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1129482

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Security: Cross Border Cooperation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which aspects of the EU's internal security co-operation arrangements would the UK continue to be party to if the UK were to leave the EU without a deal; and what measures they plan to take to address any security issues that may arise following a no-deal Brexit.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL15967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s position remains that leaving with a deal, which includes ambitious internal security arrangements, is in the UK’s best interests. If we leave the EU without a deal, the UK would cease to have access to the EU’s internal security cooperation arrangements upon exit.</p><p>The Home Office continues to work closely with operational partners to ensure readiness for a range of possible exit scenarios in October, including no deal. We are working with these partners to put in place contingency arrangements to transition our cooperation with EU Member States to non-EU channels in a no deal scenario. In the security and law enforcement space, this would include making more use of Interpol, Council of Europe Conventions and other forms of cooperation, such as bilateral channels.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 18/06/2019 13:20:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1129483

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Law and Order: Cross Border Cooperation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what access they anticipate UK law enforcement agencies would have in the event of a no-deal Brexit to EU-wide databases, including the (1) Schengen-Information system II, (2) European Criminal Records Information System, and (3) DNA databases shared under the Prűm Convention.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL15968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s position remains that leaving with a deal, which includes ambitious internal security arrangements, is in the UK’s best interests. If we leave the EU without a deal, the UK would cease to have access to the EU’s law enforcement databases on exit – including the Schengen Information System II (SIS II) and the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS). It is worth noting that the UK is not yet live on Prüm DNA.</p><p>The Home Office has been working with operational partners to put in place contingency arrangements to transition our cooperation with EU Member States to non-EU channels in a no deal scenario. We continue to work closely with operational partners to maintain readiness for a range of possible exit scenarios in October, including no deal.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 18/06/2019 13:20:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1129488

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many reports of slavery-related offences have been made to competent authorities since the Modern Slavery Act 2015 came into force, broken down by (1) month, and (2) the identity of first responder.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL15973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency publishes statistics on referrals into the National Referral Mechanism on a quarterly basis. This report presents a summary of the number of potential victims of modern slavery and human trafficking referred into the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) in 2018 and is the final annual report in this format, prior to the transfer of the NRM to the new Home Office Single Competent Authority in April 2019 as part of a wide-reaching NRM Reform Programme.</p><p>Further analysis is contained within the 2018 UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery. These reports are available via the following links:</p><p><a href="https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/282-national-referral-mechanism-statistics-end-of-year-summary-2018" target="_blank">https://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/282-national-referral-mechanism-statistics-end-of-year-summary-2018 </a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/749346/2018_UK_Annual_Report_on_Modern_Slavery.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/749346/2018_UK_Annual_Report_on_Modern_Slavery.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name NCA - Stats End of Year Summary 2018.pdf title NCA - National Ref Mechanism Stats - 2018 2 file name 2018_UK_Annual_Report_on_Modern_Slavery.pdf title UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery - 2018 question first answered 18/06/2019 14:42:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1129506

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Teachers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to include teachers of all modern languages in the Shortage Occupation List for immigration purposes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL15991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Shortage Occupation List (SOL) is set based on advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC). Last July, the Government commissioned the MAC to undertake a full review of the current composition of the SOL. That review is now complete and was published on 29 May. The Government is grateful to the MAC for a comprehensive report, the content of which we are now considering.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL15992 question first answered 18/06/2019 13:21:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

1129507

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Interpreters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to include professionally qualified linguists wishing to work as public service interpreters in the Shortage Occupations List for immigration purposes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL15992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Shortage Occupation List (SOL) is set based on advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC). Last July, the Government commissioned the MAC to undertake a full review of the current composition of the SOL. That review is now complete and was published on 29 May. The Government is grateful to the MAC for a comprehensive report, the content of which we are now considering.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL15991 question first answered 18/06/2019 13:21:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

1129560

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the security impact of adding passengers from seven additional countries to the list of those able to use automated ePassport gates on arrival in the UK; what impact they anticipate these changes will have on waiting times for passengers at Heathrow Terminals 3 and 5; and what impact they anticipate abolishing paper landing cards will have on border security.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL16045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>Keeping the UK’s border secure is our priority. The decisions to expand ePassport gate eligibility and remove the requirement to complete a landing card were taken after careful consideration and in consultation with security partners across Government.</p><p>Landing cards were primarily used to collect statistics and not used for routine security checks. The Government remains reassured, on the basis of direct expert engagement, that this change will not impact on border security. The additional nationalities that can now benefit from use of the ePassport gates were identified as suitable based on a variety of factors, including immigration abuse, security, cooperation on border matters and prosperity.</p><p>Analysis has shown that allowing these additional nationalities to use the ePassport gates provides them with more efficient entry into the UK, whilst not significantly increasing waiting times for existing ePassport gate users. The change will also significantly improve manned queue times, at certain ports and at certain times for other passengers.</p><p>Both changes are being closely monitored to ensure that we understand and can adapt to any impact they may have, including on queue times.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 18/06/2019 13:19:01 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1129569

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 24 May (HL15688), whether they will now answer the question put, namely what assessment they have made of the impact of the ban on direct flights to Sharm el-Sheikh on the current UK terrorist threat level.
tabling member printed	Lord Stone of Blackheath
uin	HL16054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to my previous response.</p><p>The threat level to the UK from international terrorism is kept under constant review by the independent Joint Terrorist Analysis Centre, whose judgements about the threat level are made on the basis of the very latest reporting and intelligence. This can change at any time as different information becomes available.</p><p>The current threat level from international terrorism is judged to be SEVERE, meaning an attack is highly likely.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 25/06/2019 14:08:51 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2222 label Biography information for Lord Stone of Blackheath

1129588

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Ministers of Religion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to engage with the views of religious groups on the new Tier 2 Minister of Religion visa route.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire South
tabling member printed	Mhairi Black
uin	260037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Tier 2 route for Ministers of Religion has been in place for several years. In January 2019 changes were made to the Immigration Rules governing the Tier 5 visa for religious workers. The Government wrote to faith leaders in December, setting out the detail and rationale behind those changes.</p><p><br>We are embarking on an extensive programme of engagement, in connection with the future immigration system, and will be talking to representatives from a range of faith and community groups. Officials also remain in regular contact with their representatives.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/06/2019 14:10:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4421 label Biography information for Mhairi Black

1129613

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many labour market enforcement undertakings have been served since their introduction.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	260093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>28 labour market enforcement undertakings have been served on businesses by the three main labour market enforcement bodies: the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate, the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs – National Minimum Wage Team, since the provision was introduced through the Immigration Act 2016, in November 2016.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 10/06/2019 12:05:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1129617

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Synthetic Cannabinoids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs plans to publish its review into the inclusion of synthetic cannabinoids in Schedule 1 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	260109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The ACMD were formally commissioned on 15 February 2019 to advise the Home Secretary on part-two of the review on cannabis and cannabis related products. The ACMD will provide their advice by Summer 2020</p><p>The full commission to the ACMD can be found on the Home Office website: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/779330/Long-term_commission_to_the_ACMD_on_CBPM_-_05.02.2019.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/779330/Long-term_commission_to_the_ACMD_on_CBPM_-_05.02.2019.pdf </a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 11/06/2019 14:16:33 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley