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886926

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date	18/04/2018
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	Commonwealth: International Cooperation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will encourage further cooperation between Commonwealth nations.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK is the Commonwealth Chair in Office for a two-year period until the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 2020. As Chair in Office, the UK will play an active role in working with member states, the Commonwealth Secretariat and other Commonwealth organisations in implementing the policy commitments made at the London Heads of Government Meeting on 19-20 April.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 01/05/2018 11:44:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

886927

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Research: EU Grants and Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to apply for membership of the ninth EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation after leaving the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government has consistently stated its commitment to ongoing collaboration with the EU in Science and Innovation and recognises the important contribution this makes to the UK. To that end, we want to ensure that the next EU Framework Programme (FP9) remains focused on excellence, with appropriate financial contribution for Associated Countries, and a suitable level of influence. Our recent FP9 position paper sets out further details. Ultimately, the UK’s participation in FP9 will depend upon the outcome of our negotiations with the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 26/04/2018 13:29:37 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

886928

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Small Businesses: Digital Technology
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to encourage more small businesses to invest in digital transformation and to help those businesses become aware of the tax incentives available for development in that area.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government has made considerable effort to engage on these issues through the recent publication of its Digital Strategy in March 2017. We want to create a digital economy that works for everyone and would refer in particular to Chapter 4, The wider economy - helping every British business become a digital business.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Business Basics programme aims to reach Small to Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) across the country to improve their productivity, by looking at the barriers and enablers to implementing technologies such as new accountancy software or performance management systems, building the evidence of effective approaches in the process. Similarly, the Be the Business programme aims to help SMEs better understand the simple changes they can make to boost their productivity through adoption of practical technological solutions. Be the Business has developed a national digital platform and benchmarking tool to engage, educate and enable SMEs to improve their productivity.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, SMEs can claim R&amp;D tax credit for eligible resource costs in R&amp;D projects. Transformation projects involving R&amp;D would qualify for this.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 26/04/2018 13:30:12 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

886929

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Digital Technology
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 impact of advances in digital technologies on wage levels as skilled work turns into unskilled labour due to the assistance of new technologies.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the opportunities and challenges that automation and advances in digital technologies can bring to the UK labour market. In Matthew Taylor’s review into Modern Working Practices he stated that history has shown that technological advancements and the automation of individual tasks can lead to job creation.</p><p> </p><p>In the Government response to Matthew Taylor’s review, we set out our Good Work plan to ensure the labour market is resilient enough to respond to the changes that automation may bring. Our Industrial Strategy will help employers adjust and grasp opportunities from automation to drive productivity and boost peoples’ earnings.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley attachment 1 file name good-work-taylor-review-modern-working-practices-rg.pdf title Taylor Review 2 file name 180206_BEIS_Good_Work_Report.pdf title Govt response to Taylor Review question first answered 01/05/2018 11:27:42 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

886930

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	EU Law
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 impact on the UK of economic divergence from EU rules and regulations after Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>We are focused on making the UK’s exit from the EU, and our new trading relationship with the world, a success. We have set out proposals for an ambitious future trade and customs relationship with the EU, in which we will look to minimise the regulatory barriers for both goods and services between the UK and the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been undertaking rigorous and extensive analysis work to support our exit negotiations, as any responsible Government should, in order to inform our understanding of how EU exit will affect the UK’s domestic policies and frameworks. We have been engaging with businesses and industry bodies from all sectors of the economy and all regions of the UK as part of this process, and we will continue to do so as we move forward.</p><p> </p><p>We have been clear the Government will not provide an ongoing commentary on internal analytical work that is being carried out within Government.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 24/04/2018 16:50:17 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

886931

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Brexit
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 all the required legislation for leaving the EU is passed by Parliament before any vote on the final Brexit deal.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering a smooth and orderly exit from the EU and the Queen’s Speech 2017 set out the legislative programme to support this.</p><p> </p><p>Six exit-related bills have been introduced in Parliament in this session: the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, the Nuclear Safeguards Bill, the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill, the Trade Bill, the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill and the Haulage Permits and Trailer Registration Bill.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has always said we will bring forward further legislation as required to deliver our exit. This includes the Withdrawal Agreement &amp; Implementation Bill that would give the Withdrawal Agreement domestic legal effect. Only after Parliament has voted in favour of the final deal will we introduce the Withdrawal Agreement and Implementation Bill.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 26/04/2018 11:04:49 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

885933

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Windrush Generation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the deportation of the Windrush generation.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>Additional safeguards have been in place to ensure that no-one from the Windrush Generation will be subject to enforcement action, regardless of whether they have documentation or not.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/05/2018 11:54:04 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

885934

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Windrush Generation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any of the Windrush generation have been deported; and if so, what steps they will take regarding those cases.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>No specific cases of people being removed from the UK under these circumstances have come to light so far.</p><p>If anyone believes that they, or a family member, have been, they should contact the Home Office, by telephone on 0800 678 1925 or by emailing <a href="mailto:commonwealthtaskforce@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk" target="_blank">commonwealthtaskforce@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk</a>. The Home Office will review any cases that are brought to its attention.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/05/2018 11:54:33 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

885935

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to reassess their "hostile environment" policy.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>The Compliant Environment is not a new concept. It is a renewed effort to develop an immigration system which supports compliance with our laws and Immigration Rules. Successive Governments have brought forward policies to protect the UK taxpayer from the misuse of public services and benefits and those policies are regularly reviewed.</p><p>In developing the Compliant Environment, we have ensured that those with lawful immigration status can demonstrate it easily. We take the quality of our decision making very seriously; we offer the right to redress and have also built in appropriate safeguards, taking careful account of the need to protect vulnerable persons and to mitigate the risk of taking decisions incorrectly. We will continue to keep those safeguards under review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/04/2018 11:39:10 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

885936

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
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	Commonwealth: Foreign Relations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether relations with the Commonwealth are an element of the Global Britain initiative; and if so, how significant an element.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Commonwealth is an important element of Global Britain, as evidenced by the recent announcement of 9 new diplomatic posts in Commonwealth countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/04/2018 16:18:47 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick