Jan. 16 2024
Source Page: Table showing median gross hourly earnings of earnings of employees by nationality, January to December 2019, Annual Population Survey. 12p.Found: Malawi*Malaysia17.71Maldives*Mali*Malta*Martinique*Mauritania*Mauritius*Mexico*Monaco*Mongolia*Moldova*Montenegro
Asked by: Lord Blencathra (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their response to the Council of Europe report on the observation of the 2023 presidential election in Montenegro.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK welcomes the Council of Europe's (CoE) Report on the Presidential elections in Montenegro. Election monitoring is a vital tool for promoting and encouraging democracy. The UK contributed to the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) observer mission to Montenegro's Presidential elections. We also supported a local Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) which reported irregularities and broadcast an early results forecast, contributing to the integrity of the election. We will provide ongoing support for electoral reform analysis. The UK will continue to encourage Montenegro to strengthen electoral practices in line with ODIHR and CoE recommendations.
Asked by: Lord Wasserman (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 26 October (HL10597), in how many countries there is a legal requirement to uprate the UK State Pensions paid to those UK pensioners who live there; and which countries they are.
Answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions, without regard to nationality, and the amount is based on an individual’s National Insurance record. UK State Pensions are up-rated overseas only where there is a legal requirement to do so. The Government has no plans to change this policy.
People who live outside the UK will not receive an increase in their State Pension unless they live in:
- an EEA country or Switzerland; or
- a country with which DWP have a reciprocal agreement that allows for it. These countries are:
*Following the break-up of Yugoslavia, the UK agreement with former Yugoslavia now covers Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia.
Oct. 19 2011
Source Page: Table showing the monthly number of removals and voluntary departures from the United Kingdom, by country of destination between May 2010 and June 2011. 4 p.Found: Arabia23.028.017.019.048.033.013.020.011.037.017.012.014.011.0Senegal9.03.04.04.03.02.07.03.09.01.04.00.00.02.0Serbia2.03.01.00.00.03.02.00.02.03.02.02.05.00.0Serbia and Montenegro
Apr. 17 2024
Source Page: Young people, especially women and girls, should be meaningfully included in discussions that affect their futures: UK statement at the UN Security CouncilFound: million to the Peacebuilding Fund since 2020, which has implemented youth-related projects, including in Montenegro
Apr. 29 2024
Source Page: Apply for a certificate to confirm you pay UK National Insurance when working in a country that has a social security agreement with the UK (CA9107)Found: Philippines Republics of former Yugoslavia (the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro
Jan. 24 2024
Source Page: Joint statement on strikes against Houthi military targets: 22 January 2024Found: Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro
Mar. 20 2024
Source Page: UN Human Rights Council 55: Joint Statement on Sudan Humanitarian AccessFound: Liechtenstein Belgium Austria Albania Luxembourg Ireland Poland Australia Malta Slovenia New Zealand Montenegro
Mentions:
1: Baroness Helic (Con - Life peer) accompanied by the movement of significant Serbian armed forces units to the border with Kosovo; not in Montenegro - Speech Link
2: Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab - Life peer) , as has been said by a number of colleagues, is playing a spoiling game, not only in Serbia but in Montenegro - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) dozen trips to the region since 2021; in the last month alone, the Minister for Europe has visited Montenegro - Speech Link
Feb. 29 2024
Source Page: Invocation of the OSCE Moscow Mechanism in respect of civilian detainees: Joint Statement, February 2024Found: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro