Session 2017-19 Wednesday No. 56 24 January 2018 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) HOUSE OF LORDS WRITTEN STATEMENTS AND WRITTEN ANSWERS Written Statements ................................ ................ 1 Written Answers ................................ ..................... 2 [I] indicates that the member concerned has a relevant registered interest. The full register of interests can be found at http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-interests/register-of-lords-interests/ Members who want a printed copy of Written Answers and Written Statements should notify the Printed Paper Office. This printed edition is a reproduction of the original text of Answers and Statements, which can be found on the internet at http://www.parliament.uk/writtenanswers/. Ministers and others who make Statements or answer Questions are referred to only by name, not their ministerial or other title. The current list of ministerial and other responsibilities is as follows. Minister Responsibilities Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal Earl Howe Minister of State, Ministry of Defence and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords Lord Agnew of Oulton Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Lord Ashton of Hyde Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Lord Bates Minister of State, Department for International Development Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Wales Office Baroness Buscombe Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions Lord Callanan Minister of State, Department for Exiting the European Union Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen Whip Earl of Courtown Deputy Chief Whip Lord Duncan of Springbank Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office and Scotland Office Baroness Fairhead Minister of State, Department for International Trade Lord Gardiner of Kimble Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Baroness Goldie Whip Lord Henley Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Lord Keen of Elie Advocate-General for Scotland and Ministry of Justice Spokesperson Lord O'Shaughnessy Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Care Baroness Stedman-Scott Whip Baroness Sugg Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport, Whip Lord Taylor of Holbeach Chief Whip Baroness Vere of Norbiton Whip Baroness Williams of Trafford Minister of State, Home Office Lord Young of Cookham Whip Viscount Younger of Leckie Whip © Parliamentary Copyright House of Lords 2018 This publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Open Parliament licence, which is published at www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/ Written Statements 24 January 2018 Page 1 The Government intends to legislate to establish a Written Statements public register of beneficial owners of non-UK entities that own or buy UK property, or which participate in UK Wednesday, 24 January 2018 Government procurement. It will publish a draft Bill before the summer recess this year. This will be a Overseas Entity Beneficial Ownership: UK significant piece of legislation that delivers a streamlined Public Register policy, consistent across the UK, where currently the [HLWS417] Land Registries for England and Wales, for Scotland and for Northern Ireland have taken different approaches to Lord Henley: My hon friend Andrew Griffiths, the land registration and registration of overseas entities. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has made the following The Government intends to introduce the Bill to written ministerial statement: Parliament early in the second session. Following Royal Assent and the making of secondary legislation, the I am today confirming to Parliament the Government’s Government intends that the register will be operational in timetable for implementation of its policy to achieve 2021. greater transparency around foreign entities that own or buy property in the UK or participate in UK Government Separately, I will be publishing a response to my procurement. This will set down in legislation the Department’s call for evidence last year on this policy commitment made at the 2016 Anti-Corruption Summit very shortly that will provide more detail on responses and reaffirmed in the UK’s Anti-Corruption Strategy, received and our proposed approach. published in December. Page 2 24 January 2018 Written Answers Written Answers The Answer includes the following attached material: Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia 2020 [PM_Dementia- Wednesday, 24 January 2018 main_acc (1).pdf] The material can be viewed online at: Aviation: Safety http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions- answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2018-01-15/HL4684 Asked by Lord Razzall To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they Asylum plan to negotiate continued membership of the Asked by Lord Roberts of Llandudno European Aviation Safety Agency after Brexit. [HL4603] To ask Her Majesty's Government what efforts are being made to organise safe routes for asylum seekers, Asked by Lord Razzall avoiding dangerous sea crossings. [HL4845] To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they Baroness Williams of Trafford: We operate four intend to put in place after Brexit to ensure equivalent resettlement schemes, working closely with the United air safety standards with the EU in the event of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to provide safe discontinuation of membership of the European and legal routes to the UK for the most vulnerable Aviation Safety Agency. [HL4604] refugees: Gateway, Mandate, the Vulnerable Persons Baroness Sugg: The Government is considering Resettlement scheme and the Vulnerable Children’s carefully all the potential implications arising from the Resettlement scheme. UK’s exit from the EU, including the implications for The UK supports the principle that those in need of continued or discontinued participation in the European international protection should claim in the first safe Aviation Safety Agency. country they arrive. The UK Government has committed It is the Government’s intention to maintain more than £2.46 billion in response to the conflict in consistently high standards of aviation safety once we Syria. We have also allocated more than £100 million have left the EU. assistance in response to the Mediterranean migration As part of the exit negotiations the Government will crisis, mostly within Europe. The Prime Minister discuss with the EU and Member States how best to announced a further £75 million for the Central continue cooperation in the field of aviation safety and Mediterranean migration fund in July 2017 standards. We have a comprehensive framework for refugees and their families to be safely reunited in the UK. Our family Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease reunion policy allows immediate family members of those granted protection here to reunite with them. The Asked by The Marquess of Lothian Immigration Rules also provide for relatives with protection in the UK to sponsor children in serious and To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are compelling circumstances. This policy is designed to taking to support research and drug development for provide a safe and legal route for close, dependent family Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease; and what members to join their refugee family in the UK, avoiding assessment they have made of Pfizer’s recent decision the need for them to make dangerous journeys to seek to end funding for research into both diseases. [HL4684] protection. Lord O'Shaughnessy: The Government’s 2020 The UK continues to actively support the UN Dementia Challenge is galvanising dementia and negotiations on the Migration and Refugee Compacts; our neurodegeneration research including into Alzheimer’s aim is to ensure these focus on supporting refugees and and Parkinson’s disease. The National Institute for Health migrants closer to home, preventing dangerous journeys, Research, which is funded through the Department, is tackling smuggling, as well as encouraging more playing a central role in ensuring the success of this resettlement globally. strategy. The Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia 2020 Implementation Plan, sets out how funding partners, Asylum: Fees and Charges including from Government, the life sciences industry and charities, will make this the best country in the world for Asked by Lord Roberts of Llandudno dementia and neurodegeneration research. A copy of the To ask Her Majesty's Government what application Implementation Plan is attached. Researchers need targets fees, if any, give potential asylum seekers more rapid to develop drugs and treatments. Whilst it is inevitable progress through the UK's asylum process. [HL4848] that companies such as Pfizer will disinvest from unpromising approaches, research to better understand Baroness Williams of Trafford: There are no fees for disease processes will lead to identification of new targets asylum applications and no provision to pay for an for the development of drugs and other treatments. expedited service. Written Answers 24 January 2018 Page 3 Aviation: Northern Cyprus Bahrain: Finance Asked by Lord Ahmed Asked by Lord Scriven To ask Her Majesty's