Asked by: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many successful prosecutions have been made in respect of the sale of ivory in the UK under the Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
I am sorry but the Home Office does not hold this information.
Asked by: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to make it a statutory duty for fire and rescue services to deal with flooding.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
We have no plans to make it a statutory duty for fire and rescue services to make provision to protect life and property in the event of flooding.
Fire services already respond to flooding under their general duties in the Fire Services Act and Civil Contingencies Act, and in response to the risks set out in their Integrated Risk Management Plans.
Asked by: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what further training they intend to provide to the police and the National Crime Agency in preparation for their plan for a complete ban on the sale of ivory.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
With the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Home Office funds the National Wildlife Crime Unit, which provides intelligence, analysis and specialist assistance to individual police forces and other law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom that allows them to deal effectively with wildlife crime investigations, including cases that involve the illegal trading of ivory.
The Unit will provide briefing notes for all UK police forces with regards to the enforcement of any changes arising from the Government’s plans to ban the sale of any post-1947 worked ivory. The police may also receive expert advice about ivory from organisations such as the Animal and Plant Health Agency and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Police and NCA are given appropriate training as their deployment requires.
Asked by: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guarantees of the right to remain will be given to EU citizens living in the UK and working in the agricultural and food production sectors after Brexit.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme and Sectors Based Scheme for agricultural and food production sectors were closed at the end of 2013 when the transitional employment restrictions applied to nationals of Bulgaria and Romania were lifted. Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force.
There are a number of options as to how EU migration might work once we have left. We are about to begin these negotiations and it would be wrong to set out further positions in advance. At every step of these negotiations we will work to ensure the best possible outcome for the British people.
The Prime Minister has been clear that she wants to protect the status of EU nationals already living here, and the only circumstances in which that would not be possible is if British citizens’ rights in European member states were not protected in return.
Asked by: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are giving consideration to the establishment of variable immigration rules to take account of the specific needs of the agricultural and food production sectors.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme and Sectors Based Scheme for agricultural and food production sectors were closed at the end of 2013 when the transitional employment restrictions applied to nationals of Bulgaria and Romania were lifted. Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force.
There are a number of options as to how EU migration might work once we have left. We are about to begin these negotiations and it would be wrong to set out further positions in advance. At every step of these negotiations we will work to ensure the best possible outcome for the British people.
The Prime Minister has been clear that she wants to protect the status of EU nationals already living here, and the only circumstances in which that would not be possible is if British citizens’ rights in European member states were not protected in return.