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Commons Chamber
Immigration Policy - Mon 09 Mar 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North and Kimberley) At a 30-month review, refugees with a continuing need for protection will have that protection renewed - Speech Link
2: Roger Gale (Con - Herne Bay and Sandwich) They did not come here as asylum seekers; they came as refugees. - Speech Link
3: Afzal Khan (Lab - Manchester Rusholme) Instead, the discrimination and constant uncertainty make it harder for young refugees to learn, build - Speech Link
4: Manuela Perteghella (LD - Stratford-on-Avon) What progress has the Home Secretary made in establishing safe and legal routes for refugees, so that - Speech Link
5: Ayoub Khan (Ind - Birmingham Perry Barr) Why are we not dealing with the refugees—processing their applications, giving them training, putting - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Indefinite Leave to Remain - Mon 02 Feb 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Rebecca Long Bailey (Lab - Salford) Retain the five-year route to settlement, end retrospective changes, protect refugees and BNO families - Speech Link
2: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) I very much agree, and I add that surely we have a responsibility to stand with refugees fleeing appalling - Speech Link
3: Will Forster (LD - Woking) The Liberal Democrats urge the Government to take necessary steps to provide Ukrainian refugees in the - Speech Link
4: Matt Vickers (Con - Stockton West) I will carry on.Between 2015 and 2020, total grants of resettlement were never over 100,000. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
UK Development Partnership Assistance - Thu 29 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) own objectives.I have raised this before: in 2024, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees - Speech Link
2: Lord Lemos (Lab - Life peer) vital role in delivering essential services such as health and education to millions of Palestinian refugees - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 22 Jan 2026
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Warinder Juss (Lab - Wolverhampton West) years, the church of St Chad and St Mark in my Wolverhampton West constituency has welcomed Iranian refugees - Speech Link
2: Andrew Rosindell (RUK - Romford) remember that nearly a decade ago, on 17 November 2016, I asked a question on the subject of the resettlement - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Tue 20 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) committed to a future relationship that is built on trust.The treaty provides the only viable path to resettlement - Speech Link
2: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) need to respond to the points made.Of course, many groups support the deal, including the Chagos Refugees - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Rights of Women and Girls: Afghanistan - Mon 05 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Government-sponsored schemes—specialised, safe and legal routes—including the Afghan citizens resettlement - Speech Link
2: Alice Macdonald (LAB - Norwich North) As the Minister knows well, the crisis has been made worse by the return of Afghan refugees from Iran - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Report stage - Mon 05 Jan 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord De Mauley (Con - Excepted Hereditary) On resettlement, respondents asserted the importance of employment opportunities and infrastructure as - Speech Link
2: None Amendments 4, 27 and 41 relate to Chagossian resettlement. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Asylum Reforms: Protected Characteristics - Wed 17 Dec 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) worth noting that, eight years on from receiving asylum and the right to work, the average income of refugees - Speech Link
2: Carla Denyer (Green - Bristol Central) Requiring refugees—not asylum seekers who are waiting for their decision, but refugees who the Government - Speech Link
3: Will Forster (LD - Woking) Refugees with protected characteristics, such as disabled people, those who are pregnant, children and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
The UK’s Demographic Future - Thu 11 Dec 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con - Life peer) that aside, because of the level of press publicity, the man in the street will likely point to refugees - Speech Link
2: Lord Faulks (Non-affiliated - Life peer) We have an excellent history of accepting refugees. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) Refugees will be able to switch into a new bespoke work and study route to access family reunion and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 25 Nov 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: None It also places significant restrictions on the use of the outer islands to ensure that any resettlement - Speech Link
2: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Article 6 states that the Mauritian Government are“free to implement a programme of resettlement”.That - Speech Link
3: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (DUP - Life peer) The third issue is the rights of resettlement of Chagossians. - Speech Link
4: Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (Con - Life peer) As long as they were British citizens, there was always the possibility of resettlement, but we know - Speech Link
5: Lord Kempsell (Con - Life peer) The Government prayed in aid the notion of resettlement as one of their key motives for pursuing this - Speech Link