{"value":{"id":1290167,"askingMemberId":4581,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2021-02-25T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2021-03-11T00:00:00","uin":"HL13694","questionText":"To ask Her Majesty's Government how many reports on the operation of the Petition of Concern process in the Northern Ireland Assembly have been laid before both Houses of Parliament, in accordance with the commitment in Annex A of the New Decade, New Approach Agreement 2020, published on 8 January 2020, to lay such reports every six months.","answeringBodyId":21,"answeringBodyName":"Northern Ireland Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4169,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2021-03-09T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The <a href=\"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/951669/20201221_CP_for_second_report_v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">second report</a> on the operation of the Petition of Concern process was published on 12 January 2021. It recorded that no Petitions of Concern have been lodged in respect of any motion in the Assembly since the <a href=\"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/901146/First_Report_on_the_Use_of_the_Petition_of_Concern_Mechanism_in_the_Northern_Ireland_Assembly.pdf_-_Copy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">previous report</a> on 16 July 2020, and indeed, since the Executive was formed on 11 January 2020. The next report will deal with the period from 10 January 2021 to 11 July 2021.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Petition of Concern","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1290167","method":"GET"}]}