Asked by: David Drew (Labour (Co-op) - Stroud)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to make the Fire and Rescue Services and other approved fire inspectors aware of their duties to ensure that school notice boards are fire compliant; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person (usually the owner, employer or managing agent) is required to undertake and review regularly a fire risk assessment of the premises and ensure adequate fire protection measures are in place and maintained appropriately in order to mitigate the risk to life from fire. To help responsible persons identify and mitigate fire risk and comply with the provisions of the Order, Government has made available guidance, including a specific guide for education premises, which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-risk-assessment-educational-premises
The Fire and Rescue National Framework for England requires fire and rescue authorities to have a management strategy and risk-based inspection programme in place to ensure compliance with the Fire Safety Order within their respective areas.
Fire and rescue authorities visit premises to audit compliance. They check the fire risk assessment and that the fire precautions in place are adequate and effective in keeping the risk to life as low as reasonably practicable. If the audit shows a premises to be unsatisfactory, fire and rescue authorities can issue an informal notice suggesting safety measures or, in more serious cases, a formal notice.
Asked by: David Drew (Labour (Co-op) - Stroud)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken since 14 August 2019 to ensure that human rights violators from Sudan do not enter the UK.
Answered by Seema Kennedy
It has not proved possible to respond to the Hon Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: David Drew (Labour (Co-op) - Stroud)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to encourage EU nationals working in the agricultural and food production sectors to remain in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The Government recognises the valuable contribution which EU citizens make to the UK. The EU Settlement Scheme, which enables them to obtain the UK immigration status they need to remain here permanently after we leave the European Union, opened fully on 30 March 2019. By 10 June 2019, more than 800,000 applications had been received under the scheme and almost 700,000 people had been granted status.
Asked by: David Drew (Labour (Co-op) - Stroud)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to ensure that the egg industry has access to migrant workers after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
In December 2018, the Government set out its proposals in “The UK’s future Skills-based Immigration System” White Paper. The White Paper proposals include a new route for skilled workers which will be open to anyone at RQF level 3 and above, irrespective of where they are applying from. This route will not be capped, allowing all of those who meet our requirements to come to the UK.
The White Paper also includes a transitional route for temporary workers which will be open to anyone from qualifying countries, wishing to fill positions at any skill level, for up to 12 months. We do not intend to impose a cap on the number of people wishing to use the route.
The Government is undertaking an extensive programme of engagement with a wide range of stakeholders across the UK, throughout 2019, including with the private, public and voluntary sectors and local government, as well as industry representatives and individual businesses, before taking final policy decisions on the future system.
Asked by: David Drew (Labour (Co-op) - Stroud)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the criteria are for his signing an extradition order before the extradition case is heard in court.
Answered by Nick Hurd
When deciding whether to certify an extradition request, the Secretary of State follows the following criteria as set out in Section 70 of the 2003 Extradition Act: -
(1) The Secretary of State must issue a certificate under this section if he receives a valid request for the extradition to a category 2 territory of a person who is in the United Kingdom.
(2) But subsection (1) does not apply if the Secretary of State decides under section 126 that the request is not to be proceeded with.
(3) A request for a person’s extradition is valid if—
(a) it contains the statement referred to in subsection (4), and
(b) it is made in the approved way.
(4) The statement is one that the person—
(a) is accused in the category 2 territory of the commission of an offence specified in the request, or
(b) is alleged to be unlawfully at large after conviction by a court in the cate-gory 2 territory of an offence specified in the request.
(5) A request for extradition to a category 2 territory which is a British over-seas territory is made in the approved way if it is made by or on behalf of the person administering the territory.
(6) A request for extradition to a category 2 territory which is the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China is made in the approved way if it is made by or on behalf of the government of the Re-gion.
(7) A request for extradition to any other category 2 territory is made in the ap-proved way if it is made—
(a) by an authority of the territory which the Secretary of State believes has the function of making requests for extradition in that territory, or
(b) by a person recognised by the Secretary of State as a diplomatic or consu-lar representative of the territory.
(8) A certificate under this section must certify that the request is made in the approved way.
(9) If a certificate is issued under this section the Secretary of State must send these documents to the appropriate judge—
(a) the request;
(b) the certificate;
(c) a copy of any relevant Order in Council.
Asked by: David Drew (Labour (Co-op) - Stroud)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the guidance issued to the Chief Constables on the policing of local hunt gatherings.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The policing of hunt gatherings, and the provision of guidance on such matters, is an operational matter for the police. This is in line with their duties to keep the peace, protect communities and prevent the commission of offences, working within the provisions of the legal framework set by Parliament.