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1184298

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the ability of local workers to fill vacancies for seasonal employment in the (a) tourism and hospitality and (b) agricultural sectors.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	27992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>Free movement is ending and we will not simply replicate it in a future system. The UK’s new points based system will focus on the brightest and best and ensure we bring in those this country needs. We need to shift the focus of our economy away from a reliance on cheap labour from Europe and consider immigration alongside investment in technology, innovation, automation and development of the UK’s domestic labour force.</p><p>Business can continue to rely on those EU/EEA nationals, and their family members, living in the UK with settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, and those who come to the UK through youth mobility schemes. We will also extend the pilot scheme for seasonal workers to 10,000 places.</p><p>In delivering on our manifesto commitment, the Government has considered relevant views, evidence and analysis. We will also continue to keep labour market data under careful scrutiny.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 27993 question first answered 19/03/2020 15:50:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1184299

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential effect of implementing the new points-based immigration system in January 2021 on the capacity of the (a) tourism and hospitality and (b) agricultural sectors to fill temporary vacancies ahead of peak seasons.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	27993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>Free movement is ending and we will not simply replicate it in a future system. The UK’s new points based system will focus on the brightest and best and ensure we bring in those this country needs. We need to shift the focus of our economy away from a reliance on cheap labour from Europe and consider immigration alongside investment in technology, innovation, automation and development of the UK’s domestic labour force.</p><p>Business can continue to rely on those EU/EEA nationals, and their family members, living in the UK with settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, and those who come to the UK through youth mobility schemes. We will also extend the pilot scheme for seasonal workers to 10,000 places.</p><p>In delivering on our manifesto commitment, the Government has considered relevant views, evidence and analysis. We will also continue to keep labour market data under careful scrutiny.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 27992 question first answered 19/03/2020 15:50:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1184321

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential increase in refugees as a result of loss of land due to rising sea levels.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	28007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>Climate change is not recognised under the 1951 Refugee Convention and, therefore, cannot be used as a justification for requesting or granting international protection.</p><p>Climate change is a reality that requires greater and more coordinated adaptation and mitigation planning.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/03/2020 17:14:16 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1184325

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Hospitality Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the ability of (a) pubs and (b) the hospitality industry to recruit adequate numbers of workers after the introduction of the proposed points-based immigration system.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	28103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>Now we have left the EU, Free movement is ending and we will not simply replicate it in a future system.</p><p> </p><p>Skilled hospitality workers who meet the relevant criteria will be able to come to the UK through the points-based immigration system.</p><p> </p><p>We need to shift the focus of our economy away from a reliance on cheap labour from Europe and consider immigration alongside investment in technology, innovation, automation and development of the UK’s domestic labour force.</p><p> </p><p>Employers need to adjust and adapt and make jobs more attractive for resident workers.</p><p> </p><p>Business can continue to rely on those EU/EEA nationals, and their family members, living in the UK with settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, and on those who come to the UK through other rates such as our youth mobility schemes.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/03/2020 15:59:25 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1184330

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her timescale is for Emergency Services Network and Extended Area Service masts in (a) Kentmere, (b) Longsleddale and (c) Langdale becoming operational.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	27987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>The Extended Area Service (EAS) is a critical part of the new Emergency Services Network (ESN). It will ensure that there is ESN coverage in the most rural and remote parts of Great Britain. The EAS programme consists of 292 masts and delivery is well under way. The EAS network is already being built, where possible, to support commercial operators, and we agree that this proposal is a valuable opportunity to enhance the benefit of Government programmes to deliver improved connectivity across the country.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of the EAS sites in question I can give the following updates:</p><p>a. The site in Kentmere is currently in the preliminary build stage. There are existing high voltage overhead power lines in close proximity to the site so we are currently working to divert those prior to start of construction.</p><p>The current forecast date for completion of build is August 2020.</p><p>b. The site Longsleddale is currently in build and we are forecasting completion by end the of March 2020 with power on site forecasted to be June 2020.</p><p>c. The site in Langdale is at a National Trust campsite in Great Langdale and is currently at the acquisition stage. The current build completion forecast is March 2021, providing negotiations around the acquisition of the site remain are completed in good time.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office is focusing efforts on getting the infrastructure builds completed as quickly as possible. The sites are expected to be activated for ESN purposes closer to the time at which they are required, given that significant operational costs are incurred once the sites are live.</p><p>The site in Kentmere will be a lattice structure and will be capable of housing Mobile Network Operators equipment to offer a commercial service once built, however, it is a matter for EE whether they elect to offer a commercial service from the site. The Sites in Longsleddale and Langdale will be monopole structures, due to planning restrictions, and will only offer a commercial service to Mobile Network Operator EE should they wish to activate it.</p><p>The primary purpose of the ESN infrastructure planned for Kentmere, Longsleddale and Langdale is that it will ensure that Britain’s Emergency Services have reliable communications coverage in these areas. However, once the infrastructure has been delivered, we will seek wherever possible to make it available to the mobile operators to offer a commercial service. As a result, the areas of Kentmere, Longsleddale and Langdale may benefit from improved commercial mobile coverage.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 27986 question first answered 10/06/2020 12:02:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1184347

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on organising meetings for people seeking asylum in the UK with Government officials of their home countries.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	28024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>In line with our legal and international obligations, we do not share information on people seeking asylum in the UK with the Government officials of their home country or seek information in a way that could expose them, or any family who remain in that country, to serious risk.</p><p>It is Home Office policy to conduct re-documentation interviews with officials from receiving countries where an asylum claim has failed and all rights of appeal have been exhausted. These interviews are necessary to establish nationality and identity, and to enable a travel document to be produced to facilitate return, and are a standard part of the Home Office returns process. We do not disclose that the individual has claimed asylum</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/03/2020 17:15:56 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1184349

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons officials of UK Visas and Immigration attend Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority inspections of farms under the Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	28026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling all forms of labour abuse and exploitation.</p><p>The responsibility to inspect locations under the Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme lies with UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), not the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA).</p><p>GLAA officers accompany UKVI on such visits to provide them with information, advice and guidance including in the context of the GLAA licensing scheme and whether there is evidence of exploitative practice.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 28027 question first answered 16/03/2020 17:36:56 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1184350

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of officials of UK Visas and Immigration attending Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority inspections of farms under the Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme on the propensity of workers to report abuse and exploitation.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	28027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling all forms of labour abuse and exploitation.</p><p>The responsibility to inspect locations under the Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme lies with UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), not the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA).</p><p>GLAA officers accompany UKVI on such visits to provide them with information, advice and guidance including in the context of the GLAA licensing scheme and whether there is evidence of exploitative practice.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 28026 question first answered 16/03/2020 17:36:56 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1184351

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the budget of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority commensurate with the expansion of the Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	28028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority’s future budget requirements will be subject to the Spending Review process.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/03/2020 17:19:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1184360

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Foreign Nationals: Coronavirus
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 ensure that foreign nationals will not be regarded as breaking their continuity of residence where their continued absence from the UK results from a restriction on international travel due to covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	28033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2020 answer text <p>Due to travel restrictions because of coronavirus, some individuals may be facing uncertainty in relation to the expiry date of their current visa or leave to remain in the United Kingdom. We are taking steps to ensure foreign nationals will not be regarded as breaking their continuity of residence as a result of coronavirus and related travel restrictions.</p><p>Visas for Chinese nationals which were due to expire between 21st January and 30 March 2020 have already been automatically extended until 31 March 2020. We continue to monitor the situation in all countries and we are keeping this under constant review. A <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-immigration-guidance-if-youre-unable-to-return-to-china-from-the-uk#helpline" target="_blank">d</a>edicated coronavirus immigration helpline <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents#helpline%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents#helpline </a>has been set up for those who wish to discuss their circumstances. The freephone number is 0800 678 1767 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm).</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 27588 27592 question first answered 06/04/2020 15:24:39 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green