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Written Question
Jamal Khashoggi
Friday 17th May 2019

Asked by: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have frozen the assets of, and barred visas for, those Saudi nationals and their family members who have been identified as having been involved in, or as having been accessories to, the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

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

Asset Freezing is the responsibility of the FCO and HM Treasury, information on individuals whose assets have been frozen can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-financial-sanctions-implementation.

The Government has a long-established practice of not routinely commenting on the details of individual immigration cases.


Written Question
Immigration: EU Nationals
Thursday 16th May 2019

Asked by: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government which organisations they have commissioned to provide support to applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme.

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

Details of the 57 organisations awarded EU Settlement grant scheme funding will be announced mid-May once the commercial activity has been concluded.


Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 15 Dec 2017
Immigration Control (Gross Human Rights Abuses) Bill [HL]

"That the Bill be now read a second time...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 15 Dec 2017
Immigration Control (Gross Human Rights Abuses) Bill [HL]

"My Lords, it is impossible to embark on the Second Reading of this Bill without explaining briefly the shocking backdrop to this effort to create legislation which will bar entry to this country to people who are gross abusers of human rights.

Sergei Magnitsky was a Russian lawyer who acted …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 15 Dec 2017
Immigration Control (Gross Human Rights Abuses) Bill [HL]

"I thank everyone who has participated in the debate in support of this Bill. Until the last speaker, we were united in saying that there is a need for it. This is not a question of simply protecting our borders from unpleasant persons; it is about sending a message to …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 04 Jul 2017
Brexit: Acquired Rights (EUC Report)

"To move that this House takes note of the Report from the European Union Committee Brexit: acquired rights (10th Report, Session 2016–17, HL Paper 82)...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 04 Jul 2017
Brexit: Acquired Rights (EUC Report)

"My Lords, in the immediate aftermath of the referendum, the European Union Justice Sub-Committee, which I chair, embarked on an inquiry into one of the most pressing issues to arise: what happens to the rights of European Union citizens who live in the UK, and what happens to the rights …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 04 Jul 2017
Brexit: Acquired Rights (EUC Report)

"I want to ask the noble Baroness a similar question. I raised an issue that arose from a letter that the committee received. It involves a family where an Englishman is married to an Italian wife, his wife is an only child and her parents are elderly and in Italy. …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 04 Jul 2017
Brexit: Acquired Rights (EUC Report)

"I am sorry, but I have just one more point. It is another letter from someone who came here as a European and bought a property here but because of his work is now working abroad. Is that continuing tie of owning a property in Britain enough to establish his …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 04 Jul 2017
Brexit: Acquired Rights (EUC Report)

"I thank everyone who has participated in this important debate. It has emphasised that this is not an easy matter and that reaching an agreement is vital because people want certainty—people from other parts of Europe who are living in this country, contributing hugely to our society and enriching our …..."
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