Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty’s Government on how many occasions a non-statutory public inquiry has been instigated into the death of a single individual under section 17A of the Coroners Act 1988 at a time when that individual had not been the subject of a full coroner's inquest; who were those individuals; why they were referred for a public inquiry in each case; and on which dates they were referred.
Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they define the term "freedom" for the purposes of the development of policies and legislation, and in public statements.
Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have discussed with the government of the United States the collection of UK citizens’ data through the PRISM programme, and if so, with what result.
Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which UK citizens’ data have been collected by the government of the United States through the PRISM programme, and whether they have taken steps to prevent such data being collected in the future.
Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 3 November (HL2678), what steps they propose to take following the European Court of Justice's judgments in case C-362/14, Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner.
Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Dunlop on 27 October (HL2879) concerning the 1998 Belfast Agreement, whether any change to the name of a town or city in Northern Ireland requires the majority support of both communities.
Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Dunlop on 27 October (HL2714) concerning activity under the 1998 Belfast Agreement, whether any representatives of the government of the Republic of Ireland were present at the most recent talks under Section 1 of the Belfast Agreement.
Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what process is in place to monitor the actions of the government of the Republic of Ireland relating to the 1998 Belfast Agreement.
Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much they owe the government of the United States for activities in the First World War; what are the repayment arrangements; and when the repayments will be completed.
Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated cost to answer a media query to the Government and whether they impose a limit on the number of questions a member of the media can ask in a week.
Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what public inquiries they have instigated into the death of a single individual since 1988; who were those individuals; why they were referred for a public inquiry in each case; and on which dates they were referred.
Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty’s Government under what circumstances a coroner's investigation and court hearing is not necessary in the case of a sudden death.
Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had, or are having, with the government of Libya about compensation for people killed or wounded by explosives and guns supplied to the IRA by that country, in a manner similar to compensation for the victims of the Lockerbie bombing, and when those discussions will be completed.
Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have made any agreement with the provisional IRA in recent years, and if so, what was covered by that agreement.
Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of (1) whether United Kingdom law complies with the judgment concerning the retention of fingerprints and DNA samples in S and Marper v United Kingdom [2008] ECHR 1581; and (2) whether the proposed retention of biometric data in Northern Ireland in the form of a "snapshot" to be used by the expected Historical Investigation Unit...
Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to examine the key findings of fact by Judge Hogan in the European Court of Justice’s judgment in case C-362/14, Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner.
Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the government of the Republic of Ireland has borrowed from Her Majesty's Government, and what are the arrangements for repayment.
Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the status of the PRISM programme in the United States following the European Court of Justice’s judgment in case C-362/14, Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner.
Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to end the indiscriminate mass surveillance identified in the European Court of Justice’s judgment in case C-362/14, Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner.
Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the indiscriminate mass surveillance identified in the European Court of Justice’s judgment in case C-362/14, Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner did not apply to Parliament, Buckingham Palace, the High Court or the Supreme Court.