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520617

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date	23/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Kosovo: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in response to the British Red Cross campaign Torn Apart, they will extend the scope of refugee family reunion rules to include young people over 18 years of age who are living with their parents when they were forced to flee.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>There are no plans to extend the family reunion criteria. The current policy meets our international obligations and strikes the right balance. Where family members cannot meet the requirements of the Immigration Rules, such as in the case of an 18 year old applying to join their refugee parents in the UK, we consider whether there are exceptional circumstances or compassionate reasons to justify granting entry clearance outside the Rules.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/06/2016 13:01:55 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

517606

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
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 25 April (HL7517), what is the timescale for the forthcoming review of British nationality law; and whether that review, and subsequent changes to citizenship legislation, will include the position of those of British Overseas Territories descent born before 1 July 2006 whose unmarried fathers automatically gained full British citizenship under the British Overseas Territories Act 2002.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL8199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The review of citizenship will look at how citizenship should be obtained in the future, both within the UK and the overseas territories. The overseas territories will be consulted as part of that review, and will have the opportunity to provide their views on a number of citizenship matters. The date for this consultation has not been finalised and details will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/05/2016 13:05:32 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

510311

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Montserrat
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consultation has taken place, or is planned, with the governments of British Overseas Territories, specifically Montserrat, to make provision for those born before 1 July 2006 to fathers not married to their mothers to register as full British Citizens, as provided under section 65 of the Immigration Act 2014.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL7517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>A forthcoming review of British nationality law will look at what does and does not work in the current system, and how citizenship should be obtained in the future. As part of that review, we will consult with the overseas territories.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/04/2016 15:13:21 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

156486

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Welfare Assistance Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many responses they have received to their consultation on local welfare provision; and how they propose to ensure that all those responses are considered at the formative stage of decision-making in the light of the time period between the end of the consultation period and the Local Government Finance Settlement.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL2928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government received more than 5,000 responses to the consultation which are being considered, alongside the review by the Department for Work and Pensions into existing provision. The Government will make a decision based on this analysis in time for the provisional local government finance settlement in December 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 01/12/2014 15:20:29 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

100979

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Welfare Assistance Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to publish the review of the use of local welfare provision funding, mentioned at paragraph 1.10 of Local Welfare Provision in 2015–16; and whether they plan to make a written statement when it is published and place a copy of the review in the library of the House.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL2435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lady to my answer to the noble, Lady Baroness King of Bow, of 5 November 2014 (<em>Official</em> <em>Report, </em>Column WA 255).</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/11/2014 14:17:58 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett