Asked by: Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to propose the introduction of specific legally enforceable provisions to maintain, following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, all rights and judicial remedies contained in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights that do not have equivalents in current or envisaged UK law, in particular those relating to (1) protections for personal data, (2) workers’ rights, (3) women, (4) elderly citizens, (5) disabled people, and (6) LGBTI people.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
The Charter did not create new rights, but reaffirmed rights which already existed in EU law. The EU (Withdrawal) Bill sets out that the Charter of Fundamental Rights will not form part of domestic law after exit. The Bill will retain the rights and principles which underpin the Charter and exist elsewhere in EU law or existing domestic law.
The Government’s intention, therefore, is that in itself the non-incorporation of the Charter into UK law should not affect the substantive rights that individuals already benefit from in the UK.
On 5 December 2017 the Government published a right-by-right analysis of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, setting out how each substantive right found in the Charter will be reflected in the domestic law of the UK. It looks at how the right will flow through retained EU law and how it will otherwise be protected by existing domestic law or international law after exit.
Asked by: Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many appeals lodged against initial asylum refusals by Eritrean nationals were lodged (1) within the UK, and (2) outside the UK, in (a) 2013, (b) 2014, and (c) 2015.
Answered by Lord Faulks
The numbers of Eritrean nationals who lodged an asylum appeal in the UK or from overseas in the three years up to December 2015 are:
| Total | Within the UK | Outside the UK |
2013 | 122 | 122 | 0 |
2014 | 241 | 240 | 1 |
2015 | 1,856 | 1,854 | 2 |
The numbers of Eritrean nationals who were required to pay a fee for their asylum appeal in the three years up to December 2015 are:
| Total |
2013 | 1 |
2014 | 2 |
2015 | 23 |
Notes to tables:
1. Figures include Asylum, Protection and Revocation of Protection appeals.
2. Figures provided are taken from internal management information and not subject to the same quality checks as Official Statistics.
Asked by: Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Eritrean nationals were required to pay fees for their asylum appeals in (1) 2013, (2) 2014, and (3) 2015.
Answered by Lord Faulks
The numbers of Eritrean nationals who lodged an asylum appeal in the UK or from overseas in the three years up to December 2015 are:
| Total | Within the UK | Outside the UK |
2013 | 122 | 122 | 0 |
2014 | 241 | 240 | 1 |
2015 | 1,856 | 1,854 | 2 |
The numbers of Eritrean nationals who were required to pay a fee for their asylum appeal in the three years up to December 2015 are:
| Total |
2013 | 1 |
2014 | 2 |
2015 | 23 |
Notes to tables:
1. Figures include Asylum, Protection and Revocation of Protection appeals.
2. Figures provided are taken from internal management information and not subject to the same quality checks as Official Statistics.