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1713895

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Victims' Payments Scheme: 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 take steps to ensure that the public are aware of the deadline for backdating an application to the Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	23698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme is due to close for new applications in August 2026. The Scheme is a devolved matter and communications are the responsibility of the Victims Payments Board.</p><p> </p><p>The Board have recently conducted a communications campaign to raise awareness of the scheme, including key milestones such as the closing date for new applications.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 30/04/2024 13:02:27 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1692982

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Casement Park: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he plans to announce the investment decision on Casement Park.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	16480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>My Department is engaging with the Department for Communities, which is responsible for the procurement process for the redevelopment of Casement Park, including direct engagement with local partners on their funding contribution. I wrote to the Northern Ireland Minister for Communities on 27 February to say that it is vital to understand what the most recent costs associated with the redevelopment of Casement Park are.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 06/03/2024 16:14:55 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1686402

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: 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 Command Paper entitled Safeguarding the Union, published on 31 January 2024, CP 1021, what discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the Welsh Government on the potential impact of the decision to replace the Green Lane with a UK Internal Market system on the ability of goods to travel from Wales to Northern Ireland through the Republic of Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	12341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>The Cabinet has engaged with these new measures which have been collectively agreed in the usual way. On 31 January 2024, I wrote to the First Ministers of Wales and Scotland regarding the Government’s work to secure a restored Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly and on the Safeguarding the Union command paper (CP 1021).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 05/02/2024 11:47:00 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1677708

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
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: Motor Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vehicles (a) owned and (b) contracted by his Department are (i) petrol, (ii) diesel, (iii) electric and (iv) hybrid.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	6764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office does not own any vehicles. The department has three contracted vehicles, two of which are diesel and one is hybrid.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 18/12/2023 15:18:44 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1653077

registered interest
date	14/07/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Golf: Portrush
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with Invest Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board on the potential for increasing tourism during the return of the Open Championship to Royal Portrush in 2025.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	194133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>The Open Championship in 2025 represents an opportunity for Northern Ireland to showcase its world-class tourism capabilities, scenery and outstanding golfing facilities. Royal Portrush was a successful setting for the 2019 Open Championship.</p><p> </p><p>The Government would be glad to work with an incoming Northern Ireland Executive, and Northern Ireland Economy Minister, on maximising the economic benefits of the event.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 19/07/2023 15:08:49 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1648829

registered interest
date	29/06/2023
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 Protocol: Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with hon. Members on the Centre for Brexit Policy's report entitled Mutual enforcement: the key to restoring Government in Stormont, published on 27 June 2023.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	191745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland regularly speaks with a range of stakeholders in relation to the return of devolved government and will continue to do so over the coming weeks and months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 04/07/2023 10:15:02 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1626439

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Devolution: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the impact of levels of cross community support for devolution in Northern Ireland on the effectiveness of devolved Government.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	904797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>Northern Ireland deserves locally elected and accountable devolved Government. I share the frustration of the people of Northern Ireland that the institutions are not up and running, and firmly believe that working devolved government is the surest way of strengthening the Union.</p><p> </p><p>I also believe that successful local governance in Northern Ireland has always depended on sufficient consensus. The Windsor Framework delivers the foundations for stability and it is now for the parties to move forward together.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 10/05/2023 12:55:01 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1606180

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Windsor Framework
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Windsor Framework on Northern Ireland's place in the Union.
tabling member constituency	Broadland
tabling member printed	Jerome Mayhew
uin	904199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The Windsor Framework protects and strengthens Northern Ireland’s place in our Union and this will be reinforced by the changes we are making to domestic legislation.</p><p>As well as ensuring goods available on the shelves in Great Britain are able to move freely to Northern Ireland, the agreement safeguards Northern Ireland’s place in the UK internal market through agreements on medicines, VAT and State aid.</p><p>The agreement ensures that Northern Ireland will benefit from the same VAT and alcohol taxes as apply in the rest of the United Kingdom.</p><p>With the agreement, we have restored sovereignty by putting the people of Northern Ireland in charge and eliminating the democratic deficit.</p><p>Northern Ireland’s businesses have access not only to the UK market, but also to the European single market and the agreement provides Northern Ireland with excellent opportunities for economic growth. In so doing it supports the prosperity of both Northern Ireland and the whole of the UK.</p><p>As Tony Blair recently noted, political stability is the best way to protect the union between Northern Ireland and Great Britain and by fixing the problems with the Protocol and restoring the delicate balance inherent in the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, we have provided a sound basis for Northern Ireland to move forward economically and politically as an integral and prosperous part of the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 23/03/2023 11:31:48 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris previous answer version 64341 answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4739 label Biography information for Jerome Mayhew

1606181

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: 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 had with Cabinet colleagues on support for renewable energy in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	904202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>Energy is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland, and that is why it is vital that an Executive is restored to take important decisions such as this on behalf of the people of Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 22/03/2023 14:19:53 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1600507

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
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: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	156178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office has not awarded contracts to employers named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme following publication on 9 Dec 2021.</p><p> </p><p>All employers must pay their staff correctly. Paying the minimum wage is not optional, it’s the law. Under the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme, employers who have previously broken minimum wage law can be publicly named. The Department for Business and Trade follows a clear and thorough process allowing firms to make representations against being named, if they meet our published criteria.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 06/03/2023 11:38:12 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders