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Written Question
Immigration
Monday 23rd January 2017

Asked by: Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to review the application form, and process, for applying for UK residency status.

Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)

UK Visas & Immigration have introduced online application forms for EEA nationals applying for registration certificates and documents certifying permanent residence. There has been no change to the rights and status of EU nationals in the UK as a result of the referendum. As such there is no requirement to register for documentation to confirm their status.

The relevant figures for the number of applications received decided by EEA nationals and their family members seeking confirmation of a right of residence in the UK under the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 between 2014 and September 2016 are shown on Table 1 in the attached table. As yet, there are no published figures for October to December 2016.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 20 Dec 2016
Gender Pay Gap

"My Lords, I started working in 1970, when the Minister was just three years old. Of course, that was also the year of the Equal Pay Act. I would have been devastated had I discovered that, almost half a century later, I would be standing here still with an 18% …..."
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Written Question
Fires
Friday 16th September 2016

Asked by: Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) domestic fires, and (2) fires in industrial and commercial buildings, were recorded in (a) 2013, (b) 2014, and (c) 2015; and what estimate they have made of the direct and indirect economic and environmental costs of those fires.

Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)

Data from the Fire Incident Recording System are published by financial year.

(1) Fire and rescue services attended 31,899, 31,329 and 31,333 dwelling fires in England in financial years 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 respectively.

Dwelling fires are fires in properties that are a place of residence i.e. places occupied by households such as houses and flats, excluding hotels/hostels, residential institutions such as student halls of residence and care homes for children and elderly people. Dwellings also includes non-permanent structures used solely as a dwelling, such as houseboats and caravans.

(2) Fire and rescue services attended 2,385, 2,280 and 2,129 fires in industrial premises in England in 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 respectively. There were 6,132, 5,821 and 5,819 fires in commercial buildings in England in 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 respectively.

The latest figures were published in August in the Fire Statistics Monitor, which can be found here https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fire-statistics-monitor-april-2015-to-march-2016 while detailed tables can be found here https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables.

We have not estimated the economic and environmental costs of these fires.

Written Question
Housing: Fires
Monday 12th September 2016

Asked by: Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many domestic fire deaths were recorded in (1) 2013, (2) 2014, and (3) 2015.

Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)

Data from the Fire Incident Recording System are published by financial year. There were 216, 195 and 229 fire-related fatalities in dwellings in England in financial years 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 respectively. The latest figures were published in August in the Fire Statistics Monitor, which can be found here https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fire-statistics-monitor-april-2015-to-march-2016 while detailed tables can be found here https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 18 Jul 2016
Brexit: Role of Parliament

"My Lords, the referendum campaigns were both all-party. The challenge now falls to all of us to implement the result of that referendum. Will the Minister outline the Government’s plans to engage all parties, and indeed the Cross Benches, in the discussions that now need to take place?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 11 Jul 2016
Investigatory Powers Bill

"My Lords, I will speak very briefly on Amendment 16, to which I added my name, which has already been dealt with by the noble Lord, Lord Paddick. Should the Government accept the logic of that amendment, they might also want to look at Clause 4(8)(b)(i), which ought also to …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 11 Jul 2016
Investigatory Powers Bill

"I should have come in on Amendment 16, but before the Minister moves on, the issue of the private postal service was raised by the Minister’s Scottish legal colleagues, who wrote to us. They felt that the definition of “public postal service” did not include DX. I wonder if he …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 27 Jun 2016
Investigatory Powers Bill

"My Lords, we have had a rich stream of expertise today, including from those who have served on the pre-legislative scrutiny committee as well as on the ISC and the Joint Committee on Human Rights. We have heard from colleagues who have operated the powers over security or crime, from …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 29 Jan 2016
Road Traffic Act 1988 (Alcohol Limits) (Amendment) Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I congratulate and thank my noble friend Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe for bringing forward the Bill. He has been a marvellous campaigner on this subject for a long time. It is a shame that the Government have not taken action, especially given what my noble friend said about …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 29 Jan 2016
Road Traffic Act 1988 (Alcohol Limits) (Amendment) Bill [HL]

"It is even more than that in terms of people and human lives, and when you think of the families affected. Surely that makes the case for us to make this change. As has been said, the Local Government Association has said that about £300 million a year could be …..."
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