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date	19/03/2019
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: 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 timetable is for finalising the (a) Londonderry Strabane City Deal and (b) other Northern Ireland City Deals.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	234111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>As the Chancellor set out at the 2019 Spring Statement on 13 March, early stage negotiations for a Derry/Londonderry and Strabane City Region Deal are progressing well. The Government hopes to make an announcement in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Building on the Chancellor’s commitment to £350m towards the Belfast City Regions Deal in October, the Government is working closely with local partners and the Northern Ireland Civil Service to move to the next phase of the Deal and hopes to be in a position to agree Heads of Terms in due course.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 22/03/2019 12:35:25 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1090943

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Women's Rights: 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 report entitled, Women in Northern Ireland, UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Shadow Report, published by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland in January 2019, what plans she has to increase women’s rights through increased access to family planning services.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	233509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the sensitivities of these issues and the strongly held views of stakeholders on all sides of the debate. The Government takes its obligations under the Convention seriously, including having had positive dialogues with the UN CEDAW Committee very recently, and carefully considering the contribution civil society groups and statutory agencies make to the process.</p><p> </p><p>Given these issues are devolved, it is the Government's preference that any changes to the provision of healthcare, including in relation to abortion law in Northern Ireland, are addressed by a restored Executive and Assembly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/03/2019 12:30:44 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1086690

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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 her oral contribution of 6 March 2019, Official Report column 949, that polls that they want to see change to the abortion laws in Northern Ireland—about 64%—are very clear that they want those changes to be made in Stormont, what the source is of that data.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	230813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The data comes from a ComRes survey conducted in Northern Ireland between 8 and 15 October 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/03/2019 12:23:51 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1084403

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2018 to Question 153188 on Common Travel Area, for what reason the reciprocal voting rights for Irish citizens do not cover referendums; and what assessment she has made of the implications of that for Irish citizens in Northern Ireland in relation to any border poll conducted under schedule 1 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	230086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The voting rights which will continue to be enjoyed by British and Irish citizens are reciprocal. British citizens may vote in local and parliamentary elections in Ireland but not Presidential elections or referendums. This reciprocal right is reflected in the voting rights of Irish citizens living in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>I continue to believe that a majority in Northern Ireland favour Northern Ireland's place in the United Kingdom. The test for a border poll set out in the 1998 Northern Ireland Act has therefore not been met.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 13/03/2019 12:35:02 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1083586

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many consultations by her Department (a) are open, (b) are closed awaiting a Government response and (c) have been initiated since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	229755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Since 2016, the following consultations have been initiated by the Northern Ireland Office:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Consultation Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Opened</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Closed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Response Issued</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Future Delivery of Electoral Services in Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>12 October 2016</p></td><td><p>9 January 2017</p></td><td><p>25 June 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-jury trial provisions Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007</p></td><td><p>16 November 2016</p></td><td><p>8 February 2017</p></td><td><p>22 June 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-jury trial provisions Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007</p></td><td><p>6 December 2018</p></td><td><p>27 February 2019</p></td><td><p>Awaiting response</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Addressing the Legacy of Northern Ireland’s past</p></td><td><p>11 May 2018</p></td><td><p>26 October 2018</p></td><td><p>Awaiting response</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/03/2019 12:48:33 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1082454

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to seek the restoration of power-sharing devolved government in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	909559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>I am working closely with the main Northern Ireland parties to restore devolved government. I met the five main political parties on 15 February, and again - with the exception of one party - on 1 March. Northern Ireland needs a functioning Executive and Assembly and that is what this Government is determined to achieve.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 06/03/2019 15:08:55 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers