><p> </p><p>We firmly believe it is in the interests of both the EU and the UK to strike a deal and we are confident that this will be achieved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 05/09/2018 11:39:52 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

947010

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Political Parties: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2018 to Question 165163 on Political Parties: Northern Ireland, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) controls and (b) transparency regulations on donations from the (i) the US and (ii) other countries outside of the UK and the Republic of Ireland to political parties in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	167386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>There is a range of legislation that sets out the rules for donations and loans, credit facilities and securities given to political parties in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission regulates compliance with the permissibility rules and has published detailed quarterly data about donations and loans in Northern Ireland since July 2017.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government remains committed to reviewing the operation of the broader framework for donations and loans in Northern Ireland once the current regime has fully bedded in.</p><p> </p><p>Transparency of donations and loans from the US and other countries outside the UK and Ireland will be part of that review.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 04/09/2018 12:14:55 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

943149

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Political Parties: 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 assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) controls and (b) transparency regulations on donations from outside the United Kingdom to political parties in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	165163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The reporting arrangements brought into force by the Transparency of Donations and Loans etc. (Northern Ireland Political Parties) Order 2018 and which apply to donations and loans to Northern Ireland parties from within the UK also apply to Irish donations and loans to Northern Ireland parties. In order to make a donation Irish citizens must be eligible to obtain an Irish passport, certificate of nationality or naturalisation and Irish bodies making a donation must conduct one or more of its principal activities from an office in Ireland or Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/07/2018 16:01:16 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

943152

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Stormont House Agreement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many applications for funding for money associated with the Fresh Start Agreement have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected in each year since that funding has been made available; and for what reasons applications were rejected.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	165164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government has approved over £180 million of funding for shared and integrated education and housing. This funding will go towards Tranche 1 projects including the construction of three shared education campuses, three integrated schools and will allow 17 project proposals to be developed. £140 million of this funding is for the Strule Shared Education Campus.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government and the NICS are working closely on a further package of investment for shared and integrated education projects in line with the Fresh Start Agreement.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 165165 question first answered 25/07/2018 09:35:23 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

943153

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Stormont House Agreement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful applications for funding from money associated with the Fresh Start Agreement have been for (i) shared education projects and (ii) integrated education projects in each year since that funding has been made available.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	165165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government has approved over £180 million of funding for shared and integrated education and housing. This funding will go towards Tranche 1 projects including the construction of three shared education campuses, three integrated schools and will allow 17 project proposals to be developed. £140 million of this funding is for the Strule Shared Education Campus.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government and the NICS are working closely on a further package of investment for shared and integrated education projects in line with the Fresh Start Agreement.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 165164 question first answered 25/07/2018 09:35:23 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

943155

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Political Parties: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will hold discussions with the Electoral Commission on the adequacy of regulations governing donations to political parties in Northern Ireland in light of BBC Northern Ireland’s Spotlight programme broadcast on 26 June 2018; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	165166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that following the introduction of the Transparency of Donations and Loans etc. (Northern Ireland Political Parties) Order 2018, we intend to review the operation of the broader framework for donations and loans in Northern Ireland once the regime has fully bedded in. As a matter of good practice we will engage with the Electoral Commission to review implementation as well as take views from political representatives in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 165168 question first answered 25/07/2018 09:32:10 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

943159

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Political Parties: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) discussions her Department has held with and (b) representations her Department has received from the Electoral Commission about the adequacy of regulations governing donations to political parties in Northern Ireland since the the approval of the Transparency of Donations and Loans etc. (Northern Ireland Political Parties) Order 2018 on 7 March 2018.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	165167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Northern Ireland Office officials held a number of discussions with the Electoral Commission on a range of electoral issues including donations and loans over this period. In addition, the Electoral Commission has written to the Minister responsible, Lord Duncan of Springbank, on one occasion and a meeting to discuss this and other issues is being arranged.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 25/07/2018 09:33:41 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

943162

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Political Parties: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make it her policy to launch a public consultation on amending the Transparency of Donations and Loans etc. (Northern Ireland Political Parties) Order 2018 to backdate these provisions to 2014.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	165168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that following the introduction of the Transparency of Donations and Loans etc. (Northern Ireland Political Parties) Order 2018, we intend to review the operation of the broader framework for donations and loans in Northern Ireland once the regime has fully bedded in. As a matter of good practice we will engage with the Electoral Commission to review implementation as well as take views from political representatives in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 165166 question first answered 25/07/2018 09:32:10 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran