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1217267

registered interest
date	24/06/2020
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 Protocol: Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When he plans to issue guidance to businesses on the steps they will need to take under the Northern Ireland Protocol.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	903620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to having regular detailed discussions with business about how the Protocol is implemented and to support preparation for the end of the transition period.</p><p> </p><p>Our Command Paper sets out clearly the approach we will take. We will publish guidance for business this summer, and proactively communicate how processes will change.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 903625 question first answered 24/06/2020 15:18:19 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1217269

registered interest
date	24/06/2020
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 Protocol: Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When he plans to issue guidance to businesses on the steps they will need to take under the Northern Ireland Protocol.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	903625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to having regular detailed discussions with business about how the Protocol is implemented and to support preparation for the end of the transition period.</p><p> </p><p>Our Command Paper sets out clearly the approach we will take. We will publish guidance for business this summer, and proactively communicate how processes will change.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 903620 question first answered 24/06/2020 15:18:19 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1204886

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
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 Office: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much energy was used by his Department's buildings in (a) 2020 to date and (b) each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	60650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>My Department is based in two leased sites, 1 Horse Guards Road, London and Stormont House, Belfast. In London, energy charges are included within the leasing arrangement from the landlord, Her Majesty's Treasury and my Department does not hold any figures for energy usage. In Belfast, energy usage is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>(a) 2020/21 to date: No energy usage figures are available for 2020/21. Invoices for Gas and Electricity are processed via the Landlord on a quarterly basis so no figures are available for 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>(b)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Electricity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gas</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16 </strong></p></td><td><p>850,490 Kwh</p></td><td><p>22,803 m3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>805,366 Kwh</p></td><td><p>18,133 m3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18 </strong></p></td><td><p>792,333 Kwh</p></td><td><p>17,410 m3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p>687,639 Kwh</p></td><td><p>22,155 m3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p>644,416 Kwh</p></td><td><p>25,304 m3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 23/06/2020 11:28:58 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1204271

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
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 the costs of Operation Kenova have been to date.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	59685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>Operation Kenova is the independent investigation into a range of activities surrounding an alleged agent codenamed Stakeknife, led by former chief constable Jon Boutcher. Since it was established in 2016, Operation Kenova has taken on three further investigations at the request of the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>As this is an independent investigation, funding is the responsibility of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 22/06/2020 16:18:54 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1204420

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry and Tourism: 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 his Department is taking to support the hospitality and tourism industries in Northern Ireland to prepare for the lifting of covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Simon Baynes
uin	59904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State and I are working closely with Cabinet colleagues and the NI Executive to support businesses, including those in the tourism and hospitality sectors during the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Recognising the exceptional circumstances faced by businesses across the country, the Chancellor announced an unprecedented package of measures to support businesses, employees and the self-employed. This includes government backed loans and direct support for wages, which are available to the hospitality and tourism sectors.</p><p> </p><p>In Northern Ireland, this is supplemented by additional support for businesses from the NI Executive following significant increases of approximately £1.3bn in the spending power of the Executive to enable it to respond to Covid-19. The Executive has used this additional spending power to deliver the £25,000 Business Support Grant to help protect jobs, prevent business closures and promote economic recovery across some of the most significantly affected industries, including hospitality and tourism. This is in line with the £25,000 Business Support Grants being delivered in England, Scotland and Wales where the Business Support Grants are available for eligible businesses within the hospitality and tourism sectors.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been developing guidance to help tourism and hospitality businesses plan for social distancing and hygiene measures and the NI Executive is considering how this can be tailored to Northern Ireland. I am pleased that the NI Executive has published dates for the re-opening of the tourism and hospitality sectors in NI beginning with camping and caravan sites as well as self-catering accommodation on 26 June.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 23/06/2020 11:41:58 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes

1204508

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Marriage: 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 had with Northern Ireland’s First and Deputy First Minister on plans to legislate for same-sex religious marriage.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
uin	59919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has not had any recent discussions with the First and deputy First Minister specifically on plans to legislate for same-sex religious marriage.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland Executive is aware of the duty that the Government is under in section 8 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc.) Act 2019, which led to the making of The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019. These Regulations came into force on 13 January and legalised same-sex civil marriage and opposite-sex civil partnerships in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>We have been clear that there were two remaining areas we are committed to delivering on - same-sex religious marriage and conversion entitlements - following publicly consulting on these two issues earlier this year. We will continue to work closely with the Northern Ireland Civil Service, following confirmation from the Minister for Finance, Conor Murphy MLA, that the working relationship with his officials should continue. We intend to make regulations on same-sex religious marriage as soon as possible before the end of 2020 to provide similar rights and protections to the law in other parts of the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 22/06/2020 13:42:17 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1203881

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Press Freedom: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what support his Department is providing to (a) the Northern Ireland Executive and (b) journalists in Northern Ireland to ensure that they receive sufficient protection in response to threats made against them in the course of doing their job.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
uin	59644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>Journalists play a vital role in our society, as do the public representatives who have defended press freedoms. It is unacceptable that they should find themselves threatened for doing their job. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland made this clear last month when he signed the public statement issued by the National Union of Journalists, calling for the freedom of the press to be respected and protected.</p><p>Plans for the National Committee and the National Action Plan for the Safety of Journalists are currently being developed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport, but have been necessarily delayed as the Government turns its attention to supporting newspapers through the current Covid-19 crisis. However, the Committee and the Action Plan remain priorities for the UK Government.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Government gives the fullest possible support to efforts to tackle the threat from the groups involved in terrorism and paramilitarism in Northern Ireland, supporting the Police Service of Northern Ireland with additional security funding and the Northern Ireland Executive’s programme to tackle paramilitary activity, criminality and organised crime.</p><p>The Police Service of Northern Ireland works tirelessly to prevent crime and harm to individuals, including journalists, protect the vulnerable and detect those who commit crime and bring them before the courts.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 18/06/2020 14:16:21 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1203277

registered interest
date	12/06/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Civil Partnerships and Marriage: 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 bring forward regulations under the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 to enable (a) religious marriage for same-sex couples and (b) conversion of Northern Ireland civil partnerships to marriages.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	59265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>On 13 January 2020, the Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 came into force in Northern Ireland, extending eligibility to same-sex couples to form civil marriages and allowing opposite-sex couples to enter into a civil partnership.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to delivering on two remaining areas - same-sex religious marriage and conversion entitlements. A consultation on these two issues closed on 23 February 2020, and we are considering all of the submissions received before bringing forward the necessary legislation as soon as possible before the end of 2020.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 22/06/2020 13:39:17 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1202849

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
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 Government consultation, A new legal framework for abortion services in Northern Ireland, published 4 November 2019, what estimate he has made of the number of submissions from (a) disability organisations and (b) people who identified as disabled.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	58833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The public consultation, <em>A new legal framework for abortion services in Northern Ireland</em>, provided an opportunity for people and organisations in Northern Ireland to contribute their views on how the Government could best deliver on its statutory duty under section 9 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc.) Act 2019 in implementing the CEDAW Report recommendations. <br> <br> The Government engaged with a wide range of stakeholders who reached out seeking further discussions during the consultation process. However, the consultation process did not collect personal data that would identify a respondent as a person with a disability. We carefully analysed all of the views expressed in the submissions received.</p><p>It is the Government’s firm view that the Regulations properly comply with the statutory duty under section 9 of the NIEF Act, and are also compliant with the UK’s obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 58834 58835 question first answered 17/06/2020 11:42:49 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker previous answer version 29512 answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1202850

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Abortion: Northern Ireland
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 Government consultation entitled, A new legal framework for abortion services in Northern Ireland, published 4 November 2019, what estimate he has made of the the number of submissions from (a) disability organisations based in Northern Ireland and (b) individuals residing in Northern Ireland who identified as disabled.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	58834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The public consultation, <em>A new legal framework for abortion services in Northern Ireland</em>, provided an opportunity for people and organisations in Northern Ireland to contribute their views on how the Government could best deliver on its statutory duty under section 9 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc.) Act 2019 in implementing the CEDAW Report recommendations. <br> <br> The Government engaged with a wide range of stakeholders who reached out seeking further discussions during the consultation process. However, the consultation process did not collect personal data that would identify a respondent as a person with a disability. We carefully analysed all of the views expressed in the submissions received.</p><p>It is the Government’s firm view that the Regulations properly comply with the statutory duty under section 9 of the NIEF Act, and are also compliant with the UK’s obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 58833 58835 question first answered 17/06/2020 11:42:49 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker previous answer version 29513 answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart