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1134523

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress she has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to implement the recommendations of the Hart report into historical institutional abuse in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	269003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>As I recently wrote to the honourable Member, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is determined to do everything in her power to ensure that the victims and survivors of historical institutional abuse get the redress they deserve as quickly as possible. That is why she asked the Northern Ireland political parties to consider the outstanding key issues identified by David Sterling, Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, and is pleased the parties have reached a consensus on these.</p><p> </p><p>The Executive Office is now working with the Office of Legislative Council to redraft the legislation in light of the parties’ recommendations, which deviate significantly from Sir Anthony Hart's recommendations. The Secretary of State continues to engage with David Sterling and colleagues in Westminster on this vital issue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 02/07/2019 10:48:28 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1140297

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Loughs Agency: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Government plans to provide funding to the Loughs Agency after the UK leaves the EU; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	278924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>As the Loughs Agency is a cross-border body, core funding is provided by both the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland and the Department of Communications, Climate Control and Environment in the Republic of Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Loughs Agency has also previously secured EU funding for a number of cross-border infrastructure projects. Decisions will be taken at the Spending Review on which future EU programmes the UK will seek to take part in.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 23/07/2019 09:55:24 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1140298

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Tourism Ireland: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Government will continue to provide financial support to Tourism Ireland after the UK leaves the EU; what the level of current financial support is; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	278925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Tourism, and the funding of Tourism Ireland, is a matter for the devolved Department for Economy. Decisions on funding should rightly rest with that Department and an incoming NI Executive.</p><p> </p><p>For its part, the UK Government remains firmly committed to the principles of the Belfast Agreement, including supporting cross-border co-operation, embodied in organisations such as Tourism Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 23/07/2019 09:56:30 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1141814

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Licensing
	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 absence of a Northern Ireland Executive, what steps her Office is taking with the Northern Ireland Department for Communities to reform liquor licensing to support the hospitality and tourism sectors in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	281648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Liquor licensing reform is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and as such is the responsibility of the Department for Communities in the absence of an Executive. Further information on this issue can be requested from the Department for Communities within the Northern Ireland Civil Service. It is issues such as this that highlight the importance of restoring devolved government in Northern Ireland so that decisions can be taken in the interests of the whole community.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 03/09/2019 10:32:48 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1141836

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Tourism Ireland: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2019 to Question 278925 and with reference to the absence of a Northern Ireland Executive, how much funding was allocated to Tourism Ireland in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	281649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Tourism is a devolved matter falling under the competency of the Department for Economy. Any funding decisions in relation to Tourism Ireland are a matter for DFE and requests for such information should be directed to DFE.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 03/09/2019 10:30:37 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1144512

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Police Service of Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Government is taking as part of its planning for the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal to increase the number of officers in the Police Service of Northern Ireland in line with the recent request by its Chief Constable; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	286149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Policing is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and operational capability is a matter for the Chief Constable. The PSNI’s main budget is allocated by the Department of Justice from the Northern Ireland block grant.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The UK Government has provided the PSNI with the additional security funding it has asked for and needs to ensure that they have the resource (including officers) to tackle the SEVERE threat from Northern Ireland related terrorism (NIRT). This additional security funding boosts PSNI’s ability to tackle the terrorist threat while ensuring day-to-day policing isn’t compromised.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">PSNI received £230m additional security funding in the last parliament and £160m in this one. In addition, the UK Government has provided PSNI with over £16.5m to help prepare for EU exit. This funding from the UK Government will continue to support PSNI to address the wider security pressures and contingencies arising from the NIRT threat and EU exit preparations and will enable PSNI to recruit 206 additional officers this financial year.</ins></p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 09/09/2019 16:59:08 question first ministerially corrected 07/10/2019 20:32:55 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith previous answer version 135704 answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1168905

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2020
	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 Human Rights Commission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to increase the budget of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission in order to reflect its new powers and responsibilities.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland will play key roles in the dedicated mechanism that we are establishing, under the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, to implement our commitment to no diminution of certain rights, safeguards and equality of opportunity set out in the chapter of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement of the same name.</p><p> </p><p>These new roles will require further resources to cover, inter alia, new policy and research functions and communications and education activities.</p><p> </p><p>Additional resourcing will be confirmed in due course, subject to formal budgetary processes.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith grouped question UIN 463 question first answered 14/01/2020 11:15:01 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1168949

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2020
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to increase the resources of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland in response to the new responsibilities that are set to be granted to it under the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland will play key roles in the dedicated mechanism that we are establishing, under the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, to implement our commitment to no diminution of certain rights, safeguards and equality of opportunity set out in the chapter of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement of the same name.</p><p> </p><p>These new roles will require further resources to cover, inter alia, new policy and research functions and communications and education activities.</p><p> </p><p>Additional resourcing will be confirmed in due course, subject to formal budgetary processes.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith grouped question UIN 470 question first answered 14/01/2020 11:15:01 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1176567

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2020
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Stormont House Agreement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the Government's policy is on the legacy aspects of the Stormont House Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	13078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reforming the current legacy system in Northern Ireland in a way which provides reconciliation for victims and greater certainty for veterans. The Government will be working to develop proposals in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 11/02/2020 10:27:32 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1176710

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2020
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Brexit: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what meetings (a) he and (b) his officials have held with representatives of Border Communities against Brexit.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	13541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>Neither my officials nor I have met representatives of Border Communities Against Brexit.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/02/2020 09:45:56 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry