Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he made an assessment of the potential impact of extending the Offshore Wind Workers Immigration rules concession 2017 on the number of jobs available for UK seafarers.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Government regularly reviews the existence of concessions against the general principles of the immigration system to check whether they are necessary and regularly undertakes engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. This will continue to be the case in future.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department consulted with relevant stakeholders prior to extending the Offshore Wind Workers Immigration Rules Concession 2017.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Government regularly reviews the existence of concessions against the general principles of the immigration system to check whether they are necessary and regularly undertakes engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. This will continue to be the case in future.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to take action against firms found to have dismissed UK seafarers and replaced them with workers from overseas following the extension of the Offshore Wind Workers Immigration rules concession 2017.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
Employment law is a matter for the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) she or (b) officials in her Department have met with US officials to discuss Julian Assange.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat
The Home Office routinely cooperates with international partners, including the US, on a range of issues involving judicial cooperation. This specific case is subject to ongoing court proceedings, so we are unable to comment further.
Further information on the UK’s extradition processes can be found on www.gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/extradition-processes-and-review
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK Border Agency monitors the number of Red Notices attached to UK citizens.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
It is HMG’s long-standing policy to neither confirm nor deny (NCND) the existence of an INTERPOL Red Notice or Diffusion against any named individual.
This is in order to support the functioning of our judicial processes. Working with the National Crime Agency, the UK Border Force ensures that relevant information is made available to front-line officers working at the border.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether UK citizens are entitled to ask the National Crime Agency whether any red notice has been attached to them by (a) a Gulf state and (b) another country.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
It is HMG’s long-standing policy to neither confirm nor deny (NCND) the existence of an INTERPOL Red Notice or Diffusion against any named individual.
This is in order to support the functioning of our judicial processes. Working with the National Crime Agency, the UK Border Force ensures that relevant information is made available to front-line officers working at the border.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that the National Crime Agency notifies UK citizens of any red notice that has been attached to them by a Gulf state.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
It is HMG’s long-standing policy to neither confirm nor deny (NCND) the existence of an INTERPOL Red Notice or Diffusion against any named individual.
This is in order to support the functioning of our judicial processes. Working with the National Crime Agency, the UK Border Force ensures that relevant information is made available to front-line officers working at the border.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she or her officials have had discussions with their counterparts in the Spanish Government on reported attempts to assassinate Julian Assange.
Answered by Stephen McPartland
The Home Office have not had any such discussions with the Spanish Government.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance the Spanish authorities sought from her Department regarding the investigation into the alleged assassination attempts on Julian Assange.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
As a matter of longstanding policy, the UK would neither confirm nor deny the receipt of a request for mutual legal assistance.