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1090929

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if in the absence of the Northern Ireland Assembly she will make a decision on a teachers pay award for Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Lewes
tabling member printed	Maria Caulfield
uin	233575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Department of Finance Permanent Secretary determined 2018-19 pay policy on 22 November 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In keeping with HMT policy, for 2018-19, the 1% pay award limit has been removed.</p><p> </p><p>Any decision on an increase above 1% is for the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Education in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/03/2019 11:47:04 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield

1090943

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Women's Rights: Northern Ireland
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 report entitled, Women in Northern Ireland, UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Shadow Report, published by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland in January 2019, what plans she has to increase women’s rights through increased access to family planning services.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	233509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the sensitivities of these issues and the strongly held views of stakeholders on all sides of the debate. The Government takes its obligations under the Convention seriously, including having had positive dialogues with the UN CEDAW Committee very recently, and carefully considering the contribution civil society groups and statutory agencies make to the process.</p><p> </p><p>Given these issues are devolved, it is the Government's preference that any changes to the provision of healthcare, including in relation to abortion law in Northern Ireland, are addressed by a restored Executive and Assembly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/03/2019 12:30:44 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1086690

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to her oral contribution of 6 March 2019, Official Report column 949, that polls that they want to see change to the abortion laws in Northern Ireland—about 64%—are very clear that they want those changes to be made in Stormont, what the source is of that data.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	230813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The data comes from a ComRes survey conducted in Northern Ireland between 8 and 15 October 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/03/2019 12:23:51 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1084403

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Brexit: 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 19 June 2018 to Question 153188 on Common Travel Area, for what reason the reciprocal voting rights for Irish citizens do not cover referendums; and what assessment she has made of the implications of that for Irish citizens in Northern Ireland in relation to any border poll conducted under schedule 1 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	230086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The voting rights which will continue to be enjoyed by British and Irish citizens are reciprocal. British citizens may vote in local and parliamentary elections in Ireland but not Presidential elections or referendums. This reciprocal right is reflected in the voting rights of Irish citizens living in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>I continue to believe that a majority in Northern Ireland favour Northern Ireland's place in the United Kingdom. The test for a border poll set out in the 1998 Northern Ireland Act has therefore not been met.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 13/03/2019 12:35:02 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1084436

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
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: Chief Scientific Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings she held with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 December 2018 and 28 February 2019.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	230049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office does not have a Chief Scientific Adviser.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/03/2019 14:58:54 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1083586

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many consultations by her Department (a) are open, (b) are closed awaiting a Government response and (c) have been initiated since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	229755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Since 2016, the following consultations have been initiated by the Northern Ireland Office:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Consultation Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Opened</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Closed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Response Issued</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Future Delivery of Electoral Services in Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>12 October 2016</p></td><td><p>9 January 2017</p></td><td><p>25 June 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-jury trial provisions Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007</p></td><td><p>16 November 2016</p></td><td><p>8 February 2017</p></td><td><p>22 June 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-jury trial provisions Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007</p></td><td><p>6 December 2018</p></td><td><p>27 February 2019</p></td><td><p>Awaiting response</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Addressing the Legacy of Northern Ireland’s past</p></td><td><p>11 May 2018</p></td><td><p>26 October 2018</p></td><td><p>Awaiting response</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/03/2019 12:48:33 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1082454

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to seek the restoration of power-sharing devolved government in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	909559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>I am working closely with the main Northern Ireland parties to restore devolved government. I met the five main political parties on 15 February, and again - with the exception of one party - on 1 March. Northern Ireland needs a functioning Executive and Assembly and that is what this Government is determined to achieve.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 06/03/2019 15:08:55 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1081789

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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 (Sentences) Act 1998
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the provision in the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 capping time spent in prison for Troubles-related offences at two years applies to members of the (a) armed forces, (b) police and (c) security services and (b) paramilitaries; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	227933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Under the early release scheme that formed part of the 1998 Belfast Agreement and was given legislative effect by the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998, qualifying prisoners may apply for early release (subject to certain conditions) after they have served two years in prison. Currently anyone convicted of Troubles-related scheduled offences and serving their sentence in Northern Ireland would be eligible to apply to the scheme. Release is on licence, such licence being subject to revocation for noncompliance with certain conditions - as has happened in a number of cases. When a licence is revoked an individual is liable to be returned to prison to serve out their original sentence.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>The provisions set out in the draft Northern Ireland (Stormont House Agreement) Bill on which we recently consulted would amend the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 to extend this two year accelerated release scheme for Troubles-related offences to those serving sentences in Great Britain. The Sentences Act does not cover offences committed before August 1973, so the draft Bill proposes to extend the early release scheme to cover the start of the Troubles (January 1968-August 1973). The Government has no intention to extend early release to offences committed after the date of the Belfast Agreement in April 1998. There is no proposal in the consultation to do this and the Government is not contemplating it.</p><p> </p><p>The legacy consultation concluded in October and we expect to finish our analysis of the 17,000 plus responses shortly. It is right we take the time to consider each response fully and I will set out the next steps in this process as soon as I can.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 11/03/2019 15:01:02 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1079346

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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 Assembly Members: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland of 13 February 2019, Official Report, column 911, how much has been paid in salaries to Members of the Legislative Assembly since the collapse of the Northern Ireland Assembly in January 2017; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	227055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Since January 2017, £9,689,201 has been paid in salaries to Members of the Legislative Assembly. The total cost including salaries, social security, and other pension costs for the same period is £12,367,952.</p><p>These figures have been provided by the Assembly Commission which holds the budget for the payment of salaries to MLAs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 05/03/2019 17:35:06 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1079347

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Belfast Agreement: Anniversaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for the Cabinet Office of 27 February 2019, Official Report column 367, what preparations the Government is making to mark the 21st anniversary of the signing of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	227056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not have any current plans to mark the day with any official commemorations. I shall, however, be using the occasion to remind people of the huge progress that has been made in Northern Ireland over the past 21 years as a result of the Belfast Agreement and its successors, and to stress the need for the earliest possible restoration of devolved government.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 05/03/2019 15:07:27 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon