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755130

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Exclusion Orders: EEA Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many EEA nationals were prevented from entering the UK on the grounds of (1) public policy, (2) public security, and (3) public health, in each of the last five years, under the derogations provided for by Article 27 of the Citizens' Rights Directive 2004/38/EC.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	uin	HL1138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2017 answer text <p>Due to the way in which data is recorded for the refusal of admission of European Economic Area nationals, it is not possible to provide figures on refusals by reason of public policy, public security and public health</p><p><br> To establish this information would incur a disproportionate cost as it would involve the examination of individual records.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 02/08/2017 14:10:09 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

755131

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: EEA Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many EEA nationals were deported from the UK on the grounds of (1) public policy, (2) public security, and (3) public health, in each of the last 5 years, under the derogations provided for by Article 27 of the Citizens' Rights Directive 2004/38/EC.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	uin	HL1139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the data requested.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of EU nationals returned by type are published by the Home Office. The latest 12 months Q3 2016 to Q1 2017 can be found in the attached table.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total enforced returns</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Enforced removals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Other returns from detention</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Voluntary returns (excluding returns from detention)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Assisted returns</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Controlled returns</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Other verified returns</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total refused entry at port and subsequently departed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016 Q3</strong></p></td><td><p>1,259</p></td><td><p>1,215</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>516</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016 Q4</strong></p></td><td><p>1,299</p></td><td><p>1,222</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong> <strong>Q1</strong></p></td><td><p>1,475</p></td><td><p>1,339</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>801</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table: Returns of EU nationals by type.</strong> Information has been extracted from rt_02q of the Returns tables of the latest Immigration Stats release, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/615156/returns1-jan-mar-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/615156/returns1-jan-mar-2017-tables.ods</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 02/08/2017 14:09:46 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

755144

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Insulation: Fire Prevention
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions they were formally approached by (1) academics, and (2) other persons or bodies, requesting that they conduct additional tests on the flammability of the cladding added to high rise buildings such as Grenfell Tower when used in combination with different types of insulation; and whether they intend to revise the guidance relating to such tests and processes.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL1152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2017 answer text <p>The Department has received representations from a number of bodies about the tests which have been carried out on cladding, and now cladding and insulation installed on high rise buildings. The Government’s approach to these tests is set out in the most recent explanatory note, which can be found (attached) here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 02/08/2017 15:33:18 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 170726 Safety checks explanatory note - (HL1152).pdf title Explanatory note on safety checks
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

755133

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Free Movement of Labour
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what analysis they have conducted on the impact of restricting the EU right to free movement to those who already hold a job in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	uin	HL1141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2017 answer text <p>There are a number of options as to how EU migration might work once we have left the EU. We are considering various options and it would be wrong to set out further positions at this stage.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 02/08/2017 14:08:10 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

755143

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Insulation: Fire Prevention
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made as to why those responsible for fire safety within the building industry did not carry out the tests that their Expert Advisory Panel commissioned from the Building Research Establishment following the Grenfell Tower fire on the performance of three different types of aluminium composite material cladding combined with different types of insulation material.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL1151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2017 answer text <p>We cannot comment on tests that have been carried out independently to the current Building Research Establishment testing programme commissioned by the Expert Panel. The Industry has acknowledged that it needs to help co-ordinate the construction industry’s response to the challenges of implementing recommendations from the Expert Advisory Panel and Government. An Industry Response Group has been established to take this forward.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 02/08/2017 15:24:46 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

755163

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Tickets: Touting
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the adequacy of resources (a) made available to, and (b) spent by, trading standards services since 2012, to ensure the compliance of the secondary ticket market with relevant legislation, and (2) the impact on those resources of their response to the Waterson review, published on 13 March.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
	uin	HL1171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2017 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s response to the Waterson review, National Trading Standards have been tasked with investigating potential enforcement cases against sellers and secondary ticketing websites that do not comply with legislation from within their current and forthcoming annual budgets.</p><p> </p><p>The National Trading Standards Board have allocated £300,000 towards investigation work on ticketing for this current financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authority Trading Standards also play an important role in tackling consumer detriment. Spending or resourcing decisions are for individual Local Authorities to make. We do not hold the requested data centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 02/08/2017 10:10:43 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

753950

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Service Industries: UK Trade with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of relying on agreements under the WTO for trade with the EU27 should an agreement with the EU not be reached by April 2019 in the following services sectors: (1) financial services, (2) professional business services, (3) digital services, (4) creative services, (5) air services, (6) tourism, (7) education, and (8) health-related travel services.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	uin	HL1096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the EU is working with officials across government and undertaking a programme of analytical work to assess the economic impacts of exiting the European Union across a range of scenarios.</p><p>As part of our analysis we are looking at more than 50 sectors within the areas of goods; services; financial services; network industries; and agriculture and fisheries as well as cross-cutting regulations. This will inform the UK's position for the negotiations with our EU partners.</p><p>However, Parliament has asked the Government to protect information that could undermine the UK's negotiating position and the Government will respect this.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 02/08/2017 14:44:08 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe

755182

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government: Investment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the scale of commercial property investment by some local authorities in recent years; and whether they plan to commission a risk analysis of the financial security of such investments in the event of a decline in property values or an upward trend in interest rates.
	tabling member printed	Lord Shipley
	uin	HL1190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2017 answer text <p>Over the past two years the scale and nature of commercial activity has increased significantly. When entering into borrowing or investment decisions, local authorities are required to have regard to a series of statutory codes. Officials have been monitoring developments in this area and are working with the sector to update the control framework with the aim of improving risk management and transparency of decision making.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 02/08/2017 15:22:45 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4176 label Biography information for Lord Shipley

753324

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	China: India
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have hade with the government of India and the government of China to help to defuse current tensions on the Dolam Plateau.
	tabling member printed	Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL1012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2017 answer text <p>We are monitoring developments in the Doklam region closely. The Minister for Asia and the Pacific raised it with the Indian High Commissioner on 19 July, and UK officials have recently discussed it with the Government of China. Both expressed concern and the UK's hope that India and China reach a peaceful resolution.</p><p>We call on all parties to exercise restraint and ensure channels of dialogue remain open as a means to resolving differences.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/08/2017 10:05:40 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

753264

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the decision by the High Court of Hong Kong to disqualify four democratically elected members of the Legislative Council; and what representations they are making to the government of China regarding that case.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2017 answer text <p>In November 2016 the Government expressed concern at the decision by the National People's Congress Standing Committee to express its interpretation of the Basic Law before the conclusion of legal proceedings in Hong Kong against two legislators-elect regarding the validity of their oath-taking<strong>.</strong></p><p>The four cases referred to are a matter for the Hong Kong Courts. We understand that the legislators may appeal against this judgement. It would therefore not be appropriate to comment on what is an ongoing legal matter. We will continue to follow developments closely.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 02/08/2017 10:06:41 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool