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1733923

registered interest
date	14/10/2024
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, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October to Question 7835 on Terrorism: Northern Ireland, if he will publish details of all requests for public inquiries that he has considered.
tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
uin	8847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2024 answer text <p>I do not intend to publish details of the requests I receive for public inquiries. I have written to those whose requests I have recently considered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Leeds South answering member printed Hilary Benn question first answered 17/10/2024 14:34:29 answering member 413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn
tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart

1732769

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Windsor Framework
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Safeguarding the Union, published on 31 January 2024, what progress his Department has made on the implementation of the measures set out in paragraph 43.
tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
uin	8213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to taking all steps necessary to protect the UK internal market. We continue to make significant progress on measures set out in paragraph 43 of the <em>Safeguarding the Union</em> Command Paper. Recent progress includes confirmation of the appointment of Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee as Chair of Intertrade UK; the establishment of the Independent Monitoring Panel; and statutory guidance to public authorities on how they should ensure they have special regard to Northern Ireland’s place in the UK internal market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Leeds South answering member printed Hilary Benn question first answered 14/10/2024 14:28:51 answering member 413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn
tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart

1732770

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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 his planned timetable is for resuming inquests relating to the troubles in Northern Ireland that ended when the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 came into force; and whether those referred from the Attorney General will receive an inquest.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South and Mid Down
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	8240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government has made clear its intention to propose measures that allow legacy inquests previously halted by the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy &amp; Reconciliation) Act 2023 to proceed, should that be the preference of the victims’s families.</p><p> </p><p>A number of inquests were referred to the coroners’ service by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland shortly before the Act came into force. I am considering the approach to these as part of my ongoing consultation process with interested parties. I want to make progress as swiftly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>As I set out in my Written Ministerial Statement of 7 October, the Government is now carefully considering its next steps following the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal’s judgment in light of the additional declarations of incompatibility made by the Court of Appeal. At the same time, the Government will continue to explore measures to strengthen the ICRIR to ensure that it is both human rights compliant and able to command support from across communities in Northern Ireland.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Leeds South answering member printed Hilary Benn question first answered 16/10/2024 10:35:45 answering member 413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1732974

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Windsor Framework
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) contact details, (b) office address, (c) staffing complement and (d) operating budget of the Windsor Framework Independent Monitoring Panel is; and whether minutes of that Panel's meetings are published.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Robin Swann
uin	8393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to implementing the Windsor Framework and taking all steps necessary to protect the UK internal market. In support of that, I confirmed the appointment of Anna Jerzewska, Aidan Reilly and Alastair Hamilton as the Windsor Framework Independent Monitoring Panel on 19 September.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Panel will report to Government on the basis set out in the <em>Safeguarding the Union</em> command paper. The arrangements for the Panel are in the process of being put in place and, consistent with their status, Panellists will not be employees of the UK Government. They will be supported by a secretariat function.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Leeds South answering member printed Hilary Benn question first answered 14/10/2024 08:41:33 answering member 413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn
tabling member	5319

1732975

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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, what the (a) contact details, (b) office address, (c) staffing complement and (d) operating budget of Intertrade UK is; and whether minutes of that body's meetings are published.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Robin Swann
uin	8394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to implementing the Windsor Framework and taking all steps necessary to protect the UK internal market. To that end, I confirmed the appointment of Baroness Foster as Chair of Intertrade UK on 19 September. The body is in the process of being established and more details of how it will operate to facilitate and boost trade across the UK will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Leeds South answering member printed Hilary Benn question first answered 14/10/2024 08:45:08 answering member 413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn
tabling member	5319

1732983

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	City Deals and Local Growth Deals: 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 had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of reinstating the Causeway City and Growth deal.
tabling member constituency	North Antrim
tabling member printed	Jim Allister
uin	8398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government has inherited a £22 billion black hole in the public finances and, as a result, the Treasury is having to consider a range of measures to address this through the spending review.</p><p>Since the announcement that the Causeway Coast and Glens and Mid South West deals have been paused, I have met with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and many other interested parties to discuss the potential of both deals for encouraging economic growth.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Leeds South answering member printed Hilary Benn question first answered 14/10/2024 08:37:22 answering member 413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn
tabling member	5356

1732432

registered interest
date	08/10/2024
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, pursuant to the Answer of 8 October 2024 to Question 5643 on Terrorism: Northern Ireland, how many requests for public inquiries he is considering.
tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
uin	7835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>I have recently considered several requests for public inquiries and decided to ask all the families involved to <ins class="ministerial">get in touch</ins><del class="ministerial">meet</del> with the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR)<del class="ministerial"> to hear how the independent Commission would approach any investigation</del>. The Government will consider any further requests on a case-by-case basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Leeds South answering member printed Hilary Benn question first answered 14/10/2024 15:11:01 question first ministerially corrected 14/10/2024 15:53:36 answering member 413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn previous answer version 9336 answering member constituency Leeds South answering member printed Hilary Benn answering member 413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn
tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart

1732464

registered interest
date	08/10/2024
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: Paternity Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average length of paternity leave taken by staff in his Department was in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Shaun Davies
uin	7914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2024 answer text <p>The HR reporting system used by the Northern Ireland Office does not provide paternity leave information in the form requested.</p><p>The paternity leave policy followed is set out <a href="https://www.gov.uk/employers-paternity-pay-leave" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Leeds South answering member printed Hilary Benn question first answered 16/10/2024 10:29:23 answering member 413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn
tabling member	5041

1732628

registered interest
date	08/10/2024
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: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce a procedure to replace a lost postal ballot for elections in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL1377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>In Northern Ireland, voters who have spoilt their postal ballot paper or accidentally marked it in a way they had not intended may apply for a replacement postal ballot paper to be issued, providing the original ballot paper and Declaration of Identity document are returned to the Chief Electoral Officer. For security reasons, additional ballot papers are not issued to voters claiming to have lost their original.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to alter the security provisions currently in place, but we continue to keep all aspects of electoral law under review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent question first answered 15/10/2024 12:15:54 answering member 4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1732685

registered interest
date	08/10/2024
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Bloody Sunday Tribunal of Inquiry: Costs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what has been the cost to date of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, each of the inquiries required after Judge Corey's report, the de Silva Finucane inquiry, the budgeted ICRIR legacy inquiries, and the expected costs of a Finucane judicial inquiry.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL1391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>The total cost of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry from 1998, when it was established, to the end of May 2010 when it concluded, was £191.2 million.</p><p> </p><p>Judge Corey recommended that the Government hold public inquiries into the deaths of Rosemary Nelson, Billy Wright, Robert Hamill and Patrick Finucane. The Rosemary Nelson Inquiry and the Billy Wright Inquiry cost £46.46 million and £30.5 million respectively. As the Robert Hamill Inquiry Report is still to be published, final costs are not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>Funding of £250m was agreed with HMT in 2023 to cover the implementation of all aspects of the Legacy Act 2023. The lion's share of this funding was for the establishment and operation of the ICRIR (£230m), with the remainder ring fenced for memorialisation and official history measures that seek to promote wider societal healing/reconciliation. This funding derived from the £150 million allocated to implement the Stormont House Agreement and £100 million allocated through the New Deal, New Approach agreement.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland’s Oral Statement of 11 September 2024, the Government has considered the likely costs of the inquiry into the death of Patrick Finucane and its impact on the public finances. It is the Government’s expectation that the inquiry will - while doing everything that is required to discharge the State’s human rights obligations - avoid unnecessary costs given all the previous reviews and investigations and the large amount of information and material that is already in the public domain.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes reasonable steps to control the costs of inquiries, including capping legal costs as appropriate.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent question first answered 15/10/2024 12:15:11 answering member 4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey