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1248598

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date	04/11/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	United Kingdom Internal Market Bill: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the effect of the UK Internal Market Bill on Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	908114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>The UK Internal Market Bill is economically important for Northern Ireland. It ensures direct trade from Northern Ireland to Great Britain will continue as it does now, delivering this Government’s clear commitment to provide for unfettered access in legislation.</p><p> </p><p>But the Bill’s significance is not just economic. The Government is taking powers in reserve to create a legal safety net that guard against the harmful legal defaults in the Protocol, in the event that agreement with the EU is not reached in Joint Committee discussions.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland speaks frequently with Cabinet colleagues on a range of matters including these points.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 04/11/2020 16:42:48 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1248599

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Anniversaries: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to mark the 100 year anniversary of Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Robin Millar
uin	908116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to facilitating national recognition and international awareness of this important national anniversary.</p><p>The centenary will be an opportunity to reflect on this moment of profound significance in the history of the United Kingdom, in a way that includes diverse perspectives and facilitates respectful discussion.<em> </em></p><p>It will also offer a platform to showcase what is best about Northern Ireland around the world. The programme of centenary events being developed will therefore celebrate Northern Ireland’s people, business, culture, arts, and young talent, looking forward to a positive future.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 04/11/2020 16:44:06 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4746 label Biography information for Robin Millar

1248600

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
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	What support the Government is providing to the tourism and hospitality sectors in Northern Ireland during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Truro and Falmouth
tabling member printed	Cherilyn Mackrory
uin	908123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>The tourism and hospitality sectors have benefited from UK-wide Government financial support. This includes the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which has been extended for a further one month until December.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, a VAT cut to 5% has been extended for both sectors.</p><p> </p><p>While the Government will take every opportunity to promote Northern Ireland, tourism is the responsibility of the NI Executive, to whom the Government has provided £2.4bn to respond to the pandemic, including supporting those sectors most affected.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 04/11/2020 16:45:43 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4758 label Biography information for Cherilyn Mackrory

1248601

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Armed Forces and Police: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department plans to take to help tackle vexatious claims made against (a) armed forces and (b) police personnel in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	South East Cornwall
tabling member printed	Mrs Sheryll Murray
uin	908124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that it will introduce legislation to address the legacy of the Troubles that focuses on reconciliation, delivers for victims, and ends the cycle of re-investigations that has failed victims, veterans and police personnel alike.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to engaging with partners from all communities and making progress on this important issue as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 04/11/2020 16:46:48 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4100 label Biography information for Mrs Sheryll Murray

1248602

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Job Support Scheme: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What funding the Government plans to make available to businesses in Northern Ireland to help with the transition from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to the Job Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	908134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>This Government has introduced some of the most generous support schemes in the world, to support people and businesses in Northern Ireland, as they navigate the difficulties posed by COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was due to end on 1 November but will be extended for a further one month until December. The Job Support Scheme (JSS) will be available to support businesses and their staff when the CJRS ends.</p><p> </p><p>CJRS and JSS are part of the comprehensive package of support that the Government has provided to support the economy at this time. In Northern Ireland, this has included an additional £2.4bn funding for the Executive. Advice and support for businesses is available on <a href="http://gov.uk/coronavirus" target="_blank">gov.uk/coronavirus</a>, or alternatively via the business support helpline.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 04/11/2020 16:48:31 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1248081

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to help reduce the spread of covid-19 in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
uin	908312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>As community rates increase, the risk of outbreaks in prisons inevitably rises. We have planned for this and have a range of measures in place, informed by public health advice, to protect our staff, prisoners and the NHS over Winter.</p><p>Our hard-working prison staff are continuing to implement regimes that have been adapted for safety, with social distancing and PPE use. We are also quarantining new arrivals, isolating those with symptoms, and shielding the vulnerable.</p><p>These interventions are supporting us to minimise importation, limit the spread of infection and protect against explosive outbreaks.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/11/2020 17:36:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan

1248082

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to help reduce the spread of covid-19 in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Kate Griffiths
uin	908319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>As community rates increase, the risk of outbreaks in prisons inevitably rises. We have planned for this and have a range of measures in place, informed by public health advice, to protect our staff, prisoners and the NHS over Winter.</p><p>Our hard-working prison staff are continuing to implement regimes that have been adapted for safety, with social distancing and PPE use. We are also quarantining new arrivals, isolating those with symptoms, and shielding the vulnerable.</p><p>These interventions are supporting us to minimise importation, limit the spread of infection and protect against explosive outbreaks.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/11/2020 17:36:25 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4773 label Biography information for Kate Kniveton

1248083

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Evidence: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on bringing forward legislative proposals to regulate the use of facial recognition technology as evidence.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	908316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>The Lord Chancellor or Ministers have not held specific meetings on this but regularly discuss a broad range of criminal justice matters with Cabinet colleagues and others.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 03/11/2020 15:59:17 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1248084

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to help ensure that BAME communities have confidence in the criminal justice system.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	908318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>The overall changes we are making to the system are designed to give all communities and victims of crime increased confidence.</p><p>Ensuring the trust of Black and minority ethnic people in the criminal justice system is critical to its effectiveness. We have responded positively to previous reviews on this subject and look forward to welcoming the conclusions of the independent Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities.</p><p>We are committed to increasing the diversity of people working in the CJS to represent the communities they serve, making it more transparent in the data on ethnicity it produces, and we are making progress on this.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 03/11/2020 16:57:47 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1248085

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to ensure that courts operate effectively during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	908323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>Progress against the HMCTS recovery plan published on 1 July is already well underway to reduce outstanding cases and to get our operating capacity as close as possible to pre-Covid levels.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing record amounts, with £153m to improve court and tribunal buildings – the biggest single investment in court estate maintenance for more than 20 years. We’ve also opened 14 Nightingale Courts and over 240 jury courtrooms, while Magistrates’ Courts have been completing more cases than they are receiving.</p><p> </p><p>We’ve piloted Covid Operating hours at the Crown Court in Liverpool and several other crown courts. I’m also pleased the number of hearings across the civil, family and tribunal jurisdictions is also increasing.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 03/11/2020 15:53:01 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby