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Lords Chamber
Ukraine - Fri 25 Feb 2022
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Baroness Goldie (CON - Life peer) In recent weeks, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary and the Defence Secretary have all been engaged - Speech Link
2: Lord Robathan (CON - Life peer) Like all bullies, he senses our weakness; he laughs his socks off as we gaze at our navels and emote - Speech Link
3: Lord Hannay of Chiswick (CB - Life peer) Of course, Ukrainians will need all the humanitarian help we can give them, and Ukrainian asylum seekers - Speech Link
4: Baroness Ludford (LDEM - Life peer) This is an occasion when the cut in the aid budget is felt most acutely. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Goudie (LAB - Life peer) I hope all the international aid, and aid from this country, has a gender and family lens.We must ensure - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Migrant Crossings: Role of the Military - Tue 18 Jan 2022
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: James Heappey (CON - Wells) to civilian authorities process. - Speech Link
2: John Healey (LAB - Wentworth and Dearne) What military accommodation will be used to house and process migrants? - Speech Link
3: James Heappey (CON - Wells) That is all part of the ongoing military estimate. - Speech Link
4: Philip Hollobone (CON - Kettering) The only way this will work is if the Royal Navy intercepts asylum seekers and returns them to France - Speech Link
5: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) seekers and refugees? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Nationality and Borders Bill
2nd reading - Wed 05 Jan 2022
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (CON - Life peer) processed.Thirdly, failed asylum seekers and foreign criminals cannot be allowed to stay here indefinitely - Speech Link
2: Lord Paddick (LDEM - Life peer) Covid may have impacted the Home Office’s ability to process claims, but the number of asylum seekers - Speech Link
3: Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate (CON - Life peer) Essentially, according to this Bill, all asylum seekers are therefore to be deemed illegal and we would - Speech Link
4: Lord Liddle (LAB - Life peer) We have made what I regard as unacceptable cuts in our foreign aid budget, but if we are making cuts - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
English Channel Small Boats Incident - Thu 25 Nov 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Martyn Day (SNP - Linlithgow and East Falkirk) Lady commit to ending all discussion of the UK using dangerous and life-threatening push-back tactics - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) Those asylum seekers are desperate people trying to survive in this world. - Speech Link
3: Priti Patel (CON - Witham) the country who are not genuine asylum seekers—who are masquerading as asylum seekers. - Speech Link
4: Priti Patel (CON - Witham) We also seek to change our laws so that individuals are not constantly using the appeals process and - Speech Link
5: Richard Holden (CON - North West Durham) criminals and failed asylum seekers. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Nationality and Borders Bill
2nd reading (day 1) - Mon 19 Jul 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Priti Patel (CON - Witham) asylum seekers from our shores. - Speech Link
2: Lee Anderson (CON - Ashfield) They are not genuine asylum seekers. - Speech Link
3: Jonathan Gullis (CON - Stoke-on-Trent North) UK, housing more than 1,000 asylum seekers. - Speech Link
4: Patrick Grady (IND - Glasgow North) Perhaps some of the asylum seekers in the hon. - Speech Link
5: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) seekers for exercising their legal right to seek asylum; you will process traumatised asylum seekers - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Better Jobs and a Fair Deal at Work - Wed 12 May 2021
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Edward Leigh (CON - Gainsborough) All the pressure on my right hon. - Speech Link
2: Rachel Reeves (LAB - Leeds West) Creating good jobs in all parts of our country, for all people; tackling the climate emergency; making - Speech Link
3: Christine Jardine (LDEM - Edinburgh West) One is giving asylum seekers in this country the right to work. - Speech Link
4: Christian Matheson (LAB - City of Chester) will need to be paid off. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Debate on the Address - Tue 11 May 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Boris Johnson (CON - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) This is a massive problem, which the Government are undertaking to deal with using all our resources. - Speech Link
2: Peter Bottomley (CON - Worthing West) When the Chancellor had to come to the House and announce he was cutting the official overseas aid budget - Speech Link
3: Theresa May (CON - Maidenhead) on reducing poverty and alleviating human suffering.”The aid budget would have been cut significantly - Speech Link
4: Ed Davey (LDEM - Kingston and Surbiton) Relations with the developing world: slash our aid budget in the middle of a global pandemic. - Speech Link
5: Lee Anderson (CON - Ashfield) This is excellent news for genuine asylum seekers who do need our help.Our brave ex-servicemen should - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Channel Crossings in Small Boats - Wed 02 Sep 2020
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Owen Thompson (SNP - Midlothian) With reports that the UK Government are planning to reduce or scrap their overseas aid budget, will the - Speech Link
2: Chris Philp (CON - Croydon South) Work with the overseas aid budget is an important part of that, but so is trade. - Speech Link
3: Tom Hunt (CON - Ipswich) system, such as repeated asylum claims on different grounds, and consider the wisdom of using taxpayers - Speech Link
4: Alan Brown (SNP - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) Will he apologise for demonising both asylum seekers and lawyers acting on their behalf in saying that - Speech Link
5: Chris Philp (CON - Croydon South) children and asylum seekers more generally. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Food Supply and Security - Thu 14 May 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Boycott (CB - Life peer) We must stop spending 98.5% of all the food advertising budget on processed food. - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) Will the Government also urgently look again at relaxing work prohibitions on asylum seekers who are - Speech Link
3: Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated - Life peer) I am very conscious of all that has been said and am taking back all the comments made. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Boycott (CB - Life peer) It is a magical substance that enables us all, and all our fellow creatures, to live and thrive. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Refugees and Human Rights - Wed 24 Jan 2018
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Alistair Burt (CON - North East Bedfordshire) It is important to cut off and prevent the process. - Speech Link
2: Alistair Burt (CON - North East Bedfordshire) We are using all our diplomatic tools to call on all parties to protect civilians from harm, to open - Speech Link
3: Kevin Foster (CON - Torbay) , which is where our aid budget comes in. - Speech Link
4: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) Seekers Support Network, a charity that works tirelessly to support asylum seekers in Leeds and for - Speech Link