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1043063

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date	17/01/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the highest hourly rate was that (a) her Department and (b) each of her Department's arms-length bodies paid for legal advice in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	209816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office uses legal services from a variety of providers, however the information requested is not separately recorded. To provide this information would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Northern Ireland Office has three executive non-departmental public bodies – the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, the Independent Reporting Commission and the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland; and one advisory non-departmental public body – the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland. As these bodies are independent of Government, the hon Member may wish to write to the Commissions directly on these matters – contact details are set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>ALB</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contact Details</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parades Commission for Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p><strong>Executive NDPB</strong></p></td><td><p><a href="mailto:info@paradescommission.org" target="_blank">info@paradescommission.org</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent Reporting Commission</p></td><td><p><strong>Executive NDPB</strong></p></td><td><p><a href="mailto:enquiries@IRCommission.org" target="_blank">enquiries@IRCommission.org</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission</p></td><td><p><strong>Executive NDPB</strong></p></td><td><p><a href="mailto:information@nihrc.org" target="_blank">information@nihrc.org</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p><strong>Advisory NDPB</strong></p></td><td><p><a href="mailto:contact@boundarycommission.org.uk" target="_blank">contact@boundarycommission.org.uk</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 22/01/2019 11:18:54 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1041222

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Voting Rights: Foreign Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether Irish citizens’ will retain their right to vote in certain UK elections after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
uin	HL12804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The rights of Irish citizens to vote in UK elections will remain unaffected after the UK leaves the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>The long standing eligibility of Irish citizens who are resident in the UK to register for and vote in elections in the UK is a result of the historical and close political ties between the two countries and is currently enshrined in the Representation of the People Act 1983. The reciprocal arrangement on voting rights between the United Kingdom and Ireland is entirely separate to membership of the European Union.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 22/01/2019 12:15:18 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

1041438

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether it is the Government's policy that victims in Northern Ireland of the infected blood scandal deserve as a matter of urgency the same financial recognition as those in Scotland, England and Wales due to the scandal having taken place under direct rule; and if she will meet representatives from Haemophilia Northern Ireland to discuss their concerns.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	208403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>I am happy to confirm that The Infected Blood Inquiry is UK-wide and includes Northern Ireland. The contaminated blood scandal was an appalling tragedy and I urge all victims from Northern Ireland, or family members of victims, to engage with the Public Inquiry and I acknowledge the work of Haemophilia Northern Ireland to support some of those affected to do this. The Inquiry terms of reference include consideration of the question of financial assistance, including for those in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 22/01/2019 13:20:11 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan