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1131439

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development: Conferences
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many visa applications were (1) made by, and (2) refused for, participants and speakers in the Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development conference, held in Westminster on 11 June; and on what grounds they made each such refusal.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL16233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>Information on the stated purpose of visit or reasons for refusal is not held in a reportable field on the Home Office visa case-working system.</p><p>The available statistics on grants and refusals by entry clearance visa category, including work and visitor visa routes, are published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics Visas volume 1 table vi_01_q, latest edition at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/list-of-tables#visas</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 25/06/2019 16:29:29 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1144871

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	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 report by the Refugee and the No Accommodation Network Missing the Safety Net, published on 4 September, in particular the finding that the Home Office is frequently failing to provide vulnerable people, including pregnant women, with the asylum support to which they are entitled.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL17705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>We will discuss the report with the authors and respond in due course.</p><p>The report is about support arrangements for failed asylum seekers, who can apply to receive accommodation and other assistance if they would otherwise be destitute and can show that there is a temporary obstacle preventing their departure from the UK . Most of these applications are decided upon within 5 working days, or 2 days if the person is vulnerable, but some take longer because of the need to make further enquiries to establish that the person is eligible to receive the support. There is a right of appeal to the independent Tribunal if the application is refused.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/10/2019 11:13:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1168543

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to remove the fee charged by the Home Office to register children as British citizens; and whether they intend to refund those who paid such fees before the High Court ruling on 19 December.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL1
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The judgment was handed down on 19 December, and we are carefully considering its implications, and next steps.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL2 question first answered 07/01/2020 13:53:48 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1168544

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Children
	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 ruling of the High Court on 19 December in the case brought by the Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens that there is a “mass of evidence” that the fee charged to children registering for British citizenship prevents many such children from registering British citizenship, leaving them feeling “alienated, excluded, ‘second-best’, insecure and not fully assimilated into the culture and social fabric of the UK.”
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL2
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The judgment was handed down on 19 December, and we are carefully considering its implications, and next steps.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL1 question first answered 07/01/2020 13:53:48 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1169620

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 7 January (HL2), when they expect to complete their considerations of the implications of the High Court ruling of 19 December; and how they will (1) consult on, and (2)  publicise, next steps which they intend to take.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>While this court case remains active it would not be right to speculate on next steps and potential courses of action. We are, though, committed to considering this issue and the judgment carefully and plan to do so with the diligence that is deserved.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/01/2020 17:28:15 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1170132

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Children
	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 report by Amnesty International, The Refugee Council and Save the Children Without my Family, published on 10 January, which calls for changes to Government policy on family separation of child refugees in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government provides safe and legal routes to bring families together through its family reunion policy. This allows a partner and children under 18 of those granted protection in the UK to join them here, if they formed part of the family unit before the sponsor fled their country.</p><p>Our current policy does not allow child refugees to sponsor their parents. The Government’s view is that if children could sponsor parents, it would risk creating incentives for more children to be encouraged, or even forced, to leave their family and risk hazardous journeys to the UK. This plays into the hands of criminal gangs who exploit vulnerable people and goes against our safeguarding responsibilities.</p><p>Our policy is not designed to keep child refugees apart from their parents, but in considering any policy we must think carefully about the wider impact to avoid putting more people unnecessarily into harm’s way.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/01/2020 17:10:33 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1179823

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British National (Overseas): Passports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications have been received for British National (Overseas) passports in each of the last three years, broken down by month.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL1704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>The figures provided for 2019 can only be reported up to the end of June 2019 as these figures are reported within the Home Office transparency figures and cannot be published separately at this time<strong><em>.</em></strong><br></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>BN (O) applications received in 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>1,779</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>1,464</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>1,677</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>1,642</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>1,765</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>1,681</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>1,866</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>1,726</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>1,337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>1,911</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>1,821</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>BN (O) applications received in 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>1,734</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>1,573</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>1,798</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>1,558</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>1,820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>1,742</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>1,906</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>1,797</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>1,669</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>1,871</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>1,526</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>1,413</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>BN (O) applications received in 2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>2,139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>1,753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>2,581</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>2,957</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>3,492</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>5,532</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 04/03/2020 16:36:45 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1181769

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Right of Abode: British National (Overseas)
	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 letter from Lord Goldsmith to the Home Secretary on 14 February which stated that the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration does not prevent the extension of full right of abode in the UK to those in Hong Kong who own a British National (Overseas) passport; and what response they intend to make to the reported request in that letter that "false statements" about the nature of his advice in relation to the rights of British National (Overseas) passports should be "retracted and not repeated".
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL2031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We have received Lord Goldsmith’s letter and we are considering our response. The UK takes seriously its support for BN(O)s and the rights that status confers upon them. We continue to believe that the best outcome for BN(O)s is for the high degree of autonomy and rights and freedoms set out in the Joint Declaration and provided for in the Basic Law to be upheld.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have received Lord Goldsmith’s letter and we are considering our response. The UK takes seriously its support for BN(O)s and the rights that status confers upon them. We continue to believe that the best outcome for BN(O)s is for the high degree of autonomy and rights and freedoms set out in the Joint Declaration and provided for in the Basic Law to be upheld.</ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/03/2020 17:44:44 question first ministerially corrected 16/03/2020 17:58:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 12691 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1183408

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Uyghurs: China
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to reports that Uighur detainees in Xinjiang are being used as forced labour, what assessment they have made of Huawei’s compliance with the Modern Slavery Act 2015; what consideration they have given to such compliance in regard to their decision to award contracts to Huawei; how they (1) assess, and (2) investigate, such reports; and what sanctions they can utilise in such cases.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL2311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government expressed its concerns about China’s systematic human rights violations in Xinjiang, including credible and growing reports of forced labour, during the recent UN Human Rights Council.</p><p>The Government is committed to preventing modern slavery in the global economy, including in our own supply chains.</p><p>We will shortly publish the first ever Government modern slavery statement and we have published guidance for commercial teams to assess the risk of modern slavery before, during and after contract award.</p><p>We are developing a government-run registry of modern slavery statements to make it easier for consumers, investors and civil society to hold businesses to account. We have also consulted on proposals to strengthen the Modern Slavery Act and increase the quality and compliance of statements.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/03/2020 17:26:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1187331

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Uyghurs: China
	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 Ahmad of Wimbledon on 18 March (HL2309), what action they will take against any company that has published an annual statement as required under section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 but has been accused of profiting from Uyghur slave labour.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL2793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2020 answer text <p>Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 made the UK the first country to require large businesses to report annually on steps taken to prevent modern slavery, including forced labour, in their operations and supply chains.</p><p>The Act does not require organisations to certify that their supply chains are slavery free but asks businesses to be transparent about their risks and measures taken to mitigate these. To improve reporting quality, we are developing a government-run registry of modern slavery statements to make it easier for consumers, investors and civil society to hold businesses to account. We have also consulted on proposals to strengthen the Modern Slavery Act and increase transparency and improve compliance.</p><p>The Government is aware of the risks of forced labour in Xinjiang impacting on supply chains of businesses with a footprint in the UK and is discussing this issue with businesses, as well as standard setting and industry bodies which bring together business and civil society organisations. The UK Government expressed its concerns about China’s systematic human rights violations in Xinjiang, including credible and growing reports of forced labour, during the recent UN Human Rights Council.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/04/2020 13:38:46 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool