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date	22/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Africa
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 joint All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) report by the APPG for Africa, the APPG for Diaspora, Development and Migration and the APPG for Malawi Visa problems for African visitors to the UK, published on 16 July, in particular its findings in regard to the level of refusals of short-term visitor visa applications from Africa.
tabling member printed	Lord Steel of Aikwood
uin	HL17371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>Officials will review the findings of the report and the Immigration Minister will respond on it in due course.</p><p>Information on total entry clearance visas (the majority of which are visitor visas) broken down by nationality and outcome (grants, refusals, withdrawals, lapsed) is published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics Visas volume 1 table vi_02_q at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019-data-tables</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/07/2019 15:57:11 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	949 label Biography information for Lord Steel of Aikwood

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date	22/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement a national infrastructure strategy to increase business growth after Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL17375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>High quality infrastructure is crucial for supporting business growth.</p><p> </p><p>The Government established the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) in 2015 to provide impartial, expert advice on major long-term infrastructure challenges.</p><p> </p><p>The NIC published their first National Infrastructure Assessment (NIA) last year, setting out their assessment of the UK’s long-term infrastructure needs.</p><p> </p><p>The NIA made over 60 recommendations, and the Government is planning to respond in full to all of the recommendations through a National Infrastructure Strategy, to be published later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 23/07/2019 16:29:08 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick