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885925

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had about Brexit with local authorities in areas where the majority of the electorate voted for Remain in the 2016 referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL7013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>This Government is working with local authorities and a wide range of other interested parties to understand the opportunities and challenges of EU Exit and plan for a wide range of scenarios. We are working to make a success of EU exit for all local authorities and places, whether their areas voted ‘Leave’ or ‘Remain’.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 26/04/2018 11:03:53 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

861336

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Medicine: Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that EU funding into medical research projects within the UK does not stop after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Science and research are vital to our country’s prosperity, security and wellbeing, and are at the heart of our industrial strategy. This Government wants the UK to be the go-to place for researchers, innovators and investors across the world, and we intend to secure the right outcome for UK research and innovation as we exit the European Union. My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said in her speech at Mansion House that the UK is committed to establishing a far-reaching science and innovation pact with the EU, facilitating the exchange of ideas and researchers. The UK and EU in their Joint Statement approved by the European Council on 15 December detailed UK entities’ right to participate in EU programmes, including Horizon 2020, will be unaffected by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s underwrite guarantee of Horizon 2020 funding remains in place in the event that commitments made in the Joint Report are not met. The UK will work with the Commission to ensure payment when funds are awarded, and will guarantee all successful bids submitted before EU exit. Whatever happens in the future, the Government is committed to ensuring the UK remains a world leader in international research and innovation, including medical research.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 19/03/2018 14:03:15 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

861339

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Chemical Weapons
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to instate a prohibition of the export from the UK of any chemical component that can be used to make poison gas.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK operates one of the most robust export control regimes in the world.</p><p> </p><p>The UK controls the export of chemical warfare agents and key precursor chemicals as specified in the Chemical Weapons Convention and by the Australia Group international export control regime. We can also prevent the export of any other chemical where we have reason to believe that the export concerned may be intended for use in a chemical weapons programme.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 27/03/2018 17:00:19 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

827901

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Legal Profession
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that there is a sufficient number of qualified immigration lawyers to meet present demands.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>Whilst the Government recognises that it is important that there are enough immigration lawyers to meet demand, the legal services sector is rightly independent of government and the training of new lawyers is a matter for the legal services regulators and profession itself. I can confirm the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority has indicated that there are currently 1,885 out of some 10,400 recognised law firms that have a proportion of their work in immigration.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 05/02/2018 17:06:03 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

827902

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many initial immigration decisions were overturned on appeal in (1) 1990, (2) 1995, (3) 2000, (4) 2005, (5) 2010, and (6) 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The number of immigration appeals allowed by first-tier tribunals were:</p><p> </p><p>2005 – 13,221</p><p>2010 – 35,563</p><p>2015 – 17,582</p><p> </p><p>The equivalent information for 1990, 1995 and 2000 is not held centrally by HM Courts and Tribunals Service.</p><p> </p><p>For information on immigration appeals allowed, the following Immigration and Asylum Tribunal categories have been combined: Managed Migration, Entry Clearance, Human Rights &amp; EEA Free Movement.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of Immigration and Asylum appeal decisions is published quarterly, from 2007/08 onwards:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 01/02/2018 16:31:10 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

804234

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Republic of Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they propose to safeguard trade between (1) Fishguard, (2) Pembroke, and (3) Holyhead, and Ireland following Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/01/2018 answer text <p>In assessing our options for a new customs arrangement with the EU, the Government will be guided by what delivers the greatest economic advantage to the UK, and by three strategic objectives:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>Ensuring UK-EU trade is as frictionless as possible;</p></li><li><p>Avoiding a ‘hard border’ between Ireland and Northern Ireland; and</p></li><li><p>Establishing an independent international trade policy.</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government’s Future Partnership Paper on customs, published in August 2017, set out two approaches to our future customs relationship with the EU that most closely meet these objectives.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 03/01/2018 15:56:57 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

804238

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Hotels and Restaurants: Vacancies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with representatives of the hotel and restaurant industries concerning possible staff shortages leading up to, and following, Brexit; and what support they are giving to those industries to help them train and recruit new staff.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government has been working with the hospitality sector across the country to understand the challenges and opportunities presented by the UK’s exit from the EU. At the recent Tourism Industry Council Professor Alan Manning, Chair of the Migration Advisory Committee, heard the sector’s views on the contribution of international employees and what the sector’s priorities are for the future immigration system. The sector has also agreed a proposal for a tourism sector deal which has a strong focus on developing domestic skills to meet employer demand and improving the attractiveness of the sector as a career path.</p><p> </p><p>The government wants businesses to benefit from the right skills, which is why we are working with employers to invest in training such as apprenticeships and high-quality technical education. Catering and Hospitality is one of the 15 technical routes.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 20/12/2017 12:18:50 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

797289

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Unemployment: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were registered as unemployed in each Welsh local authority in (1) 1990, (2) 2000, (3) 2005, (4) 2010, and (5) 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL3721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply and I will place a copy of their letter in the Library of the House.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 12/12/2017 12:54:25 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name HL3721 Lord Roberts .pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

757336

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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 Agreements
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what flexibility they will seek in the terms of any new trade deal negotiated with non-EU countries to take account of as yet unknown restrictions inserted in any future deal between the UK and EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL1321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The departmental responsibility for the EU-UK trade agreement lies with the Department for Exiting the EU.</p><p>We are considering in depth, our future trading relationships with partners as we prepare to leave the EU. We will consider what this means for negotiating an ambitious trade agreement with the EU, as well as striking agreements with countries outside the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 18/09/2017 12:27:20 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

750567

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Employment: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what financial or other assistance they have given to cultural organisations to support their activities aiming to encourage the successful integration of refugees.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government provides funding for a range of services that can be accessed by refugees as part of their successful integration. Language skills and employment skills are key, and the ability to speak English is a key enabler to successful integration. On this basis the Government provides funding for and supports English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) as part of its wider strategy to improve adult literacy in England. ESOL funding is not ring-fenced and comes out of a provider’s Adult Education Budget (AEB). Colleges and training providers have the freedom and flexibility to determine how they use their AEB to meet the needs of their communities. There is no direct funding of cultural bodies for integration purposes although refugees are encouraged to participate in existing social and community groups.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 25/07/2017 15:14:30 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno