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748236

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date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Stephen Shaw will begin his follow-up review into the welfare in detention of vulnerable persons.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	2693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The follow up to the review by Stephen Shaw CBE into the welfare in detention of vulnerable persons will start in autumn 2017.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 10/07/2017 13:10:58 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

747704

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish new Immigration Rules and associated Guidance in response to the ruling in the Supreme Court case of MM & Ors v SSHD (2017).
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	2402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Supreme Court judgment in MM (Lebanon) &amp; Others upheld the lawfulness under the European Convention on Human Rights of the minimum income requirement for partner visas. We are carefully considering what the Supreme Court said in relation to cases involving children and to exceptional cases where the minimum income requirement has not been met. We will make a further announcement in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 06/07/2017 14:44:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

747705

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 3 July 2017, Official Report, WS 23, if the Government will increase the number of refugees to be resettled under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	2647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>We remain committed to resettling 20,000 vulnerable refugees from Syria by 2020, as announced by the then Prime Minister in 2015. We are on track to deliver this commitment. We will continue to rely on UNHCR to identify and refer the most vulnerable refugees who have fled the Syrian conflict and cannot return to their country of origin, whatever their nationality.</p><p> </p><p>Resettlement is only one strand of our efforts in the region, and is complemented by the UK’s significant humanitarian aid programme and our diplomatic efforts to end the conflict. We believe this approach is the best way to ensure that the UK’s help has the greatest impact for the majority of refugees who remain in the region and their host countries.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 06/07/2017 14:41:44 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

747706

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 3 July 2017, Official Report, WS 23, whether it is her policy that refugees who are (a) Palestinian and (b) stateless will eligible to be resettled in the UK under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	2648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The extended scope of the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme will make it accessible to the most vulnerable refugees in the MENA region who have fled the Syrian conflict, regardless of their nationality. This may include individuals who are Palestinian and stateless, if they are genuine refugees and cannot seek the protection of their country of origin.</p><p>We will continue to rely on UNHCR to identify and refer the most vulnerable refugees but will no longer limit the scheme solely to those with Syrian nationality.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 06/07/2017 14:43:03 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

749103

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what his plans are for the appointment of trade commissioners; and what the criteria for their selection and their mandates will be.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	900266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government will create a network of Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioners to head nine new regional overseas posts. These Commissioners will bring together export promotion, investment, and trade policy at our Posts overseas.</p><p> </p><p>It is vital that we consider the various elements of trade together, and the Commissioners will combine this with a deep understanding of their own global region to optimise our trade relationships across the world.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/07/2017 16:46:10 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield