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date	18/11/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Carers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they are giving to relaxing visa restrictions for those seeking to come to Britain as carers in order tackle nursing and care home staffing shortages.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL3675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>Tier 2 of the Points Based System for immigration - the skilled work route - has been reserved for graduate occupations since 2011. Carers do not qualify for entry to the UK under this route and sponsors are therefore unable to bring in workers from outside the EEA to fill such roles.</p><p>While the Government acknowledges that care work requires certain skills, it should be possible to source those skills from the resident workforce. The care sector, like others, needs to reduce its dependency on migration and develop a sustainable strategy for tackling high vacancy and turnover rates by doing more to attract, train and retain resident workers.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/12/2015 13:45:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

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date	11/12/2014
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	European Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that the statement on 10 December by the President of the Court of Justice of the European Union that "The European Commission is more than ever a political body" is compatible with the Commission's role as set out in the Maastricht Treaty.
tabling member printed	Lord Willoughby de Broke
uin	HL3675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government is clear that the European Commission’s role is as set out in the relevant Treaties. Article 17 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) specifies that the European Commission’s role includes, inter alia, ensuring the application of the Treaties and overseeing the application of Union law under the control of the Court of Justice of the European Union. Article 17 of the TEU also provides that, in carrying out its responsibilities, the Commission shall be completely independent.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 22/12/2014 16:23:28 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	1775 label Biography information for Lord Willoughby de Broke