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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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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

455796

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	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 the Decision of the European Council concerning a new settlement for the UK within the EU will affect the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights to the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hamilton of Epsom
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>The Decision of the Heads of State or Government, meeting within the European Council, concerning a new settlement for the UK within the EU will not affect the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 11/03/2016 14:28:15 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	100 label Biography information for Lord Hamilton of Epsom

455797

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Voting Rights
	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>Delvigne v Commune de Lesparre-Médoc </i>(Case C-650/13); and whether any changes to legislation or government policies are required as a result of that judgment.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hamilton of Epsom
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>The UK's ban on prisoner voting stays in place and as we have consistently stated, remains a matter for Parliament to determine.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 10/03/2016 15:22:48 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	100 label Biography information for Lord Hamilton of Epsom

455798

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit: EU Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their policy with regard to the payment of child benefits to EU migrants (1) who have been resident in the UK for fewer than four years, and (2) whose children are also resident in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hamilton of Epsom
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the recent UK White Paper ‘The Best of Both Worlds: the United Kingdom’s special status in a reformed European Union’, available on the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s settlement will mean that Child Benefit paid to EU nationals living here, but whose children live outside the UK, will no longer be paid at UK rates but be paid at a rate that reflects conditions – including the standard of living and Child Benefit paid – of the country where the children live.</p><p> </p><p>Eligibility rules for Child Benefit for individuals moving to the UK can be found on the gov.uk website.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 11/03/2016 13:47:38 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
	tabling member	100 label Biography information for Lord Hamilton of Epsom

455799

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Palestinians: EU Aid
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they contribute to the EU programme of assistance to the Palestinians; what is the gross annual amount of funding for that programme, and what percentage of that funding the UK’s contribution, if any, represents; and what percentage of that programme’s funding is provided to the Palestinian Education Authority.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hamilton of Epsom
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The EU is a major donor to both the Palestinian Authority and UNRWA, providing over €290 million in 2016 to the Palestinian people, including the refugees who live outside Occupied Palestinian Territories in the camps of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. The UK contributes to the EU budget as a whole, not individual instruments within it. The UK’s share on EU expenditure in EU instruments is approximately 14.5%. The EU funding to the Palestinian Authority is through the PEGASE mechanism, providing the salaries for vetted civil servants only.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 08/03/2016 17:19:59 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	100 label Biography information for Lord Hamilton of Epsom

577022

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord O’Neill of Gatley on 5 September (HL Deb, col 849–50), what assessment they have made of the impact of immigration on wage rates and productivity in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hamilton of Epsom
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>As noted in the 2012 report by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), the empirical literature suggests that the impact of migration on productivity may be mixed and heavily dependent on the type of migrant coming to the UK. Migrants may increase productivity either through a simple ‘batting average’ effect if they work in higher productivity roles relative to the average for non-migrants, or through increasing the productivity of UK workers through greater specialisation and knowledge transfer. In this report, the MAC established the key role played by skilled migrants in raising productivity. Further, the 2014 MAC report, ‘Migrants in low-skilled work’, found low skilled migrants have a neutral impact on UK-born employment rates, GDP per head and productivity. The impact of immigration on wage rates is also mixed, although a 2015 working paper by the Bank of England found an increase in the immigrant to native ratio has a small negative impact on average British wages.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 19/09/2016 09:18:33 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
	tabling member	100 label Biography information for Lord Hamilton of Epsom