Tag: Lord Kilclooney

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kilclooney on 2015-12-22.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the amount of government loans to the Republic of Ireland during the past decade; of those loans, what capital has been re-paid; and how much interest has been received.

Lord O’Neill of Gatley

I refer the noble Lord to the most recent statutory report which the Treasury provided to Parliament as required by Section 2 of the Loans to Ireland Act 2010. It was published on 15 October 2015 and is available online along with all previous reports submitted.^[1]

This report shows the outstanding principal is £3,226,960,000, with repayments due in tranches from 15 April 2019 until 26 March 2021. An interest payment was made by the Republic of Ireland on 15 December 2015 and therefore the interest payments received now total £273,825,613.71.

^[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bilateral-loan-to-ireland

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kilclooney on 2016-09-13.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many persons born in (1) Poland, and (2) the Republic of Ireland, now live in Northern Ireland.

Baroness Mobarik

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kilclooney on 2016-01-13.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether an incident of sectarian violence against Protestant families took place in Chiapas, Mexico, on 4 January; and what representations they have made about that incident to the government of Mexico.

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

While British officials in Mexico City have not yet been in touch with the Mexican authorities on this specific reported incident, our Embassy has for some time been in touch with a range of Mexico and UK-based non-government organisations about discriminatory violence against Protestant families in Chiapas. The most recent reported incident on 4 January seems to suggest an escalation in this violence. Our Embassy also regularly lobbies to ensure the perpetrators of all crimes are brought to justice and that all minority groups are respected and, where appropriate, offered protection.

We continually raise the issue of freedom of religion or belief in bilateral and multilateral fora. This forms a core part of our human rights work and we frequently raise security and human rights concerns with Mexico. For example, the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron); the then Deputy Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr Clegg), and the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), discussed human rights issues during the State Visit of President Enrique Peña Nieto to the UK in March 2015.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kilclooney on 2016-09-13.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the most recent estimate of the population of Northern Ireland.

Baroness Mobarik

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kilclooney on 2016-01-21.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government who are the members and the associate members of the UK delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and to which UK political party each belongs.

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

The UK delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) was announced by the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), in a Written Ministerial Statement on 3 November 2015. [HCWS287]

A list of full and alternate UK members of PACE, as well as their party affiliations and European political groupings, is as follows:

FULL MEMBERS

Sir Roger Gale MP (Leader) Con

Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh MP OBE SNP

Lord Anderson of Swansea Lab

Guto Bebb MP Con

David Crausby MP Lab

Geraint Davies MP Lab

Rt Hon Jeffrey Donaldson MP DUP

Earl of Dundee Con

Baroness Eccles of Moulton Con

Nigel Evans MP Con

John Howell MP OBE Con

Ian Liddell-Grainger MP Con

Sir Alan Meale MP Lab

Kate Osamor MP Lab

Lord Prescott Lab

Mark Pritchard MP Con

Christina Rees MP Lab

Rt Hon Alex Salmond MP SNP

ALTERNATE MEMBERS

Lord Balfe Con

Rt Hon Lord Blencathra Con

Rt Hon Liam Byrne MP Lab

David T C Davies MP Con

Baroness Eaton DBE Con

Suella Fernandes MP Con

Rt Hon Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Lab

Khalid Mahmood MP Lab

Baroness Massey of Darwen Lab

Huw Merriman MP Con

Baroness O’Loan DBE CB

Mary Robinson MP Con

Paul Scully MP Con

Virendra Sharma MP Lab

Paula Sherriff MP Lab

Kelly Tolhurst MP Con

Phil Wilson MP Lab

Mike Wood MP Con

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kilclooney on 2016-09-13.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the value of agricultural produce imported from the Republic of Ireland in the last year for which figures are available.

Lord Gardiner of Kimble

In 2015, according to the latest HMRC data, the UK imported approximately £4 billion of goods relating to food, animal feed and drinks, as detailed in the table below:

UK imports of food, feed and drink from Republic of Ireland, 2015.

SITC
Division
Code	Description	£ million
01	Meat	1 384
02	Dairy	648
03	Fish	38
04	Cereals	285
05	Fruit and Veg	250
06	Sugar	41
07	Coffee, tea, etc.	184
08	Animal feed	188
09	Misc.	653
11	Drink	273
22+S4	Oils	39
	Total	3 983

Defra’s aggregate ‘Food, Feed and Drink’ is composed of the following divisions from the Standard International Trade Classification:

01 Meat: meat from cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, poultry, horses etc.

02 Dairy: includes milk, milk products, and all types of eggs.

03 Fish: All types of edible marine life excluding mammals.

04 Cereals: includes rice, wheat, barley, oats, maize etc.

05 Fruit and vegetables: includes fruit and vegetables, nuts (exc. groundnuts), juices, jams, marmalades etc.

06 Sugar: includes sugar and sugar confectionery (exc. chocolate or cocoa), honey and liquorice.

07 Coffee, tea, etc.: includes all types of coffee and tea, cocoa, chocolate and spices.

08 Animal feed: includes hay, fodder, bran, sharps, and all types of pet or animal food.

09 Miscellaneous: includes margarine, sauces, vinegar, soups, yeasts, cooked/stuffed pasta and baby food.

11 Drink: includes alcoholic drinks of all kinds and natural or artificial waters.

22+S4 Oils: includes animal/vegetable oils, fats and waxes; groundnuts (peanuts), soya beans and seeds.

Source: HMRC

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kilclooney on 2016-01-21.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there are any restrictions on the supply of gas or electricity to Gaza, and if so, what representations have been made to the government of Israel by them or the EU on behalf of its member states.

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Less than 50 percent of Gaza’s basic electricity needs are currently being met. This is a result of the limited capacity of the existing power lines from Israel (providing approximately 120 Mega Watts (MW) at present) and Egypt (approximately 32 MW), and of the Gaza power plant (60 MW). The plant is not run at full capacity because of damage sustained in past conflicts and restrictions on the amount of diesel allowed into Gaza. Officials at our embassy in Tel Aviv regularly urge the Israeli authorities to ease restrictions on Gaza and to facilitate improvements in electricity infrastructure. On 10 September, during Israeli Prime Minister Mr Netanyahu’s visit to the UK, the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), and the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), emphasised the need for Israel to do more to improve conditions in Gaza. They discussed electricity, as well as water and exports.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kilclooney on 2016-09-13.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total value of (1) imports, and (2) exports, between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in the last year for which figures are available.

Lord Price

The value of goods exported from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland was £2.1 billion in 2015.

The value of goods imported into Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland was £1.6 billion in 2015.

Data on the value of trade in services between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is not available.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kilclooney on 2016-01-21.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to ceasing to be a guarantor power in Cyprus to facilitate a political settlement on the island.

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

The UK is prepared to consider whatever arrangements the two communities can agree upon to meet the security needs of a reunited Cyprus as part of a settlement. We remain strongly supportive of the efforts of President Anastasiades and Mr Akinci to seize this opportunity to secure a historic agreement.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kilclooney on 2016-09-13.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the commitments in the Belfast Agreement 1998, what representations they have received from the Irish government about the continuing status of Northern Ireland as part of the UK.

Lord Dunlop

The Government has regular discussions with the Irish Government on a range of issues in accordance with the well-established three stranded approach laid out in the Belfast Agreement. As one of the negotiators of that Agreement, the Noble Lord is aware that Northern Ireland’s constitutional position is based on the principle of consent, which is fully supported by both the United Kingdom and Irish Governments.

The Belfast Agreement stated that “the present wish of a majority of the people of Northern Ireland, freely exercised and legitimate, is to maintain the Union and, accordingly, that Northern Ireland’s status as part of the United Kingdom reflects and relies upon that wish”. The Government has no reason to believe that there has been any change in this position.