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1539330

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date	03/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Vetting
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 report by the His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services An inspection of vetting, misconduct, and misogyny in the police service, published on 2 November, which found that some police officers suspected of links to organised crime, or found guilty of sexual crimes, were transferred to other police forces without vetting; whether the Police Federation was involved in the transfer of these officers; if so, on how many occasions; and whether the Federation were aware of the issues that these officers may have faced if a vetting process had been carried out.
tabling member printed	Lord Hamilton of Epsom
uin	HL3192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>The report from the Inspectorate has raised some serious questions for policing about vetting and culture. We expect policing to address its forty recommendations in full, including those relating to transferees.</p><p>The Home Office has no involvement in individual vetting decisions – this is an operational matter for forces – and does not collect this data.</p><p>The College of Policing, who set and maintain training standards for policing, published the Code of Ethics in 2014 which sets out clear standards of professional behaviour. The College of Policing’s foundation training for all those entering the service includes substantial coverage the Code of Ethics. In addition, we have funded the College to develop a National Police Leadership Centre to create a strong professional framework and standards across policing at all levels.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 17/11/2022 14:47:39 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	100 label Biography information for Lord Hamilton of Epsom

1565725

registered interest
date	10/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Vetting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 17 November 2022 (HL3192), what assessment they have made of the reported involvement of the Police Federation in the transfer of police officers suspected of links to organised crime, or found guilty of sexual crimes to other police forces without vetting.
tabling member printed	Lord Hamilton of Epsom
uin	HL4610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>The government expects police forces to carry out their vetting in line with the College of Policing’s vetting statutory code of practice and vetting authorised professional practice (APP) guidance.</p><p>With regards to transferees, the APP states that the receiving force must request the full complaint and misconduct history of the officer or staff member from the parent force and from any other forces where they have served. Other relevant information such as corruption intelligence and notifiable associations should also be collated. The APP does not provide for the Police Federation to have any influence over this process.</p><p>His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services’ (HMICFRS’) report of 2nd November into vetting, misconduct and misogyny in the police service recognised that the inspected forces were complying with the APP in respect of transferees but recommended inserting further safeguards into the vetting process. All of the relevant bodies have committed to addressing the recommendations from the report in full.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 24/01/2023 14:38:37 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	100 label Biography information for Lord Hamilton of Epsom

455138

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	EU Countries: Nationality
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 judgment of the European Court of Justice in <i>Rottmann v Freistaat Bayern </i>(Case C-135/08) that a decision by an EU member state to deprive a person of national citizenship cannot result automatically from the fact that the person in question acquired that status by deception, in particular in the light of Section A of the Decision of the Heads of State or Government, meeting within the European Council, concerning issues raised by Denmark regarding the Treaty on European Union (<i>Official Journal</i> C348/1, 31/12/92).
tabling member printed	Lord Hamilton of Epsom
uin	HL6443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>The European Court of Justice confirmed in the case of Rottmann that it was required to take into account the Edinburgh Decision of 1992 when interpreting the EU Treaties. On the facts of the case, the Court found that the decision to deprive the applicant of German nationality had to comply with the EU principle of proportionality. The Court considered that this conclusion was consistent with the Edinburgh Decision.</p><p>In its application of this judgment, the UK Court of Appeal confirmed in the case of G1 that Member States retain competence over the acquisition and loss of citizenship and the principle in Rottmann only applies if EU law is engaged on the particular facts of each case.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 10/03/2016 15:30:27 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	100 label Biography information for Lord Hamilton of Epsom

455139

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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	UK Membership of EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Decision of the Heads of State or Government, meeting within the European Council, concerning a new settlement for the UK within the EU returns to the UK Parliament any competences that are presently conferred on the EU by Title 1 of Part One of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
tabling member printed	Lord Hamilton of Epsom
uin	HL6444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The deal agreed at the February European Council delivers a binding commitment that the Treaties will be changed in the future so that the UK is carved out of ‘ever closer union’. It ensures that the UK will not be liable for eurozone bailouts or discriminated against in the Single Market, and that the Treaties will be changed to reflect that. It establishes a new mechanism for the European Council to review EU legislation every year to see what can be done better at the national level and what can be dropped altogether. It ensures that Parliament will be able, acting with others in Europe, to block unwanted new EU laws. The deal also secures new powers to tackle the abuse of free movement and reduce the unnatural draw of our benefits system, to meet our aim of reducing immigration, by creating fairer rules, while protecting our open economy.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 14/03/2016 12:28:13 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	100 label Biography information for Lord Hamilton of Epsom

455140

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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	UK Membership of EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether a decision under Article 9 of Protocol (No 15) to the EU Treaties would require approval (1) by an Act of Parliament, and (2) by a referendum.
tabling member printed	Lord Hamilton of Epsom
uin	HL6445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>Under the EU Act 2011, a decision by the UK under Protocol (No 15) leading to a decision by the Council under article 140 (3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union would require an Act of Parliament and a referendum result in favour before a Minister of the Crown could support it.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 10/03/2016 15:37:30 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	100 label Biography information for Lord Hamilton of Epsom

455141

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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	UK Membership of EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Section A of the Decision of the Heads of State or Government, meeting within the European Council, concerning a new settlement for the UK within the EU imposes an obligation on the UK not to veto the new EU Treaty planned as part of the Five Presidents’ Report <i>Completing Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union</i>, published in June 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Hamilton of Epsom
uin	HL6446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text Any Treaty revisions to implement the proposals for reform in the Five Presidents’ Report would have to be concluded in accordance with the provisions in the Treaties, which require unanimous agreement by Member States. The agreement of and ratification by the UK and any new EU treaty or of any revision to the existing EU Treaties would be subject to the provisions of the European Union Act 2011. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 10/03/2016 15:38:01 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	100 label Biography information for Lord Hamilton of Epsom

455142

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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	UK Membership of EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether it would be consistent with the policy and objectives of the European Communities Act 1972 to notify the European Council of their intention to withdraw from the EU without prior approval by an Act of Parliament.
tabling member printed	Lord Hamilton of Epsom
uin	HL6447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text The European Communities Act 1972 does not require prior approval of actions by Act of Parliament. The European Union Act 2011 does define some circumstances where this is required, but these do not include a notification under article 50. As the Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), said on 22 February, “if the British people vote to leave, there is only one way to bring that about, namely to trigger Article 50 of the Treaties and begin the process of exit, and the British people would rightly expect that to start straight away." answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 10/03/2016 15:38:28 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	100 label Biography information for Lord Hamilton of Epsom

455143

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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	EU Withdrawal
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether a member state can withdraw from the EU under (1) a Treaty agreed to under the ordinary revision procedure pursuant to Article 48 of the Treaty on European Union, or (2) under Article 54(b) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.
tabling member printed	Lord Hamilton of Epsom
uin	HL6448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>As the Government noted in its publication “The process for withdrawing from the European Union” (Command Paper 9216), the rules for exit are set out in Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. This is the only route available in the EU Treaties to withdraw from the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 10/03/2016 15:37:08 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	100 label Biography information for Lord Hamilton of Epsom

455794

registered interest
date	26/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Free Movement of People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether EU citizens can enter the UK for the purposes of seeking employment.
tabling member printed	Lord Hamilton of Epsom
uin	HL6484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>All European Union citizens may enter the UK on production of a valid passport or identity card and have an initial right to reside for three months. Those who wish to stay longer can do so as a jobseeker for a further three months, providing they have a genuine prospect of work. After that period, they must be exercising a Treaty right as a worker, a student, or a self-employed or self-sufficient person, or be liable for removal.</p><p>The new EU settlement negotiated by the Prime Minster also confirms that we do not have to pay Universal Credit to EU nationals who come to the UK as jobseekers.</p><p>In line with the transitional controls imposed through the Accession of Croatia (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations, Croatian nationals, who are subject to worker authorisation, have no right to reside in the UK as jobseekers.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/03/2016 17:52:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	100 label Biography information for Lord Hamilton of Epsom

455795

registered interest
date	26/02/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	EU Nationals: Social Security Benefits
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 effect on the level of migration from the EU of the "emergency brake" proposed in the Decision of the European Council concerning a new settlement for the UK within the EU, and whether that proposal will affect any claims for non-contributory in-work benefits made by British citizens, including those returning from permanent residence abroad.
tabling member printed	Lord Hamilton of Epsom
uin	HL6485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The Decision of the European Council concerning a new settlement for the UK recognises, for the first time, that different social security systems across Member States can attract EU workers. Government figures show that around 40 per cent of recent EEA migrants are in households supported by the benefit system. On average, families with a recent EEA migrant claim almost £6,000 per year in tax credits, and of these, around 8,000 families receive more than £10,000.</p><p> </p><p>The brake will apply to those moving from elsewhere in the EU to the UK for work. It will not apply to UK nationals living and working here.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 07/03/2016 14:18:58 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	100 label Biography information for Lord Hamilton of Epsom