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date	25/02/2021
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 Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what outstanding legislative commitments they have for Northern Ireland in respect of the New Decade, New Approach Agreement 2020, published on 8 January 2020; and when they expect that these will be fulfilled.
tabling member printed	Lord Caine
uin	HL13693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>Good progress has been made in implementing the New Decade, New Approach deal, despite the huge challenge posed by the ongoing public health crisis.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government has released over £555 million of the £2billion of funding agreed in the deal, and has delivered multiple commitments including appointing a Veterans Commissioner, launching the Shared History Fund as part of our programme to mark the centenary of Northern Ireland, and establishing the governance structures that underpin NDNA. On 24 February, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland signed the Heads of Terms on the Derry/Londonderry and Strabane City Deal that will deliver tangible benefits to the North West and the whole of Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is working to deliver the next tranche of our commitments, such as progressing legislation on the sustainability of the institutions and reforms to the Petition of Concern mechanism.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 09/03/2021 16:17:11 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine

1290167

registered interest
date	25/02/2021
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Petition of Concern
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many reports on the operation of the Petition of Concern process in the Northern Ireland Assembly have been laid before both Houses of Parliament, in accordance with the commitment in Annex A of the New Decade, New Approach Agreement 2020, published on 8 January 2020, to lay such reports every six months.
tabling member printed	Lord Caine
uin	HL13694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>The <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/951669/20201221_CP_for_second_report_v2.pdf" target="_blank">second report</a> on the operation of the Petition of Concern process was published on 12 January 2021. It recorded that no Petitions of Concern have been lodged in respect of any motion in the Assembly since the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/901146/First_Report_on_the_Use_of_the_Petition_of_Concern_Mechanism_in_the_Northern_Ireland_Assembly.pdf_-_Copy.pdf" target="_blank">previous report</a> on 16 July 2020, and indeed, since the Executive was formed on 11 January 2020. The next report will deal with the period from 10 January 2021 to 11 July 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 09/03/2021 16:18:25 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4581 label Biography information for Lord Caine