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1683160

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
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: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many equalities impact assessments his Department completed in each of the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	10262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>My Department has obligations in relation to equality considerations under both Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010. Under Section 75, the Northern Ireland Office as a designated public body has a statutory duty to screen all new, proposed or revised policies in relation to functions delivered in Northern Ireland for potential equality impacts and consider a full equality impact assessment (EQIA) for any policies screened in.</p><p> </p><p>In the last five years, the Northern Ireland Office has published over 29 screenings and one EQIA in 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the Northern Ireland Office’s Equality Scheme and its published equality assessments can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/northern-ireland-office" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/northern-ireland-office</a>.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 24/01/2024 11:06:17 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1682603

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Journalism: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing protections for journalists under libel defamation law in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	9959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>The civil law of defamation is a devolved issue in Northern Ireland. As such, the development of, or any reform to, the law in this area is a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive and Northern Ireland Assembly to consider.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 19/01/2024 10:59:03 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1681894

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Curlews: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure the survival of curlews in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	9447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>Biodiversity, conservation and protection is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland. In the absence of a Northern Ireland Executive and Ministers, it is for the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to advise on this topic.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 18/01/2024 14:13:02 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1682171

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Medical Records: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will ask the Permanent Secretary of the Northern Ireland Department of Health to publish an update on the Report of the Expert Review of Records of Deceased Patients (Neurology).
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	9700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter for the Northern Ireland Department of Health. The UK Government has no powers to intervene in this process.</p><p> </p><p>It remains the Government’s top priority to restore the Executive so that locally accountable political leaders can take action on Northern Ireland's public services, including health, in order to deliver better outcomes for the people of Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 18/01/2024 11:46:38 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1682280

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Charter of Fundamental Rights (EU): Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the case Angesom v the Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] NIKB 102, what assessment they have made of the finding in paragraphs 86 to 103 concerning the impact of Article 2 of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights on immigration in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL1570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the judgement in relation to this case. Article 2 of the Windsor Framework applies in respect of a diminution of a right, safeguard or equality of opportunity provision or protection covered by the relevant chapter of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, as a result of the UK's withdrawal from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Charter of Fundamental Rights does not form part of domestic law anywhere in the UK, including Northern Ireland.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 22/01/2024 15:37:57 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1681627

registered interest
date	11/01/2024
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 recent discussions he has held with the Irish Government on legacy issues.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	9175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government engages regularly with the Irish Government both at ministerial and official level on a range of issues, including legacy.</p><p> </p><p>At the most recent British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference on 28 November 2023, Ministers discussed the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act as well as a number of individual legacy cases.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Irish Government took the decision on 20 December 2023 to bring an interstate case against the UK Government in Strasbourg in relation to the Legacy Act, I have written to the Tánaiste to express my profound regret regarding this decision.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government will continue to engage on legacy issues and a range of matters that benefit from partnership between our two countries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 17/01/2024 09:20:58 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris previous answer version 11694 answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1681400

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Victims' Commissioner: Payments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proposal by the Victims Commissioner to provide payments to the relatives of those killed during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL1493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government fully recognises the terrible loss of those bereaved through Troubles-related incidents. Support for victims is a devolved matter for consideration by a restored Northern Ireland Executive. It is right that a restored Executive considers how best to acknowledge and support people who have lost loved ones during the Troubles.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has always made clear, in successive manifestos, that it will never accept any moral equivalence between those who defended democracy and the rule of law in Northern Ireland, and those who sought to destroy both.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 18/01/2024 12:05:20 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1681401

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Victims' Commissioner: Payments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the proposal by the Victims Commissioner to issue payments to the relatives of those killed during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, whether the scheme will apply in respect of paramilitaries who were killed.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL1494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>Support for victims is a devolved matter for consideration by a restored Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has always made clear, in successive manifestos, that it will never accept any moral equivalence between those who defended democracy and the rule of law in Northern Ireland, and those who sought to destroy both.</p> answering member printed Lord Caine question first answered 18/01/2024 11:48:34 answering member 4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1682715

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Business: 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 he is taking to support local businesses in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	900954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting SMEs. The British Business Bank’s £70m Investment Fund for Northern Ireland will increase the supply and diversity of early-stage finance for SMEs in Northern Ireland, and £17m of UK Shared Prosperity Funding (UKSPF) is delivering advice, business support and grants for SMEs. This is part of a range of measures in place and I should be glad if the hon Member requested an adjournment debate so that I could answer fully.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 17/01/2024 14:32:39 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1682716

registered interest
date	09/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Economic Growth: 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 he is taking to help grow Northern Ireland's economy.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	900955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting Northern Ireland’s economy. The Northern Ireland Investment Summit in September 2023 welcomed 180 investors, and generous funding packages are creating jobs, developing skills, supporting businesses and attracting FDI, including through the £617m UK Government investment into the four City and Growth Deals in Northern Ireland and the British Business Bank’s £70m Investment Fund. Northern Ireland is now positioned for an era of transformational success with a financial package worth in excess of £3bn to a returning Executive, plus unique arrangements for trade across the UK, the EU and the world, together with a range of government packages of support.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker grouped question UIN 900961 question first answered 17/01/2024 14:39:04 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson