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1379696

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/12/2021
	date	17/11/2021
	date tabled	17/11/2021
	ddp created	17/11/2021 22:46:23
	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	18/11/2021 22:05:21 02/12/2021 12:21:08
	hansard heading	IRA
	house id	2
	identifier	HL4131
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	01/12/2021 17:37:25
	question first ministerially corrected	02/12/2021 11:50:02
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to discuss with the government of the Republic of Ireland the reported remarks made by Senator Michael McDowell about the decision not to investigate crimes by the Provisional Irish Republican Army that occurred before April 1998.
	session	2021/22
	session number	2
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2021/22 HL4131
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4131
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK Government engages regularly with the Irish Government, on a range of matters that require or benefit from the partnership between our two countries, including legacy matters. Legacy issues are due to <ins class="ministerial">be</ins> discussed during the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference (BIIGC) on 2 December.</p><p>The UK and Irish Governments have also been undertaking a period of engagement regarding legacy issues, as announced following the BIIGC in June. During this engagement, the recent public intervention by former Attorney General and Justice Minister in Ireland, Michael McDowell, who stated that a de facto moratorium on the investigation and prosecution of IRA members exists in Ireland, has been discussed.</p> question first answered 01/12/2021 17:37:25 answering member 4581
	creator	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1141530

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/08/2019
	date	23/07/2019
	date tabled	23/07/2019
	ddp created	23/07/2019 19:59:58
	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	23/07/2019 20:05:35 05/08/2019 12:35:02
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Commissioner for Victims and Survivors: Public Appointments
	house id	2
	identifier	HL17398
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/08/2019 12:03:59
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to announce the appointment of the next Commissioner for Victims and Survivors in Northern Ireland.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17398
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL17398
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government’s absolute priority remains the restoration of the NI Executive at the earliest opportunity. In the interim, the Government is committed to taking steps to ensure good governance and stable public services in the best interests of the people of Northern Ireland, including where appropriate the making of critical public appointments.</p><p> </p><p>The current term of the Commissioner for Victims and Survivors ends on 31 August 2019. An announcement on this appointment will be made in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 05/08/2019 12:03:59 answering member 4686
	creator	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1169631

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/01/2020
	date	08/01/2020
	date tabled	08/01/2020
	ddp created	08/01/2020 22:16:04
	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	08/01/2020 22:25:40 17/01/2020 13:03:07
	hansard heading	Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL206
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	17/01/2020 12:31:03
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the performance of the Electoral Office of Northern Ireland during the 2019 General Election.
	session	2019/20
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 HL206
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL206
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has not made any assessment of the performance of the Electoral Office of Northern Ireland during the 2019 General Election. The Chief Electoral Officer is carrying out a post election review which will include an internal investigation into the allegations made concerning inefficiency. The Secretary of State has asked her to report the findings of that review to him as soon as possible. The Secretary of State has the power to commission further enquiries into these matters if he were to decide such enquiries are necessary following the Chief Electoral Officer’s investigations.</p> question first answered 17/01/2020 12:31:03 answering member 4686
	creator	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1169632

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/01/2020
	date	08/01/2020
	date tabled	08/01/2020
	ddp created	08/01/2020 22:16:05
	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	08/01/2020 22:25:43 17/01/2020 13:03:06
	hansard heading	Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL207
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	17/01/2020 12:31:03
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they intend to take following the claims by a whistle-blower of the inefficiency of the Electoral Office of Northern Ireland during the 2019 General Election.
	session	2019/20
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 HL207
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL207
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has not made any assessment of the performance of the Electoral Office of Northern Ireland during the 2019 General Election. The Chief Electoral Officer is carrying out a post election review which will include an internal investigation into the allegations made concerning inefficiency. The Secretary of State has asked her to report the findings of that review to him as soon as possible. The Secretary of State has the power to commission further enquiries into these matters if he were to decide such enquiries are necessary following the Chief Electoral Officer’s investigations.</p> question first answered 17/01/2020 12:31:03 answering member 4686
	creator	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1169633

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/01/2020
	date	08/01/2020
	date tabled	08/01/2020
	ddp created	08/01/2020 22:16:06
	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	08/01/2020 22:25:45 17/01/2020 13:03:05
	hansard heading	Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland: Finance
	house id	2
	identifier	HL208
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	17/01/2020 12:31:22
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the budget of the Electoral Office of Northern Ireland for the last three years for which figures are available.
	session	2019/20
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 HL208
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL208
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Budget figures for the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland (EONI) are available as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Expenditure period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Resource Budget</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Capital Budget</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>£2.331m</p></td><td><p>£0.288m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>£1.825m</p></td><td><p>£0.355m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p>£2.045m</p></td><td><p>£0.062m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition to EONI budget funding, the costs of Parliamentary and European Parliamentary elections are met from the consolidated fund. Assembly elections are paid for from the Northern Ireland block grant and local councils pay for the administration of local district council elections.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> question first answered 17/01/2020 12:31:22 answering member 4686
	creator	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1170797

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/01/2020
	date	14/01/2020
	date tabled	14/01/2020
	ddp created	14/01/2020 21:32:05
	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	14/01/2020 21:35:48 28/01/2020 17:15:04
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL391
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	28/01/2020 16:43:19
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish the full analysis of their consultation Addressing the Legacy of Northern Ireland's Past, first published on 11 May 2018.
	session	2019/20
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 HL391
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL391
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>A summary of responses to the Northern Ireland Office’s consultation ‘<em>Addressing the legacy of Northern Ireland’s past’ </em>was published in July 2019. We will continue to look at the consultation responses to inform the way forward.</p> question first answered 28/01/2020 16:43:19 answering member 4686
	creator	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1177897

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/02/2020
	date	11/02/2020
	date tabled	11/02/2020
	ddp created	11/02/2020 22:06:10
	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	11/02/2020 22:15:28 25/02/2020 15:13:02
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1520
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	25/02/2020 14:40:43
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what funds they have promised the Northern Ireland Executive to establish and support a Historical Investigations Unit, and any associated bodies; and over what time period any such funding will be made available.
	session	2019/20
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 HL1520
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1520
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>In the 2014 Stormont House Agreement, the Government committed up to £30 million per year for five years to help address the legacy of Northern Ireland’s past. In January 2020, the Government committed funding to support the implementation of the Stormont House Agreement proposals on legacy.</p> question first answered 25/02/2020 14:40:43 answering member 4169
	creator	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1181069

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/03/2020
	date	26/02/2020
	date tabled	26/02/2020
	ddp created	26/02/2020 21:17:46
	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	26/02/2020 21:26:50 09/03/2020 16:36:02
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1927
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	09/03/2020 16:04:12
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 25 February (HL1520), whether they intend to provide funding to the Northern Ireland Executive to enable it to sustain the Historical Inquiries Unit after its first five years of operation; and if so, at what level.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 HL1927
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1927
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government has committed to making substantial financial contributions to addressing the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland. Planning and implementation will be the subject of engagement with the NI parties in due course.</p> question first answered 09/03/2020 16:04:12 answering member 4169
	creator	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1186339

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/04/2020
	date	18/03/2020
	date tabled	18/03/2020
	ddp created	18/03/2020 21:48:09
	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	20/03/2020 19:45:09 26/03/2020 13:37:03
	hansard heading	Army: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2739
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	26/03/2020 13:05:56
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to treat former members of the Ulster Defence Regiment and the Royal Irish Regiment who served in Northern Ireland in the same manner as soldiers who served both overseas and in Northern Ireland in the conduct of any investigations into allegations of historic misconduct, and any resulting prosecutions and claims for compensation.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 HL2739
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2739
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>This Government is committed to ending vexatious claims in the courts against members of our security forces. We have always been clear that any legacy reform must be balanced and proportionate, and it must deliver for all communities in Northern Ireland. We will now begin a period of intensive engagement with the NI Parties and the Irish Government and other stakeholders on the detail of the proposals that have been set out.</p><p> </p> question first answered 26/03/2020 13:05:56 answering member 4169
	creator	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1186340

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/04/2020
	date	18/03/2020
	date tabled	18/03/2020
	ddp created	18/03/2020 21:48:11
	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	18/03/2020 21:55:49 26/03/2020 13:36:03
	hansard heading	Criminal Investigation: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2740
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	26/03/2020 13:04:24
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their definition of "compelling new evidence" for any investigation of cases related to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 HL2740
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2740
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is committed to addressing the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland in a way that focuses on reconciliation, delivers for victims, and ends the cycle of reinvestigations into the Troubles in Northern Ireland that has failed victims and members of the security services alike. The Government will be engaging intensively with the Northern Ireland parties, Irish Government, and other key stakeholders over the coming weeks on the detail of the proposals that have been set out.</p> question first answered 26/03/2020 13:04:24 answering member 4169
	creator	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey