Asked by: Peter Kyle (Labour - Hove)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will publish the next steps of the Castlereagh Foundation in response to the written advice of the Advisory Committee.
Answered by Conor Burns
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is continuing to consider all the advice that he has received to date regarding the Castlereagh Foundation.
Asked by: Peter Kyle (Labour - Hove)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households that on heating oil for central heating in Northern Ireland.
Answered by Conor Burns
According to the Consumer Council, 68 per cent of homes in Northern Ireland use heating oil as their primary source of heating. Policy on domestic energy is devolved in Northern Ireland.
Asked by: Peter Kyle (Labour - Hove)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress the Government has made on establishing an agreement with the EU to facilitate the supply of medicines to Northern Ireland under the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Answered by Conor Burns
We have been in ongoing technical talks with the EU. There has been some potential convergence on the medicines issue but agreement has not been reached. Any acceptable solution needs to ensure that medicines are available at the same time and on the same basis across the whole of the UK. Continued supply of medicines to Northern Ireland is paramount.
Asked by: Peter Kyle (Labour - Hove)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of the commitments made in the New Decade, New Approach agreement have been fully implemented.
Answered by Conor Burns
The UK Government has delivered 11 of the commitments it signed up to in the New Decade, New Approach deal. We have released over £700 million of the £2 billion of funding agreed in the deal, delivered a series of events marking the centenary of Northern Ireland, and introduced institutional reforms via the Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill. We continue to drive progress on our outstanding commitments as a matter of priority.
Asked by: Peter Kyle (Labour - Hove)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times he has met with victim groups as part of his consultation on the plans announced in the White Paper, Addressing the Legacy of Northern Ireland's Past.
Answered by Conor Burns
I refer the hon Gentleman to the answer provided on 30 November (UIN 79422).