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Upcoming Business – Lords: Main Chamber (6 June 2013)

EU Committee report on the EU’s approach to migration and mobility – Lord Hannay of Chiswick. Debate

Upcoming Business – Lords: Grand Committee (4 June 2013)

Accession of Croatia (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2013 – Lord Taylor of Holbeach. Orders and Regulations

Upcoming Business – Lords: Grand Committee (4 June 2013)

Extradition Act 2003 (Amendment to Designations) Order 2013 – Lord Taylor of Holbeach. Orders and Regulations

Upcoming Business – Lords: Grand Committee (4 June 2013)

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to immigration officers and designated customs officials in England and Wales) Order 2013 – Lord Taylor of Holbeach. Orders and Regulations

Written Answers — House of Lords: Alcohol: Licensing (22 May 2013)

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: No licensing authorities have yet introduced a late night levy or an early morning restriction order. These measures were introduced in October last year and many licensing authorities are considering how they could benefit their areas. Newcastle and Milton Keynes have started consulting on whether to introduce a late night levy, while several licensing authorities, including Blackpool and...

Sexual Offences: Investigation and Prosecution — Question (21 May 2013)

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: My Lords, sexual abuse in whatever shape or form is abhorrent and we rightly expect all agencies to learn the lessons from the horrendous cases that we have seen recently. Nationally, a joint inspection programme is being planned by Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and the constabulary that will look at child sexual abuse and exploitation and this will address how...

Sexual Offences: Investigation and Prosecution — Question (21 May 2013)

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: The noble and learned Lord makes a very powerful case for working together across government. I think that noble Lords will know that bodies are already in place and that we already have a very considerable focus on child protection in this country. However, there has been a failure, and a failure to recognise the reality that many of these young people have experienced. That has been exposed...

Sexual Offences: Investigation and Prosecution — Question (21 May 2013)

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: I think that all agencies are now very much on the alert. However, we are in effect looking back and trying to recover a situation that should never have got to this point. The intention of government should be to ensure that this does not happen again. Anyone whose job involves the protection of children should be alert to this fact. That includes local authorities, the police and those who...

Sexual Offences: Investigation and Prosecution — Question (21 May 2013)

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: My Lords, my right honourable friend the Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice, Damian Green, has set up a group designed to ensure that this is the case and that the police forces themselves are aware of the difficulties and the need to lend a positive ear to complaints from young children. My noble friend makes a very good point—that the point of failure in the system is that...

Sexual Offences: Investigation and Prosecution — Question (21 May 2013)

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: My Lords, I have in fact got a figure and it is a dramatic one: 2,409 children and young people were confirmed victims of sexual exploitation by either gangs or groups during the 14-month period from August 2010 to October 2011. Those figures speak for themselves and to the scale of what is being dealt with. I assure noble Lords that this Government are focusing their attention on the issue...

Previous Business – Lords: Grand Committee (21 May 2013)

Draft Police Act 1997 (Criminal Record Certificates: Relevant Matters) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2013; Draft Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2013 – Lord Taylor of Holbeach. Orders and Regulations

Written Answers — House of Lords: Asylum Seekers (21 May 2013)

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: The review of asylum support has taken into account the views and evidence from a range of sources including the “Still Human, Still Here” coalition of non-governmental organisations which represents more than 50 organisations, and from the Children’s Society. It has also taken account the evidence presented to the recent parliamentary inquiry into asylum support, which...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Asylum Seekers: Children (21 May 2013)

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: The Government are in the process of completing an internal review of asylum support rates, which has taken into account the report by the parliamentary inquiry into asylum support for children and young people. Ministers have undertaken to announce the result of the review once it has been completed.

Written Answers — House of Lords: British Citizenship (21 May 2013)

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: Revised Life in the UK tests based on the new Life in the UK handbook, began on 25 March. The majority of feedback received has been positive. The Government do not share Dr Brooks’ view that the handbook goes too far by including information about British culture and history at the expense of practical knowledge. The test is one of the ways in which those applying for permanent...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Immigration: Unaccompanied Children (21 May 2013)

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: We do not hold data on the number of unaccompanied children who were intercepted at Greater London and south-east regional ports in 2012. We have taken this to include the following ports—Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted, Luton, London City, Southend and St Pancras International. We know the number of non-British children who were intercepted and subject to further examination at the border....

Written Answers — House of Lords: Migrant Domestic Workers (21 May 2013)

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: Kalayaan’s report is based on the experiences of 29 overseas domestic workers who have approached them for advice and support and who have come to the UK since the route was reformed in April 2012. In 2012, 15,553 visas were issued to overseas domestic workers coming to work in private households. Therefore the individuals approaching Kalayaan represent only a very small proportion of...

Written Answers — House of Lords: North Korea (21 May 2013)

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: The Home Office does not have any specific policies to promote the integration of refugees, and no longer funds any standalone refugee integration activity. However, all individuals granted refugee status have full entitlement to access public funds and services. In partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Home Office operates the Gateway resettlement...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Immigration (20 May 2013)

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: The family Immigration Rules relating to non-European Economic Area nationals implemented on 9 July 2012 are intended to prevent burdens on the taxpayer, promote integration and tackle abuse, as reflected in the impact assessment and policy equality statement published on 13 June 2012. The Government will keep the impact of the rules in achieving these objectives and more generally on...

Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: Criminal Records Bureau: Annual Report and Accounts (20 May 2013)

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: The 2012 annual report and accounts for the Criminal Records Bureau for the eight-month period up to 1 December 2012 is being laid before the House today and published on www.gov.uk. Copies will be available in the Vote Office.

Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: DNA and Fingerprints (20 May 2013)

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: There has been significant progress in preparation for the commencement of the DNA and fingerprint provisions in Part 1, Chapter 1 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. To date, 1,136,000 DNA profiles belonging to innocent individuals have been deleted from the National DNA Database. Some 6,341,000 DNA samples containing sensitive biological material that are no longer needed as a DNA...