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226890

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electronic Surveillance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the tasks undertaken by the PRISM surveillance programme.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL5677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>It has been the long standing policy of successive governments not to comment on intelligence matters. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal made clear in its judgment of 6 February that the regime for making requests for interception via the US National Security Agency's PRISM programme is lawful and human rights compliant.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL5678 HL5679 question first answered 19/03/2015 11:58:52 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

226891

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electronic Surveillance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what contact, if any, they have had with the government of the United States about the activities of the PRISM surveillance programme.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL5678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>It has been the long standing policy of successive governments not to comment on intelligence matters. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal made clear in its judgment of 6 February that the regime for making requests for interception via the US National Security Agency's PRISM programme is lawful and human rights compliant.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL5677 HL5679 question first answered 19/03/2015 11:58:52 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

226893

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electronic Surveillance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the judgment of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in the case of <i>Liberty and Others</i> of 6 February, whether the PRISM surveillance programme is supported in any way by Her Majesty's Government; if so, when the support started; and what form the support has taken.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL5679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>It has been the long standing policy of successive governments not to comment on intelligence matters. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal made clear in its judgment of 6 February that the regime for making requests for interception via the US National Security Agency's PRISM programme is lawful and human rights compliant.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL5677 HL5678 question first answered 19/03/2015 11:58:53 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

226481

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	World War I: Anniversaries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to celebrate the involvement of citizens from the British Empire in the First World War.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL5603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>All the government's First World War commemorative events reflect the contribution of the nations of the former Empire. This includes events on 24th and 25th April in Turkey and London respectively to commemorate the centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/03/2015 12:15:34 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

225409

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Poultry: Animal Welfare
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord De Mauley on 9 December 2013 (WA 80), whether Italy and Greece remain non-compliant with the European Union's 2012 conventional hen cage ban; what the result was of the referral of those countries to the European Court of Justice; when formal hearings on the matter were held; and whether they have sought further meetings with the relevant European Union Commissioner to discuss the issue.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL5485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>No further information has been provided by the Commission in terms of progress towards compliance in these two Member States. As a first step in the infraction process, both Italy and Greece were taken to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failing to comply with the cage ban. The Court found Italy (in May 14) and Greece (in September 14) guilty and ordered them to pay court costs. If Italy and Greece do not provide evidence of full compliance after a ‘reasonable time’ (determined on a case by case basis), the Commission can take them both back to the ECJ where penalties could be imposed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission does not disclose detailed information relating to on-going infringement cases.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 19/03/2015 17:35:07 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

225410

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Pigs: Animal Welfare
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord De Mauley on 9 December 2013 (WA 80), what is their current assessment of the compliance of the Republic of Ireland and Denmark with the sow stall ban under European Union Directive 2008/120/EC; which other European Union countries remain non-compliant with the ban; whether any infringement proceedings have commenced, and if so, what conclusions have been reached; and whether they will now negotiate a ban on the import of pig meat from European Union countries which are in breach of this Directive.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL5486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>In 2013, the European Commission launched infringement cases against six countries which failed to comply with the partial sow stall ban which came into force on 1 January 2013. The Commission has not publically released any further information on Member State’s levels of compliance, nor disclosed any detailed information relating to the on-going infringement cases. There are no marketing rules to prevent imports from non-compliant systems, nor can Member States impose unilateral trade restrictions for welfare reasons.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 16/03/2015 16:18:07 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

225411

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which strand talk sessions representatives of the government of the Republic of Ireland attended in the course of the Stormont House talks; on what dates those sessions occurred; and at whose invitation they were included.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL5487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>I have nothing to add to my previous replies of 19 January (HL3949), 27 January (HL4283), 4 February (HL4532), 12 February (HL4726) and 2 March (HL5201 &amp; HL5202) to the Noble Lord.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 11/03/2015 14:30:21 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

224294

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Married People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government under what circumstances a spouse of a United Kingdom citizen who is not a European Union citizen can take up residence with their partner in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL5316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government reformed the basis for family migration to the UK in July 2012, to prevent burdens on the taxpayer, promote integration and tackle abuse. The non-European Economic Area national spouse or partner of a British citizen can now join or remain with their sponsor here if they meet the relevant requirements of Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules. These include a financial requirement which generally means the sponsor must meet a minimum income threshold of £18,600 a year, and a requirement that the applicant can speak basic English.</p><p>The Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules is attached to my reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/03/2015 16:43:58 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Imm. Rules Appendix FM.pdf title Appendix FM
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

224295

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Northern Ireland has been included as a destination for asylum seeker dispersal; whether the National Asylum Support Service has undertaken research on the question of identifying Northern Ireland as a suitable area for dispersal; and, if so, what were the conclusions.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL5317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>Northern Ireland is not a designated dispersal area and UK Visas and Immigration has not undertaken any research into whether it could become one.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/03/2015 16:43:43 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

224233

registered interest
date	27/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mohammed Emwazi
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Mohammed Emwazi is a British citizen; if so, when he was granted British nationality; if not, whether he has leave to enter and to remain indefinitely in the United Kingdom; and whether his current immigration and nationality status will be reviewed.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL5286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely comment on individual cases.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/03/2015 16:42:31 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird