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849944

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date	26/02/2018
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	EU Citizenship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have sought legal advice on whether the withdrawal of the UK from the EU automatically leads to the loss by British nationals of EU citizenship and the consequent loss of the rights and freedoms deriving from that citizenship; and if so, what was that advice.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL5898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government has considered this matter carefully. The EU treaty provisions state only citizens of EU Member States are able to hold EU citizenship.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Therefore, when the UK ceases to be a member of the European Union, British nationals will no longer hold EU citizenship, unless they hold dual nationality with another EU Member State.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 06/03/2018 13:09:05 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

846845

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	British Nationals Abroad: EU Citizenship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any UK minister, official, or embassy staff member has been in communication with any Netherlands minister, official, or embassy staff member, either directly or via a representative, regarding the decision by the District Court of Amsterdam (case number: C/13/640244/KG ZA 17-1327) to refer the question of whether UK citizens living in EU countries are entitled to keep their EU citizenship rights after Brexit to the Court of Justice of the European Union; and if so, what was the outcome of those discussions.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL5807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>British Government officials have had limited conversations with Dutch counterparts on this case, principally in order to ascertain the factual details.</p><p>As regards the issue of UK citizens living in the EU after our exit from the European Union, the Government has secured a deal that will safeguard their rights, so that they can continue living their lives broadly as they do now. Our view is that EU treaty provisions state that only citizens of EU Member States are able to hold EU citizenship. Therefore, when the UK ceases to be a member of the European Union, British nationals will no longer hold EU citizenship, unless they hold dual nationality with another EU Member State.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL5808 question first answered 05/03/2018 17:14:25 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

846846

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	British Nationals Abroad: EU Citizenship
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any UK minister, official, or embassy staff member has been in communication with any Netherlands minister, official, or embassy staff member, either directly or via a representative, regarding an interim appeal to the decision by the District Court of Amsterdam (case number: C/13/640244/KG ZA 17-1327) to refer the question of whether UK citizens living in EU countries are entitled to keep their EU citizenship rights after Brexit to the Court of Justice of the European Union; and if so, what was the outcome of those discussions.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL5808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>British Government officials have had limited conversations with Dutch counterparts on this case, principally in order to ascertain the factual details.</p><p>As regards the issue of UK citizens living in the EU after our exit from the European Union, the Government has secured a deal that will safeguard their rights, so that they can continue living their lives broadly as they do now. Our view is that EU treaty provisions state that only citizens of EU Member States are able to hold EU citizenship. Therefore, when the UK ceases to be a member of the European Union, British nationals will no longer hold EU citizenship, unless they hold dual nationality with another EU Member State.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL5807 question first answered 05/03/2018 17:14:26 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

846709

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	European Union: English Language
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to seek to ensure that, after Brexit, English will be retained as an official language of the EU.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL5764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>While the UK will maintain an interest, any decision on official languages of the EU after the UK’s withdrawal will be one to be taken by the EU institutions and their Member States.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 01/03/2018 15:57:22 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

846710

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	European Court of Justice
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of which cases currently before the European Court of Justice on which they expect to receive adjudication before 29 March 2021.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL5765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Based on average timescales for cases before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to reach their conclusion, we expect all cases currently before the ECJ to receive adjudication before 29 March 2021 (notwithstanding any appeals from the General Court to the ECJ).</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 01/03/2018 14:44:26 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

845488

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Electronic Warfare
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which state actors they originally identified to have levied cyber-attacks against UK institutions in the past five years; and whether their assessment of the origins of those attacks has subsequently altered.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL5688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>​There are several established, capable states seeking to exploit computers and communications networks to gather intelligence and intellectual property from British Government, military, industrial and economic targets. We attribute malicious cyber activity where we believe it is in the best interests of the UK to do so. Sometimes this is in public, and sometimes we have private conversations with the country concerned. The Government has publicly stated that the Russian government, specifically the Russian military, was responsible for the destructive NotPetya cyber-attack that affected some UK companies. It has also publicly stated that it is highly likely that North Korean actors known as the Lazarus Group were behind the WannaCry ransomware campaign. The Government's view on both has not changed.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/03/2018 15:20:37 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

845489

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Electronic Warfare
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they use to determine whether cyber aggression constitutes an act of war; and in such cases, what plans they have to allow for Parliamentary scrutiny of any evidence.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL5689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The UN Charter applies in its entirety to state actions in cyberspace, including the prohibition of the use of force (Article 2(4)). The Government considers that a cyber-operation may constitute an “armed attack” if its scale and physical effects are equivalent to those achieved by a conventional attack which would meet the same threshold. Whether a particular cyber operation constituted an “armed attack” would need to be considered in light of all the relevant facts and circumstances.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/03/2018 15:19:52 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

845490

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Cybersecurity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they have given to UK institutions and companies to minimise their being a victim of cyber-attacks in the event of cyber warfare.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL5690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The goal of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is to help make the UK the safest place to live and do business online. To that end, the NCSC provides expert guidance for all organisations in the UK, large and small, including businesses and industry, government departments, the critical national infrastructure, universities and charities. Following this advice will enable these institutions and companies to put measures in place to help protect themselves from cyber attacks, and help to protect the UK’s economic prosperity and reputation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 05/03/2018 12:56:28 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

845491

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	European Network and Information Security Agency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, following the speech of the Prime Minister at the Security Conference in Munich on 17 February, they plan to cooperate with the EU Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) after Brexit; and if so, what form any such cooperation would take; and whether they consider that ENISA's programme of implementation of EU policy and laws falls under the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL5691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Membership of the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) is one of the ways in which the UK discusses cyber security policy and shares expertise with European partners.</p><p> </p><p>We remain absolutely committed to ensuring European security and developing a deep and special partnership with a strong, secure and successful European Union that covers both economic and security cooperation. A close working relationship on foreign and security policy is unconditional. We are proud of the UK’s capability and record on cyber security and will continue to support our European partners in this area.</p><p> </p><p>In leaving the European Union, we will bring about an end to the direct jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the UK. There are a number of existing precedents where the EU has reached agreements with third countries which provide for a close cooperative relationship, without the CJEU having direct jurisdiction over those countries.</p><p> </p><p>Our aim is to secure a relationship that provides for practical operational cooperation; facilitates data driven law enforcement; and allows multilateral cooperation through EU agencies. We believe that the UK and the EU should work together to design new, dynamic arrangements as part of our future partnership that support this. The details of our future relationship are a matter for negotiations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 05/03/2018 13:12:45 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

845492

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Russia: Cybersecurity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Foreign Minister Lavrov of Russia extended an invitation to the UK Foreign Secretary during the bilateral meeting on 22 December 2017 in Moscow for respective state cyber agencies to meet to address areas of concern; and if so, how the Foreign Secretary responded and if he has not responded when he will.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL5692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov proposed bilateral interdepartmental consultations on international information security to the Foreign Secretary during his visit in December 2017. The British Government is considering its response. The Russian government claims to support responsible behaviour in cyber space, yet secretly conducts destructive cyber attacks. This is not the relationship we want; this kind of behaviour gets in the way of a sensible dialogue.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/03/2018 17:10:52 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley