Stephen Farry: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reviewing the use of (a) interest rate hedging and (b) swap-like products in connection with fixed rate loans products by Ulster Bank in Northern Ireland.
Stephen Farry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2023 to Question 197102 on Electronic Travel Authorisations: Impact Assessments, if he will make an Impact Assessment of Electronic Travel Authorisation that differentiates between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
Stephen Farry: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department produces for Personal Independent Payment assessors on how to process cases where an applicant has epilepsy.
Stephen Farry: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of conducting a review of into the adequacy of the level of universal credit payments.
Stephen Farry: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of online accessibility for people with disabilities.
Stephen Farry: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent estimate he has made of when the terms of reference for the independent statutory inquiry into the Omagh bombing will be published.
Stephen Farry: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether there are planned timescales for the independent statutory inquiry into the Omagh bombing.
Stephen Farry: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of digital accessibility for disabled people and (b) potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to guarantee online disabled rights similar to those in the Equality Act 2010.
Stephen Farry: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure digital (a) inclusion and (b) accessibility for people with disabilities online.
Stephen Farry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2023 to Question 191421 on Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership: Finance, whether any changes have been made to the level of funding that will be available for the Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership through the Government Department in Northern Ireland compared with the previous...
Stephen Farry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Electronic Travel Authorisation: Impact Assessment, updated on 16 June 2023, whether her Department has conducted any Northern Ireland-specific analysis.
Stephen Farry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Electronic Travel Authorisation: Impact Assessment, updated on 16 June 2023, whether she has made an assessment she has made of the potential impact of Electronic Travel Authorisation on (a) the tourism industry and (b) SMEs in Northern Ireland.
Stephen Farry: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to establish rights for disabled people online similar to those in the Equality Act 2010.
Stephen Farry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the India Young Professionals Scheme visa scheme were (a) made and (b) successful in the ballot period that closed in March 2023.
Stephen Farry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Electronic Travel Authorisation requirements for transit passengers on the competitiveness of the (a) airline and (b) tourism sectors.
Stephen Farry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to ensure that application forms for Electronic Travel Authorisations will be available in a range of languages.
Stephen Farry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for a Youth Mobility Scheme visa were made by nationality of applicant in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.
Stephen Farry: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Youth Mobility Scheme visas were issued by nationality of applicant in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.
Stephen Farry: To start with the specific amendments before us, the Government’s approach, right to this eleventh hour—five minutes to midnight in terms of the Bill—reinforces the premise behind the Bill. Immunity is the central foundation stone on which this flawed Bill has been designed and taken forward, and the immunity clause goes to the heart of why there is no confidence in the legislation and...
Stephen Farry: This may well be our last chance to discuss the Bill in this Chamber. May I ask the Secretary of State to reflect on the fact that virtually every independent human rights expert including, most notably, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, which has statutory functions, does not believe that the Bill is human rights compliant? Even Sir Declan Morgan, who has been appointed to head...