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934468

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/07/2018
	date	03/07/2018
	date tabled	03/07/2018
	ddp created	03/07/2018 20:40:00
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	03/07/2018 20:55:51 16/07/2018 12:07:02
	hansard heading	Brexit: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL9149
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	16/07/2018 12:06:12
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to reassure Northern Irish businesses that their operations will not be interrupted if the UK leaves the EU in March 2019 without a withdrawal agreement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL9149
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL9149
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government has agreed a detailed proposal for a UK-EU free trade area which will establish a common rule book for industrial goods and agricultural products and maintain high standards in these areas.</p><p> </p><p>This proposal will protect jobs and livelihoods and ensure that both sides meet their commitments to Northern Ireland and Ireland through the overall future relationship, whilst retaining the constitutional integrity of the United Kingdom and respecting the result of the referendum. Further details are set out in the White Paper.</p><p> </p><p>We are confident that this proposal will work for the UK and the EU and look forward to productive discussions. As a responsible Government we will also continue to prepare for a range of outcomes, including the unlikely scenario in which no mutually satisfactory agreement can be reached.</p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 16/07/2018 12:06:12 answering member 4686
	creator	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

713695

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/04/2017
	date	23/03/2017
	date tabled	23/03/2017
	ddp created	23/03/2017 21:15:51
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	23/03/2017 21:26:44 03/04/2017 14:35:05
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Government
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6292
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	03/04/2017 14:03:34
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to bring forward legislation to prevent a second Northern Ireland Assembly election this year if there is no agreement to form a new Executive.
	session	2016/17
	session number	2
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2016/17 HL6292
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6292
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government remains focused on re-establishing an inclusive, devolved government that the overwhelming majority of the people in Northern Ireland want to see. Progress has been made in recent discussions which provide a basis for further intensive discussions to resolve outstanding issues. If these further talks are successful, it would be the Government’s intention quickly to bring forward legislation after the Easter recess to allow an Executive to be formed and avoid a second Assembly election. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland will be keeping the situation under close review.</p> question first answered 03/04/2017 14:03:34 answering member 4534
	creator	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

178689

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/02/2015
	date	09/02/2015
	date tabled	09/02/2015
	ddp created	09/02/2015 23:19:00
	ddp modified	24/02/2015 00:57:56
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	European Union
	house id	2
	identifier	HL4838
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	23/02/2015 16:08:30
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total cost of the Review of the Balance of Competences between the United Kingdom and the European Union to the Northern Ireland Office and its associated agencies, broken down by (1) staff time, (2) printing costs, (3) running of engagement events, (4) witness expenses, (5) publicity of the reports, and (6) any and all other associated costs.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Prashar
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL4838
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4838
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>As the Noble Baroness will be aware, the Balance of Competences Review concluded in December. The Review involved a large number of Departments across Whitehall to produce the 32 reports. The Review was based on the evidence and views received through consultation with interested parties. Across the whole review, departments received close to 2,300 evidence submissions. Departments held over 250 events, attended by around 2,100 stakeholders.</p><p>It was important that this examination of EU membership was done with appropriate time and care. But the government is also very conscious of the need to ensure value for money in everything that it does.</p><p>Between 2012 and 2014, work on the Balance of Competences within the Department was staffed by the equivalent of one Grade B (salary range £35,188-£44,964). As many lead departments liaised direct with the Northern Ireland Executive, under 1% of the official’s time was spent on the Review. The Northern Ireland Office did not incur printing costs; costs for running engagement events; publicity costs or other associated costs. Across the whole of the Balance of Competences Review witness expenses amounted to approximately £2,225.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 23/02/2015 16:08:30 answering member 4230
	creator	2476 label Biography information for Baroness Prashar
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2476 label Biography information for Baroness Prashar

810467

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/01/2018
	date	21/12/2017
	date tabled	21/12/2017
	ddp created	21/12/2017 19:29:56
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	21/12/2017 19:36:38 09/01/2018 12:59:03
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL4435
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/01/2018 12:27:42
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will make a decision, if required, on a Northern Ireland Budget for the financial year 2018–19; and what steps they intend to take to provide adequate consultation mechanisms.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL4435
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4435
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>To maintain effective public services in Northern Ireland, it is important that a balanced budget is able to be set for the 2018-19 financial year. That was highlighted by the Northern Ireland Civil Service’s briefing document on the 2018-19 Budget, published on 18 December 2017. That set out the important decisions that would be required to set a budget and sought views from the public by the end of the month about the approach that should be taken. We want to see that Budget taken forward by a restored Executive, taking the important decisions required in the interests of the whole community. We will work intensively in the coming weeks with that aim in mind.</p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 09/01/2018 12:27:42 answering member 4686
	creator	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie

892435

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/05/2018
	date	26/04/2018
	date tabled	26/04/2018
	ddp created	26/04/2018 18:55:51
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	27/04/2018 16:55:04 09/05/2018 14:57:02
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL7342
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/05/2018 14:25:28
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the figures given in Table 16 of the Northern Ireland Terrorism Legislation: Annual Statistics 2015–16 on the number of examinations under Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 and the number of resultant detentions, how many times those powers were used in each of the last five years (1) by the Police Service of Northern Ireland, immigration officers, customs officers respectively, (2) in airports, seaports or the border area; and how many (a) referrals to immigration, HMRC or other agencies, and (b) detentions for immigration, customs or other purposes, resulted.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL7342
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL7342
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>In each of the past five years the powers in Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 were used by the Police Service of Northern Ireland the following number of occasions:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Persons</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Unaccompanied freight</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Detentions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Figures for 2017-2018 are not yet available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p>1,915</p></td><td><p>1,576</p></td><td><p>3,491</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p>2,801</p></td><td><p>1,604</p></td><td><p>4,405</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>3,917</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>4,157</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These powers have not been used in Northern Ireland by HMRC or Border Force in the past five years.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> question first answered 09/05/2018 14:25:28 answering member 4686
	creator	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie

926489

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2018
	date	18/06/2018
	date tabled	18/06/2018
	ddp created	18/06/2018 20:52:17
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	18/06/2018 20:57:09 02/07/2018 13:04:02
	hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL8740
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/07/2018 12:32:32
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to exercise their power under section 26(2) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 to repeal sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 to comply with the UK's obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL8740
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL8740
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government has no plans to amend the law on abortion in either England and Wales or Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Abortion has always been a devolved matter in Northern Ireland. The Government's priority is therefore restoring devolved government, so that the people of Northern Ireland, and locally elected representatives, can decide what is right for Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> question first answered 02/07/2018 12:32:32 answering member 4686
	creator	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie

926491

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2018
	date	18/06/2018
	date tabled	18/06/2018
	ddp created	18/06/2018 20:52:19
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	18/06/2018 20:57:10 02/07/2018 13:04:01
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL8741
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/07/2018 12:32:49
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Duncan of Springbank on 9 May (HL7342), on how many occasions the use of the powers in Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 in Northern Ireland resulted in (1) referrals to immigration, HMRC or other agencies, and (2) consequent detentions for immigration, customs or other purposes.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL8741
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL8741
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The answer of 9 May set out the Police Service of Northern Ireland's use of the powers in Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 in each of the past five years. PSNI have confirmed that they do not keep records of any referrals made following Schedule 7 detentions.</p> question first answered 02/07/2018 12:32:49 answering member 4686
	creator	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie

924164

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/06/2018
	date	14/06/2018
	date tabled	14/06/2018
	ddp created	14/06/2018 19:06:22
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	ddp modified	14/06/2018 19:15:21 20/06/2018 15:04:03
	hansard heading	Belfast-Dublin Railway Line
	house id	2
	identifier	HL8643
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/06/2018 14:32:21
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Northern Ireland Executive and the government of Ireland about improving the rail line between Dublin and Belfast, including any plans to electrify the route.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL8643
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL8643
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Transport Infrastructure in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter.</p> question first answered 20/06/2018 14:32:21 answering member 4686
	creator	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

386456

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/07/2015
	date	30/06/2015
	date tabled	30/06/2015
	ddp created	30/06/2015 21:25:55
	ddp modified	14/07/2015 22:58:18
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL951
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	14/07/2015 11:26:33
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent steps they have taken to encourage inward investment in Northern Ireland.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 HL951
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL951
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government works closely with the Executive to attract inward investment to Northern Ireland. The Economic Pact, ‘Building a Prosperous and United Community’ delivered a Northern Ireland International Investment Conference at which the Prime Minister made the keynote address; the first ever joint UK-Irish trade mission with ministers from London, Belfast and Dublin; and corporation tax legislation which completed its Parliamentary stages and became law just before the General Election.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 14/07/2015 11:26:33 answering member 4534
	creator	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

386457

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/07/2015
	date	30/06/2015
	date tabled	30/06/2015
	ddp created	30/06/2015 21:25:56
	ddp modified	13/07/2015 22:10:15
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Government
	house id	2
	identifier	HL952
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	13/07/2015 11:06:12
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in discussions with political parties in Northern Ireland on dealing with the past.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 HL952
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL952
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland held a series of bilateral meetings with all the five parties in the Executive in recent weeks. She also hosted a Stormont House Agreement implementation review meeting with party leaders on 25 June 2015. Following this meeting, an implementation progress report has been published:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/6-month-progress-report-for-stormont-house-agreement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/6-month-progress-report-for-stormont-house-agreement</a></p><p>The Stormont House Agreement must be delivered in full. The Government continues to make progress on delivering its responsibilities, including bringing forward legislation in the autumn to establish new bodies to deal with the past – the Historical Investigations Unit, the Independent Commission for Information Retrieval and the Oral History Archive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 13/07/2015 11:06:12 answering member 4534
	creator	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont