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1699242

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Religion
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what meetings have taken place between the Home Office and faith communities regarding those claiming asylum in the UK due to genuine faith-based persecution; and what steps are being taken to ensure that they receive appropriate and compassionate support.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL3632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2024 answer text <p>On 22 February, the Home Secretary held an initial meeting with ten Christian faith leaders to discuss the role of religious conversions in asylum applications. Following the meeting, the Home Secretary commissioned the establishment of a working group.</p><p>The aim of this group is for Home Office representations and Christian faith leaders to discuss ways in which each party can better scrutinise asylum claims based on religious persecution and ensure those in genuine need of protection by the UK asylum system are supported.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 11/04/2024 12:33:26 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1687300

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish the explanatory memorandum on the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill’s compliance with Article 2 of the Windsor Framework.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL2175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2024 answer text <p>The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill will apply in full in Northern Ireland in the same way it does in the rest of the UK. This is set out on the face of the Bill, reflecting that immigration policy is a UK-wide matter. There is nothing in the Windsor Framework that affects that. The Bill does not engage the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement, including the rights chapter – those rights seek to address longstanding and specific issues relating to Northern Ireland’s past and do not extend to matters engaged by the bill. The Government remains fully committed to that Agreement in all its parts.</p><p> </p><p>I have written to Sir Jeffrey Donaldson in relation to this. The letter will be published in the House Library in due course.</p><p> </p><p>To provide further reassurance on these points, the published factsheet on this Bill has been updated to reflect this: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-safety-of-rwanda-asylum-and-immigration-bill-factsheets/safety-of-rwanda-asylum-and-immigration-bill-factsheet-accessible" target="_blank">Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: factsheet - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL2172 HL2173 HL2174 question first answered 16/02/2024 14:51:06 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom attachment 1 file name Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill_ factsheet - GOV.UK.pdf title Bill factsheet
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1687299

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill conforms with the requirements of Article 2 of the Windsor Framework.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL2174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2024 answer text <p>The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill will apply in full in Northern Ireland in the same way it does in the rest of the UK. This is set out on the face of the Bill, reflecting that immigration policy is a UK-wide matter. There is nothing in the Windsor Framework that affects that. The Bill does not engage the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement, including the rights chapter – those rights seek to address longstanding and specific issues relating to Northern Ireland’s past and do not extend to matters engaged by the bill. The Government remains fully committed to that Agreement in all its parts.</p><p> </p><p>I have written to Sir Jeffrey Donaldson in relation to this. The letter will be published in the House Library in due course.</p><p> </p><p>To provide further reassurance on these points, the published factsheet on this Bill has been updated to reflect this: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-safety-of-rwanda-asylum-and-immigration-bill-factsheets/safety-of-rwanda-asylum-and-immigration-bill-factsheet-accessible" target="_blank">Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: factsheet - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL2172 HL2173 HL2175 question first answered 16/02/2024 14:51:06 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom attachment 1 file name Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill_ factsheet - GOV.UK.pdf title Bill factsheet
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1687298

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	European Convention on Human Rights: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill does not undermine the UK's duty to incorporate the European Convention on Human Rights into the law of Northern Ireland, including facilitating both (1) direct access to the courts, and (2) remedies for breaches of the Convention.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL2173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2024 answer text <p>The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill will apply in full in Northern Ireland in the same way it does in the rest of the UK. This is set out on the face of the Bill, reflecting that immigration policy is a UK-wide matter. There is nothing in the Windsor Framework that affects that. The Bill does not engage the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement, including the rights chapter – those rights seek to address longstanding and specific issues relating to Northern Ireland’s past and do not extend to matters engaged by the bill. The Government remains fully committed to that Agreement in all its parts.</p><p> </p><p>I have written to Sir Jeffrey Donaldson in relation to this. The letter will be published in the House Library in due course.</p><p> </p><p>To provide further reassurance on these points, the published factsheet on this Bill has been updated to reflect this: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-safety-of-rwanda-asylum-and-immigration-bill-factsheets/safety-of-rwanda-asylum-and-immigration-bill-factsheet-accessible" target="_blank">Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: factsheet - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL2172 HL2174 HL2175 question first answered 16/02/2024 14:51:06 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom attachment 1 file name Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill_ factsheet - GOV.UK.pdf title Bill factsheet
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1687297

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Belfast Agreement: Human Rights
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill does not undermine their commitments under the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL2172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2024 answer text <p>The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill will apply in full in Northern Ireland in the same way it does in the rest of the UK. This is set out on the face of the Bill, reflecting that immigration policy is a UK-wide matter. There is nothing in the Windsor Framework that affects that. The Bill does not engage the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement, including the rights chapter – those rights seek to address longstanding and specific issues relating to Northern Ireland’s past and do not extend to matters engaged by the bill. The Government remains fully committed to that Agreement in all its parts.</p><p> </p><p>I have written to Sir Jeffrey Donaldson in relation to this. The letter will be published in the House Library in due course.</p><p> </p><p>To provide further reassurance on these points, the published factsheet on this Bill has been updated to reflect this: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-safety-of-rwanda-asylum-and-immigration-bill-factsheets/safety-of-rwanda-asylum-and-immigration-bill-factsheet-accessible" target="_blank">Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: factsheet - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL2173 HL2174 HL2175 question first answered 16/02/2024 14:51:05 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom attachment 1 file name Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill_ factsheet - GOV.UK.pdf title Bill factsheet
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1676160

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Rights Act 1998
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 to deliver their policy to remove certain migrants to Rwanda.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>We are not repealing the Human Rights Act 1998. The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill introduced on 7 December 2023 disapplies the relevant sections of the Human Rights Act 1998 from the key parts of the Bill. This is set out in Clause 3.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 20/12/2023 12:37:55 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1676159

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of their policy to remove certain migrants to Rwanda on the Good Friday Agreement.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill will apply in full in Northern Ireland in the same way as it does in the rest of the United Kingdom. This is explicit on the face of the Bill and will always be the case, reflecting that immigration policy is a UK-wide matter. The rights chapter of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement does not affect any clause within the Bill in any way.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 19/12/2023 17:30:01 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1645511

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fisheries
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for using skilled workers visas for those who wish to work offshore in the fishing industry in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL8618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s longstanding position has been that foreign nationals need permission to work in UK waters and that transit visas, designed to cater for those intending to simply travel through UK waters, have never been an appropriate visa to use to work on a long-term basis in the UK.</p><p>The fishing sector is well catered for under the points-based-system, with a range of fishing roles eligible for the Skilled Worker visa. The sector have been able to access the Skilled Worker visa since April 2021 and we have offered a generous package of support to assist the industry.</p><p>Government expects the sector to be moving to full compliance with the immigration system as soon as possible, and to assist in this, a generous package of support has been provided, including enhanced visa support, adding some fishing occupations to the Shortage Occupation List this summer and engagement with the sector to drive up their usage of the skilled worker visa. Government encourages the sector to take up this generous package of support.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL8617 question first answered 03/07/2023 16:23:19 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1645510

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fisheries
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of transit visas for fishing operatives.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL8617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s longstanding position has been that foreign nationals need permission to work in UK waters and that transit visas, designed to cater for those intending to simply travel through UK waters, have never been an appropriate visa to use to work on a long-term basis in the UK.</p><p>The fishing sector is well catered for under the points-based-system, with a range of fishing roles eligible for the Skilled Worker visa. The sector have been able to access the Skilled Worker visa since April 2021 and we have offered a generous package of support to assist the industry.</p><p>Government expects the sector to be moving to full compliance with the immigration system as soon as possible, and to assist in this, a generous package of support has been provided, including enhanced visa support, adding some fishing occupations to the Shortage Occupation List this summer and engagement with the sector to drive up their usage of the skilled worker visa. Government encourages the sector to take up this generous package of support.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL8618 question first answered 03/07/2023 16:23:19 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1645508

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Skilled Workers: Visas
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many applications were received for Skilled Worker visas from (1) 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023, and (2) 1 April 2023 to 31 May 2023; and of these, how many were for operatives in the fishing industry who work within the 12 nautical miles off the coast of the UK.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL8615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on Entry clearance visas in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>Data on the number of Skilled Worker applications are published in table Vis_D01 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets" target="_blank">Managed migration datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. The latest data relates up to Q1 2023 (January to March).</p><p>Some of the SOC codes for use in the nautical sector aren’t specifically for fishing so the information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 03/07/2023 16:10:13 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth attachment 1 file name entry-clearance-visa-outcomes-datasets-mar-2023 Vis_D01 ONLY.xlsx title Entry clearance visas granted outside the UK
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick