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date	01/07/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to (1) reports that the Northern Ireland Executive has failed to implement the Victims’ Payment Scheme for victims of terrorism successfully, and (2) the UK’s historical responsibility and involvement in the 1969–1994 counter terrorism campaign in Northern Ireland, what plans they have to take direct responsibility for the implementation and operation of that Scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL6370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government provided a legislative framework for this scheme in the absence of an Executive and the Executive must now deliver. The Government is taking this matter very seriously and we are extremely disappointed by the current delay.</p><p> </p><p>The Executive needs to designate a department that can own the policy and implement the scheme so that applications can be processed and payments made to victims. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland remains in regular contact with the First and deputy First Ministers on progress towards this priority.</p><p> </p><p>We do not recognise the relevance of the reference to “the UK’s historical responsibility and involvement in the 1969–1994 counter terrorism campaign in Northern Ireland” in relation to delivery of the Victims Payment scheme. The Executive committed to “find a way forward” on this issue in 2014. We have provided that way forward. This is clearly a devolved matter and it is imperative that the Executive sets aside its political differences and delivers for victims.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 09/07/2020 13:46:32 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

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registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Veterans: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what lessons they learnt from the (1) process followed by, and (2) conclusions of, the Iraq Historic Allegations Team; whether any such lessons are applicable to any ongoing investigations into soldiers who served in Northern Ireland between 1969 and 1994; and what plans they have, if any, to establish a similar team to oversee any such investigations.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL5040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has made clear that the Government is committed to introducing legislation to address the legacy of the Troubles. This legislation will place information recovery and reconciliation at the heart of a revised legacy system that puts victims first. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has begun the process of engaging key partners on a way forward which will focus on reconciliation, delivering for victims and ensuring that all Service Personnel who served in Northern Ireland are treated as fairly as those who served overseas.</p><p> </p><p>Where appropriate, we will draw on the lessons from the Iraq Historic Allegations Team. In Northern Ireland, during the Troubles, the Armed Forces acted in support of the civil powers, within the UK. This is different to military action outside the UK.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 12/06/2020 12:06:30 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

1184489

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
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: Art Works
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who authorised the payment to a civil servant as a result of offence allegedly caused by a royal portrait on display in the Northern Ireland Office; from which Department's budget that money came; whether that civil servant remains employed by the Northern Ireland Office; and if so, in what role.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL2506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>It would not be appropriate to comment on an individual case. Any compensation payments made by the Northern Ireland Office would be dealt with in line with the guidance in Managing Public Money.</p><p> </p><p>Information on employees’ personal data is sensitive, so I am unable to provide any details on staff members’ current employment or otherwise.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 24/03/2020 16:17:43 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass