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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

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

1055346

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the timetable is for (a) her Department's publication of its response to its consultation on addressing the legacy of Northern Ireland's past and (b) the Government bringing forward legislative proposals on that matter.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	216988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The legacy consultation concluded in October and we expect to finish our analysis of the 17,000+ responses shortly. The public gave their time to tell us what they want so it is right that we consider every response fully.</p><p>We have met the main political parties in Northern Ireland to set out the emerging themes from our analysis so far and will continue to work with them and partners on the way forward.</p><p>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 08/02/2019 07:22:03 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1051211

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Vocational Guidance: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to increase the number of career opportunities for young people in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	908817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>This Government is committed to increasing opportunities for all, and ensuring every young person in Northern Ireland is able to fulfill their potential.</p><p> </p><p>Our Industrial Strategy is helping provide employment opportunities for young people by supporting businesses to thrive and grow. Overall employment in Northern Ireland is at a record high and youth unemployment has dropped by over 10% since 2015.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 30/01/2019 15:22:23 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1051216

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress has been made on the consultation on addressing the legacy of Northern Ireland's past.
tabling member constituency	South East Cornwall
tabling member printed	Mrs Sheryll Murray
uin	908815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The public consultation was launched on 11 May and ran for 21 weeks. The Government engaged with a wide range of stakeholders, victims’ and survivors’ groups, political parties, community groups and others, and attended over 30 events to promote it. We are carefully considering all the views received from over 17,000 responses and will provide an update in due course.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 30/01/2019 15:21:30 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4100 label Biography information for Mrs Sheryll Murray

1051477

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
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, when she last chaired round table talks between the leaders of the main political parties in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	214519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>I am in regular contact with the leaders of the Northern Ireland parties and I remain focused on bringing the parties together to work towards re-establishing devolved government in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 04/02/2019 13:00:02 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon