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446119

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Charities: 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 the Government is taking to support charities in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	903086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>Support for charities is a matter for the Northern Ireland Assembly. The Government does however, support the Big Lottery Fund (BIG), which plays a vital role in supporting the charity sector in Northern Ireland.</p><p>The Chancellor announced in the Spending Review that BIG’s funding will be maintained and Northern Ireland will receive £27.3m.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 20/01/2016 15:49:14 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

446121

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	World War I: Anniversaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how the Government plans to commemorate in Northern Ireland the centenary of the battle of the Somme.
tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire
tabling member printed	Glyn Davies
uin	903088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon Gentleman to the answer I gave earlier today to the hon Member for Portsmouth South.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 20/01/2016 15:44:24 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4041 label Biography information for Glyn Davies

443819

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
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 Office: UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what contingency arrangements her Department has made for the eventuality of a majority leave vote in the upcoming EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	21951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon Gentleman to the answer given by my Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister on 14 January 2016.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 18/01/2016 10:53:52 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

438021

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Trade Promotion: 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 the Government is taking to promote Northern Ireland as a destination for meetings, events and conferences.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	20095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>Measures to provide a further boost to tourism were included in the economic pact, <em>Building a Prosperous and United Community</em>, which was agreed between the Government and the Northern Ireland Executive. This includes a UK-Ireland visa system, which means that people from China and India can visit both countries with a single visa, thus encouraging tourism, business links and inward investment.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 22/12/2015 10:55:14 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

438173

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Irish government on the implications for relations between the UK and the Republic of Ireland of the UK voting to leave the EU in the EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	Stephen Pound
uin	19858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister believes that the UK’s best future lies within a reformed European Union. He is focused on addressing the concerns of the people of the United Kingdom and is confident that the right agreement can be reached.</p><p>Northern Ireland Office Ministers meet regularly with Irish Government Ministers to discuss a range of issues and will continue to do so.</p><br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 17/12/2015 13:41:35 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	161 label Biography information for Stephen Pound

438174

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: 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 the implications for Northern Ireland of the UK voting to leave the EU in the EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	Stephen Pound
uin	19859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister believes that the UK’s best future lies within a reformed European Union. He is focused on addressing the concerns of the people of the United Kingdom and is confident that the right agreement can be reached.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 17/12/2015 13:43:03 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	161 label Biography information for Stephen Pound

437230

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether financial penalties related to welfare reform have been ceased since legislation on that subject was agreed by the Northern Ireland Assembly; and whether there has been reimbursement of such penalties since that agreement.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	19693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>In the Fresh Start Agreement, the Government committed to stop welfare deductions for 2015-16 following Assembly approval of a consent motion to enable primary and secondary legislation to the welfare system to proceed at Westminster.</p><p>The Government also committed to refund the proportion of deduction due for the remainder of 2015-16, making an equivalent sum available to the NI Executive spread equally over 2016-17 and 2017-18. This will now take place.</p><br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 15/12/2015 12:34:42 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

436326

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Bombardier: 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 she has had with Bombardier about that company's plans for the number of jobs it provides in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	19120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Northern Ireland Office Ministers regularly meet a range of businesses and business organisations from across Northern Ireland.</p><p>The Northern Ireland economic pact recognised the importance of Bombardier as one of Northern Ireland’s largest private sector employers. The Government continues to work with Invest NI to deliver on the commitments contained in the economic pact which included providing research and development funding to Bombardier.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 15/12/2015 12:31:18 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

434026

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Infrastructure: 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 her Department has taken to promote use of the UK Guarantees Scheme in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	18724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>In the Northern Ireland economic pact, <em>Building a Prosperous and United Community</em>, the Government committed to applying its Infrastructure Guarantee Scheme flexibly to ensure that locally or regionally significant projects in Northern Ireland will be eligible.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/12/2015 15:57:52 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

434027

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Marriage: 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 she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the legal recognition in Northern Ireland of same-sex marriages which have been registered elsewhere in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	18723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>Northern Ireland Office Ministers have had no discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on the legal recognition in Northern Ireland of same-sex marriages which have been registered elsewhere in the UK. This is a transferred matter and is therefore the responsibility of Northern Ireland Executive Ministers.</p><br /> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 08/12/2015 13:09:00 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier