1 Lord Bishop of London debates involving the Department for Exiting the European Union

Brexit: Preparations

Lord Bishop of London Excerpts
Tuesday 8th October 2019

(5 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan
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We have been liaising extensively with the Northern Ireland Civil Service, and indeed—the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, will be pleased to know—with the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government. If we have any announcements to make on that, we will make them in due course.

Lord Bishop of London Portrait The Lord Bishop of London
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My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. Will he confirm how many organisations are currently receiving funding for the asylum, migration and integration programmes via the responsible authority in the UK, and whether these will be placed at risk from a no-deal Brexit?

Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan
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I do not have the figures for the number of organisations in front of me, but I will gladly write to the right reverend Prelate with them. But we have given guarantees to organisations receiving EU funding that they will continue to receive that funding after a no-deal exit.