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176272

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the statement by Baroness Randerson on 27 January (HL Deb, cols 127–31), whether they will confirm that no blank letters were given to Sinn Fein to distribute to "on-the-runs" of its choosing.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL4530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>I confirm that no such letters were given to Sinn Fein.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 05/02/2015 15:47:00 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

176274

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
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, further the Written Answers by Baroness Randerson on 27 January (HL4283) and 19 January (3949), why they have not answered the original question; and whether they will now answer it.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL4532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The involvement of the Irish Government in the talks leading to the Stormont House Agreement was consistent with the three stranded approach to Northern Ireland affairs and the 1998 Belfast Agreement. The Irish Government did not participate in negotiations on strand one matters which, as the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has made clear, including at the Ulster Unionist Party conference in October, are for the United Kingdom Government and the Northern Ireland parties alone.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 04/02/2015 15:30:25 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

176275

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Libya
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in the past year in discussions with the government of Libya about compensation for people in Northern Ireland in respect of shipments of arms and explosives from that country to the IRA.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL4533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to my answer of 17 December 2014 (HL3464). There have been no developments in the interim.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 04/02/2015 14:12:10 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

176276

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the statement by Baroness Randerson on 27 January that the "on-the-runs" scheme had been closed down in an orderly manner (HL Deb, col 130), what steps they took, and over what time period, to close down the scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL4534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>When the Government took office in May 2010, we allowed the administrative scheme to deal with so-called ‘on the runs’ established by the previous administration in 2000 to continue. We did this on the basis that the letters issued under the scheme did not confer immunity, exemption or amnesty from prosecution. In August 2012, the then-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Attorney-General decided that it would not be appropriate for the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) to accept any new cases, and that any fresh cases should be referred directly to the devolved police and prosecuting authorities. No letters have been issued by the NIO since December 2012, and on 7 March 2014 the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland confirmed the scheme was an end. On publication of the Hallett Report on 17 July 2014, the Secretary of State repeated that, as far as this Government are concerned, the scheme is over.</p><p>In response to the recommendation in the Hallett report to confirm whether any element of the ‘on the runs’ scheme still exists, the Secretary of State made clear in her statement of 9 September 2014 that the scheme is now at an end. Recipients of letters under the scheme should not place any reliance on them as a protection against prosecution should the required evidential tests be met.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 05/02/2015 16:01:14 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

174856

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Randerson on 19 January (HL3949) concerning the government of the Republic of Ireland and the Stormont House Agreement, on what basis the involvement of the Republic of Ireland is consistent with the three-stranded approach to Northern Ireland affairs; when that approach was established; and in what other talks the government of the Republic of Ireland has been involved under this approach.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL4283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The three-stranded framework emerged during political negotiations in the 1990s that eventually led to the 1998 Belfast Agreement. Strand One relates to the internal affairs of Northern Ireland, Strand Two deals with relations between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and Strand Three relations between the UK and Irish Governments. In practice, this has meant the Government of the Republic of Ireland not being involved in negotiations relating to Strand One issues.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 27/01/2015 16:19:46 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

174857

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Randerson on 19 January (HL3949) concerning the government of the Republic of Ireland and the Stormont House Agreement, whether the government of the Republic of Ireland was involved in all the topics discussed.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL4284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The Irish Government was not involved in all of the subjects discussed in the cross-party talks that led to the Stormont House Agreement. Its involvement was consistent with the well-established three-stranded approach to Northern Ireland affairs, meaning that the internal arrangements for Northern Ireland are for the UK Government and the Northern Ireland parties alone.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 27/01/2015 16:19:04 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

174858

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Government Departments: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many staff were employed in the Northern Ireland Office on 1 January in each of the last ten years.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL4285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>Because of the devolution of policing and justice functions on 12 April 2010, and subsequent reconfiguration of the Northern Ireland Office (NIO), the NIO does not hold figures for the periods prior to 2010; attempting to obtain this information would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>The figures below are taken from the NIO annual report and accounts for 2010/11 to 2013/14 and show both directly employed and seconded staff working in the core NIO.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Reporting Years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Directly Employed Staff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Seconded Staff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Overall Staff Numbers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015*</strong></p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* The 2015 figure is as of 22 January 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 27/01/2015 16:18:35 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

174542

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Parliament: Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are taking to ensure that any attempt by the United States authorities to access United Kingdom parliamentary data held on Microsoft servers in the Republic of Ireland will be made on a mutual legal assistance basis.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL4242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Storage of Parliamentary data is a matter for the House authorities. The application of the US's bilateral Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs) with the Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland in regard to data held on Microsoft servers is a matter for those countries.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL4243 question first answered 02/02/2015 14:28:15 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

174543

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Parliament: Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are taking to ensure that any attempt by United States authorities to access United Kingdom parliamentary data held on Microsoft servers in the Netherlands will be made on a mutual legal assistance basis.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL4243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Storage of Parliamentary data is a matter for the House authorities. The application of the US's bilateral Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs) with the Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland in regard to data held on Microsoft servers is a matter for those countries.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL4242 question first answered 02/02/2015 14:28:15 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

174544

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Parades: Belfast
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Randerson on 15 January (HL3951), what groups supported the setting up of a panel on parading in North Belfast and which groups did not.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL4244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The SDLP, Sinn Fein and nationalist residents groups had stated publicly that they would not engage with the proposed panel on parading in north Belfast announced by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on 7th October 2014. Ballysillan LOL 1891 and the West Belfast UPRG also issued statements rejecting the proposed panel.</p><p>Other unionist groupings have indicated that they would have been prepared to support the panel, but only if they had confidence in the panel members appointed.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 27/01/2015 16:17:02 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird