Information between 14th March 2024 - 13th April 2024
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Thursday 2nd May 2024 Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Issuing a Best Value Notice to the Tees Valley Combined Authority View calendar |
Division Votes |
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13 Mar 2024 - West Midlands Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024 - View Vote Context Lord Scriven voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 43 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 137 Noes - 54 |
13 Mar 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Lord Scriven voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 52 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 165 Noes - 154 |
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Scriven voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 71 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 271 Noes - 228 |
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Asylum: Rwanda
Asked by: Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Friday 15th March 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask His Majesty's Government how many Rwandan nationals have been granted (1) refugee status, or (2) other leave to remain, in the UK since April 2022; and what are the principal reasons for granting. Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’ on gov.uk. Data on initial decisions by nationality are published in table Asy_D02 of the ‘Asylum applications, decisions and resettlement detailed datasets’. From April 2022 until December 2023, 9 main applicant Rwandan nationals were granted refugee permission and 1 main applicant was granted other leave.
All asylum and human rights claims lodged from within the UK and admitted to the UK asylum system, including those seeking asylum from Rwanda, are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations, and against the background of relevant case law, policy guidance and the latest available country of origin information. |
Asylum: Children
Asked by: Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Thursday 14th March 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask His Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied children seeking asylum who were housed in Home Office hotels are still missing; and what is the breakdown of (1) ages, and (2) length of time missing, for those children. Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) We take any child going missing extremely seriously. When any child goes missing, a multi-agency missing persons protocol is mobilised. Many of those who have gone missing are subsequently traced and located. As of 5 March, 118 children are still missing. The majority were aged 16 and 17 when they went missing. Only about 18 are still under the age of 18. It is important to note that this data is from a live operational database and has not been quality assured to the same standard as published data. The most recent published data can be found at asylum and resettlement datasets on GOV.UK: (www.gov.uk). |
Horizon IT System
Asked by: Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Thursday 14th March 2024 Question to the Department for Business and Trade: To ask His Majesty's Government how many formal complaints from Post Office sub-postmasters about the Horizon software that was updated in 2017 (1) have been made, and (2) still need to be resolved, about discrepancies and cash shortfalls in individual post offices; and in what towns and cities these complaints were made. Answered by Lord Offord of Garvel - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) This is an operational matter for Post Office Limited. Post Office however continues to make improvements to the system and will be moving away from Horizon to a new cloud-based IT system. Government recently announced that it is providing £103 million to help with the development of the replacement for the Horizon IT system and to ensure Horizon is maintained while that replacement is rolled out. |
Asylum: Children
Asked by: Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Wednesday 3rd April 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 15 March (HL2855), how long each of the 118 unaccompanied children seeking asylum have been missing; and what are the individual ages of the 18 children now under the age of 18 who are still missing. Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) This data has not previously been published and quality assured to that standard. We are unable to provide it in response to this question. |
Arab States: Motor Sports
Asked by: Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Wednesday 3rd April 2024 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government on which occasions in the past five years a UK ambassador to Bahrain, Saudi Arabia or Qatar has been a guest of the government, a government body or the F1 governing body, at F1 races. Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) All FCDO Staff are expected to maintain the highest standards of propriety and regularity at all times in line with the Civil Service Code and Diplomatic Service Code. It is recognised across HMG that, for example, the exchange of gifts and hospitality have long been an important part of building relations, particularly overseas. The motorsport industry provides significant economic opportunities for the UK, generating over £10 billion in revenue each year, and UK Ambassadors to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have regularly attended F1 events as part of their official duties. Offers of gifts or hospitality to FCDO officials are recorded and regularly audited under our management assurance processes. |
Asylum: Georgia and India
Asked by: Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Friday 12th April 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what evidence they have examined, and from which organisations, to determine that (1) Georgia, and (2) India, are safe countries. Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) As with all our country assessments to inform asylum and immigration decision making, we have drawn on evidence taken from a wide range of reliable sources, including reputable media outlets; local, national and international organisations, including human rights organisations; and information from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. |
Asylum: Rwanda
Asked by: Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Thursday 11th April 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what conditions exist in Rwanda that have led them to conclude that appropriate and professional age assessments will be capable of being carried out on people sent there for immigration purposes where special requirements apply in respect of an uncertainty over an individual’s age. Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) Our age assessment policies for immigration purposes seek to protect genuine children and identify those who are adults. The UK-Rwanda Treaty makes clear at Article 3 that the agreement reached between the governments of Rwanda and the UK does not cover unaccompanied children and that the UK Government shall not seek to relocate unaccompanied children under the age of 18. It is therefore only those individuals who are confirmed to be, or have been assessed to be, adults who will be removed to Rwanda.
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Asylum: Rwanda
Asked by: Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Thursday 11th April 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what evidence they have considered, and from which organisations, which has led them to the conclusion that Rwanda is a safe country. Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) The list of sources used are listed in the extensive country information notes, and the annexes that accompany them. This – alongside the additional assurances agreed with the Government of Rwanda under the terms of the UK-Rwanda Treaty: Provision of an Asylum Partnership – allow us to conclude that Rwanda is safe. Detail of these is available via the ‘Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: policy statement and evidence pack’ page on the GOV.UK website. |
Asylum: Georgia
Asked by: Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Thursday 11th April 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the government of Georgia introducing a bill that would curtail LGBT+ rights on the UK government’s declaration that Georgia is a safe country for immigration purposes. Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) In line with 80AA of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, we work closely with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to regularly monitor and review the situation in countries where migrants originate from, including how any new legislation is applied in practice. |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Combined Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Access to Information and Audit Committees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
13 speeches (2,227 words) Monday 25th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Mentions: 1: Lord Shipley (LD - Life peer) My Lords, I will wait for the Minister to reply to the points raised by my noble friend Lord Scriven. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Khan of Burnley (Lab - Life peer) It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lords, Lord Scriven and Lord Shipley, who have asked some very important - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) With regard to the questions that in particular the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, asked about the situation - Link to Speech |
Human Rights: Sportswashing
23 speeches (16,210 words) Thursday 21st March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, for securing this important debate. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Hayward (Con - Life peer) My Lords, first, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, on moving this Motion and on the powerful - Link to Speech 3: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Scriven, gave his definition and academics have tried to define the idea. - Link to Speech 4: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) I thank the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, for securing it and setting it out in the way that he did. - Link to Speech |
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Amendment of List of Safe States) Regulations 2024
17 speeches (4,966 words) Tuesday 19th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: None To answer the question of the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, I say that this included consideration of relevant - Link to Speech |
West Midlands Combined Authority (Transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner Functions) Order 2024
30 speeches (7,257 words) Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) The statistics the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, cited do not take into account local circumstances and, - Link to Speech |
Calendar |
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Wednesday 24th April 2024 4 p.m. Conduct Committee - Private Meeting View calendar |
Select Committee Documents |
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Thursday 14th March 2024
Agendas and papers - 20 March - 4th meeting - Agenda Conduct Committee |
Tuesday 26th March 2024
Minutes and decisions - 21 February 2024 - 3rd meeting - Minutes Conduct Committee |
Thursday 18th April 2024
Agendas and papers - 24 April 2024 - 5th meeting - Agenda Conduct Committee |
Select Committee Inquiry |
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27 Mar 2024
Code of Conduct for Members and the Guide to the Code of Conduct Conduct Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions No description available |