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1696486

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2024
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has held recent discussions with the US government on steps arising from President Biden's statement in April 2023 on the number of US corporations that want to come to Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	18868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government has been continually engaging with the US government since President Biden’s statement in April 2023 regarding investment into Northern Ireland. Last week I was in Washington D.C where I spoke to the US Special Envoy for Northern Ireland for Economic Affairs. I also attended a roundtable with the Federation of Small Businesses, and spoke to other US investors about the unique opportunity Northern Ireland has to offer.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has signed state-level Memorandums of Understanding with eight US states (Florida, Texas, Washington, Utah, Oklahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina and Indiana) to set out mutual goals and activities to strengthen our economic ties, as well as promote trade and investment, address trade barriers and enhance business networks.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Investment Summit, held last September, highlighted Northern Ireland’s innovation and technological strengths to around 200 global investors. Guests included Joe Kennedy III (US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland for Economic Affairs) and the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to the USA. The Summit showcased Northern Ireland’s innovation, deep expertise in industries of the future, and unparalleled investment opportunities given its unique trading position.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 20/03/2024 13:48:51 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1694922

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2024
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Operation Kenova
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost is of Operation Kenova.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	17799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>Operation Kenova is an independent investigation commissioned by the Police Service of Northern Ireland. The PSNI is therefore best placed to provide an accurate estimate of its cost.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 14/03/2024 09:40:13 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1690768

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2024
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	InterTrade UK
	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 policy paper entitled Safeguarding the Union, published on 31 January 2024, what estimate he has made of when InterTrade UK will be established and fully operational.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	15026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is working to establish InterTrade UK as set out in the Command Paper, fulfilling our pledge to grow the economy by ensuring that businesses large and small can maximise the full range of East-West trading opportunities. Implementing the Windsor Framework and the Command Paper are Government priorities. We will undertake to update the House on its progress in due course.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 26/02/2024 10:50:46 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1688128

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2024
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Police: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what account the UK Government Financial Package to Northern Ireland takes of shortfalls in the policing budget.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	13503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>Policing is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and the PSNI’s main budget is allocated by the Department of Justice. It will be for the Minister of Justice and Executive to consider how to use the financial package and funding for the PSNI budget.</p><p><br> This Government recognises the difficult challenges around policing in Northern Ireland. That is why the Department of Justice budget, which includes the PSNI budget, was the third largest of all departments for 2023-24. Since 2011, we have made additional contributions to the PSNI through Additional Security Funding. The Government’s contribution for the financial year 2023-24 was £32 million and is the same as that provided in 2021-22, and has been provided each year since 2015-16.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 19/02/2024 10:02:02 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1684345

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2024
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Jimmy Dunlop
	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 (a) his Irish counterpart and (b) the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland on whether steps were taken to question Jimmy Dunlop about the Claudy bombings of 31 July 1972 prior to his death.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	10997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK Government has, and will continue to, hold discussions with the Irish Government on a range of issues, including legacy.</p><p> </p><p>Policing and justice in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter. Operational matters regarding the investigation of criminal conduct in Northern Ireland are a matter for the Police Service for Northern Ireland (PSNI), which is rightly operationally independent of the Government.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 26/01/2024 14:26:45 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1684359

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2024
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Equality Commission for Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost to the public purse was of the (a) Human Rights Commission and (b) Equality Commission in each of the last ten years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	10999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>In line with the requirements of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI) provide the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with a copy of their Annual Report and Accounts which are laid in the House.</p><p> </p><p>These accounts are publicly available and the honourable Member may view these via the NIHRC and ECNI’s websites which I have detailed below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission</strong></p></td><td><p>www.nihrc.org</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Equality Commission for Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p>www.equalityni.org</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 26/01/2024 13:45:07 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

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

1680340

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2024
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Banking Hubs: 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 representations to financial institutions in Northern Ireland to press for the establishment of more banking hubs.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	8345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>I recognise that banking hubs, which are operated by the Post Office in partnership with the major high street providers, improve access for people from communities across the United Kingdom to in-person assistance from their bank.</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland already has a banking hub in Kilkeel. Four additional hubs are due to open in Comber, Newcastle, Portrush, and Warrenpoint, following successful community requests from the Consumer Council Northern Ireland to LINK, the UK's cash access and ATM network.</p><p> </p><p>Following the closure of a bank branch, LINK will identify whether a community requires further cash services and any community without a branch can contact LINK directly and ask to be assessed for support. It is right that individuals from local communities in Northern Ireland, who best understand the specific needs of their own community, are the people who contact LINK for an assessment.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 11/01/2024 10:58:40 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

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

1677249

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2023
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	UN Human Rights Council
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence since March 2023.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	6408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK Government has engaged, and continues to engage, with UN Special Rapporteurs through established channels, including formal responses to the reports of the UN Special Rapporteurs - which are also made publicly available.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 18/12/2023 13:59:11 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell