Asked by: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what physical checks are proposed for goods travelling directly from Great Britain to (1) the Republic of Ireland, and (2) other parts of the EU.
Answered by Lord Murray of Blidworth
Border Force make use of a wide range of methods and tools to effectively target national security and fiscal risks.
Border Force does not publish information relating to the number of physical checks carried out as doing so would publicise operational practices which could be used to assist in the evasion of customs controls and compromise Border security.
Asked by: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what physical checks and customs requirements currently take place for goods from the EU directly entering ports in Great Britain.
Answered by Lord Murray of Blidworth
Border Force is committed to enforcing customs controls on goods from the EU and to detecting those who would attempt to evade controls.
Border Force deploys to risk using tested, but continually assessed, intelligence and targeting techniques. Border Force does not publish information relating to the number of physical checks carried out. Doing so would publicise operational practices which would be used to assist in the evasion of customs controls and compromise Border security.
Asked by: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision to include the film Zulu as a 'key text' in the Prevent programme; and what plans they have, if any, to reassess this decision.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
The Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU) was established in 2007 under the Prevent strand of HMG’s CONTEST strategy, to understand and counter terrorist and extremist ideologies to reduce the risk to the UK, its citizens, and its interests overseas.
RICU did not identify the film Zulu as a ‘key text’ in the Prevent programme, nor include the works of CS Lewis.
Asked by: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision to include the works of CS Lewis under the Prevent programme; and what plans they have, if any, to reassess this decision.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
The Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU) was established in 2007 under the Prevent strand of HMG’s CONTEST strategy, to understand and counter terrorist and extremist ideologies to reduce the risk to the UK, its citizens, and its interests overseas.
RICU did not identify the film Zulu as a ‘key text’ in the Prevent programme, nor include the works of CS Lewis.
Asked by: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to review the overall vetting process for considering works of art and literature under the Prevent programme.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
The Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU) was established in 2007 under the Prevent strand of HMG’s CONTEST strategy, to understand and counter terrorist and extremist ideologies to reduce the risk to the UK, its citizens, and its interests overseas.
RICU did not identify the film Zulu as a ‘key text’ in the Prevent programme, nor include the works of CS Lewis.
Asked by: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government which retained EU laws the Home Office is planning to reform or revoke in the event of a passage into law of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.
Answered by Lord Murray of Blidworth
The Home Office are in the process of assessing their REUL and developing proposals for whether they intend to revoke or reform each piece of legislation or preserve it from the sunset.
We will be ambitious but mindful of ensuring that businesses and stakeholders are engaged and consulted in the usual way on policy changes, whilst upholding commitments already given at the despatch box.
It is right that, 7 years after the British public voted to leave the EU, and 3 years since we formally left, that the programme to review, revoke and reform retained EU law is underway, and we take advantage of our new freedoms.