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Lord Lamont of Lerwick asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: I confirm that in my reply to the noble Lord, Lord Lamont of Lerwick on 6 June, my answer that no British citizen, of whom we were aware, in any European Union country had been held for three months without being charged, meant that each prisoner in each country had been charged with a crime constituting an offence in the country in question.
Lord Lamont of Lerwick asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Lord Lamont of Lerwick asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Lord Lamont of Lerwick asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Baroness Williams of Crosby asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: The UK has stressed to the Ethiopian Government, at the highest level, that the decision of the Boundary Commission is legally binding and should be complied with. We have stressed to the Eritrean Government, again at the highest level, the importance of engaging in a political dialogue with Ethiopia to facilitate the normalisation of relations.
Lord Lester of Herne Hill asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Scotland of Asthal): The Government do have such capacity and means, in as much as they are able to seek information from contacts in the European Commission and other European organisations.
However, legislative arrangements vary from member state to member state and each member state will have to implement the directive in the way most appropriate to its own arrangements. The position on colour in the other states does not necessarily have an impact on, or relevance to, the position in the UK.
Lord Tebbit asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Scotland of Asthal: Following the European Court of Justice case of Surinder Singh, which was delivered in 1992, the non-EEA family member of a British national, who has legally resided in another member state, may claim a right to enter and remain in the UK under EC law instead of the UK's Immigration Rules. In the European Court of Justice case of Akrich, the court was asked to determine whether a member state could refuse to apply the Surinder Singh judgment to a British citizen who had deliberately moved to another member state with the express intention of creating an initial right of residence in the UK for their third country national spouse.
The court found that third country national spouses of EU nationals can only benefit from EC law if they have legally resided in another EU state before they first came to the UK.
This court ruling supports the UK's view that third country nationals who are illegally in the UK, and marry British citizens, should not be able to use EC law to remain here. It will allow the UK to continue to be able to apply its national immigration legislation in such cases.
Baroness David asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Scotland of Asthal: In accordance with Section 20(5) of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, I have placed the committee's annual report for 2002 in the Library today. The report includes the committee's consideration of particular licence applications and its consideration of enforcement and compliance issues.
Lord Avebury asked Her Majesty's Government:
Baroness Scotland of Asthal: I do not know whether it will prove practicable to obtain the information, but we will look into the matter and I will write to the noble Lord as soon as possible.
Baroness David asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Minister of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (Lord Rooker): Supporting People programme went live on 1 April. The programme provides services which help vulnerable peopleincluding victims of domestic violence, older people and teenage parentslive independently in their accommodation.
The Government have today announced a grant allocation of £1.8 billion for the first year of the programme. Officials will be writing to local authorities individually to confirm allocations for 200304.
The Government have also set up an independent review to gauge the true picture of how the funding is being utilised. The review will report by Christmas and will inform local authority budget allocation decisions for the next financial year.
This review is in the context of the growth of the transitional housing benefit element of Supporting People, which has increased by £400 million from the original estimates by local authorities, which were announced in February. In all there are now an estimated 250,000 units of housing support, excluding sheltered and community alarms, compared to fewer than 100,000 estimated in 2000.
The review will specifically consider:
Lord Peston asked Her Majesty's Government:
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Bach): The following key targets have been set for the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory for financial year 200304:
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