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	date	08/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EEA Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question first answered	12/02/2016 09:55:24
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether an EEA national residing in the UK who wished to bring a non-EU spouse into the country would, under the draft Decision by the European Council published on 2 February, have to meet the requirements for salary, and the spouse the conditions for language, as are required of a British citizen and set out under part 8 of the UK Immigration Rules.
	tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
	uin	HL5974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>This is still a matter for negotiation. The European Commission has proposed bringing forward a legislative proposal to reverse the Metock judgment and prevent non-EU nationals from acquiring free movement rights simply by marrying an EU national. Instead, they will be subject to the domestic immigration controls of the first Member State they enter. In the UK, this means that they will need to meet language and income requirements.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/02/2016 09:55:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

451109

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question first answered	16/02/2016 15:44:11
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether, were the UK to leave the EU, they would be obliged to consider the case of an applicant for asylum who was known to have arrived directly from a safe country; and if so, as a result of which treaty or instrument.
	tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
	uin	HL5975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong>EU negotiations are ongoing and the UK is engaging with European partners to reach a positive outcome.</p><p>The Government firmly supports the well-established principle that those seeking international protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach, a principle reflected within the Dublin Regulation.</p><p>We are cooperating fully with the EU Commission’s review of the Dublin Regulation and will continue to make the case that its long – established principles should continue to be the basis for any future regulation.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/02/2016 15:44:11 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

450940

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	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	Statutory Instruments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question first answered	17/02/2016 14:33:29
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the proposed restrictions on access to in-work benefits mentioned in paragraph 2(b) of Section D of the draft Decision of the European Council published on 2 February will apply to Universal Credit, and if so, to which elements of Universal Credit those restrictions will apply.
	tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
	uin	HL5966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>The number of statutory instruments laid before Parliament is recorded in the sessional returns. The House of Commons Library produce publications on this matter which show that the numbers peaked in the 2005-2006 session. The latest figures show that the number of UK statutory instruments laid before the House of Commons in each session since 1997 are as follows:</p><ul><li><p>1997-98: 1856</p></li><li><p>1998-99: 1479</p></li><li><p>1999-00: 1456</p></li><li><p>2000-01: 868</p></li><li><p>2001-02: 1788</p></li><li><p>2002-03: 1474</p></li><li><p>2003-04: 1281</p></li><li><p>2004-05: 793</p></li><li><p>2005-06: 1885</p></li><li><p>2006-07: 1361</p></li><li><p>2007-08: 1319</p></li><li><p>2008-09: 1302</p></li><li><p>2009-10: 823</p></li><li><p>2010-12: 1809</p></li><li><p>2012-13: 964</p></li><li><p>2013-14: 1173</p></li><li><p>2014-15: 1378</p></li><li>2015-16: 540 (so far in this session)</li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 17/02/2016 14:33:29 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington