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Written Question
Northern Ireland Office: Carbon Emissions
Monday 14th September 2015

Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much her Department spent on carbon offsetting in each of the last three years; and to which companies payments in respect of carbon offsetting were made in each such year.

Answered by Ben Wallace

In the last three years the Northern Ireland Office has spent the following on carbon offsetting:

2012

£1,290 paid to the Environment Agency.

2013

£1,290 paid to the Environment Agency and £1,752 paid to the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

2014

£950 paid to the Environment Agency and £3,720 paid to the Department of Energy and Climate Change.


Written Question
ICT
Monday 23rd March 2015

Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which news applications staff in her Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.

Answered by Theresa Villiers

The Northern Ireland Office has issued 6 smart phones and 5 tablets to staff that are capable of downloading news applications. These devices do not have any restriction to limit which news applications that can be downloaded, provided they are free of charge.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Jun 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q11. I recently visited my brother in hospital in Doncaster only to find that using the television stationed above his bed would cost him £6 a day. Can the Prime Minister justify why it costs hospital patients £42 a week to watch the television when it costs prisoners only £1 …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 27 Feb 2013
Londonderry and the City of London

"The hon. Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Mark Field) and the Minister have both kindly indicated that they are happy for hon. Members from Northern Ireland to contribute to the debate. I am happy to facilitate that, because I appreciate that they want to do so. However, we …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 02 Nov 2012
David Black

"May I commend my right hon. Friend’s statement? This is clearly a disgusting episode. Does she have any idea why David Black was targeted in this way, and whether it was as an individual or as a prison officer more generally? If the attack was initiated by people in prison, …..."
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Speech in Ministerial Corrections - Mon 21 May 2012
Corporation Tax

"I know that the Secretary of State is, like me, a great believer in low taxes to stimulate the economy. What discussions has he had with the devolved Administration in Northern Ireland, and with the Treasury, to try to lower the corporation tax rate in Northern Ireland?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 May 2012
Oral Answers to Questions

"8. Whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on the Northern Ireland economy of changing the corporation tax rate in Northern Ireland to that obtaining in the Republic of Ireland...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 May 2012
Oral Answers to Questions

"I know that the Secretary of State is, like me, a great believer in low taxes to stimulate the economy. What discussions has he had with the devolved Administration in Northern Ireland, and with the Treasury, to try to lower the corporation tax rate in Northern Ireland?..."
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