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1345175

registered interest
date	08/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Yvonne Fletcher
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to review the evidence which has been withheld by the Government since 2015 on the grounds of national security in the investigation into the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher in 1984, to ascertain whether that evidence may now be released.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Allan Dorans
uin	29909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>In any case referred to the CPS by the police, a decision to prosecute is made in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors, and a case must meet the evidential and public interest stages of the Full Code Test. Ultimately, the decision was taken that a prosecution could not proceed.</p><p>The Government is unable to confirm or deny the existence of any evidence being withheld on national security grounds.</p><p> </p><p>Although a prosecution is not currently possible, should new information come to light the police and CPS would look again at whether a prosecution could be brought. We are determined to bring perpetrators to justice wherever possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/07/2021 15:39:49 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4740 label Biography information for Allan Dorans

1345177

registered interest
date	08/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessments she has made of the level of monitoring and reporting by the Health and Safety Executive of cases of (a) disease, (b) death, (c) dangerous occurrences and (b) workplace outbreaks among Fire and Rescue Service employees.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	29776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>Fire and rescue authorities, as employers are responsible for the health, safety and wellbeing of their employees. This includes compliance with any statutory requirements to report cases of disease, death, dangerous occurrences, and workplace outbreaks.</p><p>Since March 2020, fire and rescue employees across the country have volunteered to complete over 550,000 activities in support of the response to the Pandemic. Ministers receive regular updates on levels of COVID-19 related employee absence in fire and rescue services.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/07/2021 15:42:45 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1345245

registered interest
date	08/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hezbollah
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to tackle the domestic operations of Hezbollah since its full proscription in February 2019.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	29746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government does not routinely comment on intelligence matters.</p><p>Hizballah is a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK and membership is therefore a criminal offence. Since the extension of Hizballah’s proscription in 2019, the Government has also extended the UK’s domestic financial sanctions designation to cover the group in its entirety.</p><p> </p><p>Investigations into the activities of proscribed organisations, or individuals who may be members or supporters of proscribed organisations, are an operational matter for the police and intelligence agencies. It would not be appropriate to comment or publish data on these matters.</p><p>The Government publishes quarterly national statistics on the use of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent relevant legislation in Great Britain. This includes information on arrests, charges and convictions for proscription offences.</p><p>The Home and Foreign Secretaries routinely discuss global counter-terrorism matters, both bilaterally and at Cabinet during meetings of the National Security Council.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 29747 29748 29749 29750 question first answered 13/07/2021 16:47:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1345246

registered interest
date	08/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hezbollah
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of UK citizens who are members of Hezbollah.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	29747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government does not routinely comment on intelligence matters.</p><p>Hizballah is a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK and membership is therefore a criminal offence. Since the extension of Hizballah’s proscription in 2019, the Government has also extended the UK’s domestic financial sanctions designation to cover the group in its entirety.</p><p> </p><p>Investigations into the activities of proscribed organisations, or individuals who may be members or supporters of proscribed organisations, are an operational matter for the police and intelligence agencies. It would not be appropriate to comment or publish data on these matters.</p><p>The Government publishes quarterly national statistics on the use of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent relevant legislation in Great Britain. This includes information on arrests, charges and convictions for proscription offences.</p><p>The Home and Foreign Secretaries routinely discuss global counter-terrorism matters, both bilaterally and at Cabinet during meetings of the National Security Council.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 29746 29748 29749 29750 question first answered 13/07/2021 16:47:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1345247

registered interest
date	08/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hezbollah: Islamic Resistance Support Organization
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the relationship between Hezbollah and the Islamic Resistance Support Organisation.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	29748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government does not routinely comment on intelligence matters.</p><p>Hizballah is a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK and membership is therefore a criminal offence. Since the extension of Hizballah’s proscription in 2019, the Government has also extended the UK’s domestic financial sanctions designation to cover the group in its entirety.</p><p> </p><p>Investigations into the activities of proscribed organisations, or individuals who may be members or supporters of proscribed organisations, are an operational matter for the police and intelligence agencies. It would not be appropriate to comment or publish data on these matters.</p><p>The Government publishes quarterly national statistics on the use of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent relevant legislation in Great Britain. This includes information on arrests, charges and convictions for proscription offences.</p><p>The Home and Foreign Secretaries routinely discuss global counter-terrorism matters, both bilaterally and at Cabinet during meetings of the National Security Council.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 29746 29747 29749 29750 question first answered 13/07/2021 16:47:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1345248

registered interest
date	08/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hezbollah: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle sources of financial assistance to Hezbollah in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	29749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government does not routinely comment on intelligence matters.</p><p>Hizballah is a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK and membership is therefore a criminal offence. Since the extension of Hizballah’s proscription in 2019, the Government has also extended the UK’s domestic financial sanctions designation to cover the group in its entirety.</p><p> </p><p>Investigations into the activities of proscribed organisations, or individuals who may be members or supporters of proscribed organisations, are an operational matter for the police and intelligence agencies. It would not be appropriate to comment or publish data on these matters.</p><p>The Government publishes quarterly national statistics on the use of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent relevant legislation in Great Britain. This includes information on arrests, charges and convictions for proscription offences.</p><p>The Home and Foreign Secretaries routinely discuss global counter-terrorism matters, both bilaterally and at Cabinet during meetings of the National Security Council.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 29746 29747 29748 29750 question first answered 13/07/2021 16:47:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1345250

registered interest
date	08/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hezbollah: Lebanon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Foreign Secretary on tackling Hezbollah activity in Lebanon.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	29750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government does not routinely comment on intelligence matters.</p><p>Hizballah is a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK and membership is therefore a criminal offence. Since the extension of Hizballah’s proscription in 2019, the Government has also extended the UK’s domestic financial sanctions designation to cover the group in its entirety.</p><p> </p><p>Investigations into the activities of proscribed organisations, or individuals who may be members or supporters of proscribed organisations, are an operational matter for the police and intelligence agencies. It would not be appropriate to comment or publish data on these matters.</p><p>The Government publishes quarterly national statistics on the use of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent relevant legislation in Great Britain. This includes information on arrests, charges and convictions for proscription offences.</p><p>The Home and Foreign Secretaries routinely discuss global counter-terrorism matters, both bilaterally and at Cabinet during meetings of the National Security Council.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 29746 29747 29748 29749 question first answered 13/07/2021 16:47:22 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1345387

registered interest
date	08/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Relatives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of potential sponsors who have left the UK since 2013 as a result of close relatives not being able to join them under the Adult Dependency visa rule.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	29879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>It is not possible to make such an estimate as the Home Office does not record the reason why individuals leave the UK.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/07/2021 16:45:55 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1344241

registered interest
date	06/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help prevent illegal immigration into the United Kingdom.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	28312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>To prevent illegal entry into the UK, the Government has introduced the Nationality and Borders Bill, which will:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Introduce new and tougher criminal offences for those attempting to enter the UK illegally by raising the penalty for illegal entry from six months’ to four years imprisonment and introducing life sentences for people smugglers.</li><li>Provide Border Force with additional powers to:</li></ul><p>o Search unaccompanied containers located within ports for the presence of illegal migrants;</p><p>o Seize and dispose of any vessels intercepted and encountered;</p><p>o Stop and divert vessels suspected of carrying illegal migrants to the UK and, subject to agreement with the relevant country such as France, return them to where their sea journey to the UK began.</p><ul><li>Increase the penalty for Foreign National Offenders who return to the UK in breach of a deportation order from six months’ to five years’ imprisonment.</li><li>Implement an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme to block the entry of those who present a threat to the UK.</li></ul> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/07/2021 13:34:19 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1344360

registered interest
date	06/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Detention Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what legal jurisdiction offshore immigration processing centres would operate.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	28339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>We are committed to the 1951 Convention and act in accordance with our international obligations, and we will continue discussions with our international partners to find solutions to our shared migration challenges.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/07/2021 13:32:09 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill