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Westminster Hall
Illegal Immigrants: Offshore Detention and Deportation - Mon 13 Jul 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Sarah Pochin (RUK - Runcorn and Helsby) year, and the Government still fail to monitor properly whether migrants leave the UK after their visas - Speech Link
2: Kieran Mullan (Con - Bexhill and Battle) However much people pretend otherwise, we clearly would have to refuse some of those applications. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Immigration and Asylum Bill
2nd reading - Mon 13 Jul 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham Ladywood) This autumn we will begin to take applications for our new community sponsored and study routes. - Speech Link
2: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) That includes people who came in on skilled worker visas sponsored by, among others, kebab shops and - Speech Link
3: Karen Bradley (Con - Staffordshire Moorlands) day on the number of people entering the country, the number who were in claims and the number of visas - Speech Link
4: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) On article 8, 382 applications under the ECHR were decided against the Government in the last 10 years - Speech Link
5: Wendy Morton (Con - Aldridge-Brownhills) On trust, one of the issues that my constituents have is with the sudden rise in planning applications - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 13 Jul 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab - Calder Valley) When she plans to announce the number of seasonal worker visas available for 2027. - Speech Link
2: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab - Calder Valley) On a recent visit to a vegetable farm, I was told that the numbers of seasonal worker visas are announced - Speech Link
3: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Stamford) However, its effectiveness should not be measured in visas granted, but in whether people are actually - Speech Link
4: Toby Perkins (Lab - Chesterfield) encouraged, but I have seen surprising cases in Chesterfield because of the number of familial applications - Speech Link
5: Alison Hume (Lab - Scarborough and Whitby) To stay afloat, the sector needs about 66 visas to be valid for just seven months of the year. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
The Space Economy (UK Engagement with Space Committee Report) - Thu 09 Jul 2026
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Lord Lansley (Con - Life peer) European Commission to do work on Copernicus data and how SMEs could use Copernicus data for many applications - Speech Link
2: Viscount Camrose (Con - Life peer) Investing in technologies with commercial and strategic applications both strengthens our resilience - Speech Link
3: Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab - Life peer) wider changes; for example, the announcements by the Chancellor under the Mansion House agreement, visas - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safe Refugee Routes for Students - Wed 08 Jul 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) However, at the moment, we have temporarily suspended the issuing of visas to those from Afghanistan, - Speech Link
2: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) conference on 26 June, by giving refugees study and named sponsorship routes, which will be open to applications - Speech Link
3: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) As I have said, the Government have decided to put a brake on all applications from nationals of Afghanistan - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Armed Forces Bill
2nd reading - Mon 06 Jul 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Non-affiliated - Life peer) with the increase of a few hundred for the UK Reserves; however, we should note that numbers of applications - Speech Link
2: Lord Morse (XB - Life peer) Local authorities may be able to seek relief under the new burdens rules, but most applications of this - Speech Link
3: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) He and the noble Baroness, Lady Penn, raised visas. - Speech Link
4: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) those issues in Committee.The noble Baroness, Lady Penn, heard me talk about some of the changes to visas - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Fishing Industry: Government Support - Wed 01 Jul 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) It is a real pleasure to work alongside him in addressing the issues of visas, quotas and many other - Speech Link
2: Stephen Morgan (Lab - Portsmouth South) Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) made some helpful points on immigration policy and visas. - Speech Link
3: Stephen Morgan (Lab - Portsmouth South) So far, we have received around 260 applications with a value of around £15 million in grants.Those are - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Armed Forces Bill
Report stage - Mon 22 Jun 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Jeremy Corbyn (YP - Islington North) Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018 is amended as follows.(2) In Table 9 (fees for applications - Speech Link
2: Judith Cummins (Lab - Bradford South) Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018 is amended as follows.(2) In Table 9 (fees for applications - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Social Housing Bill [HL]
Committee stage - Wed 17 Jun 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: None In these statistics, noble Lords will be able to find the number of right-to-buy applications and of - Speech Link
2: Baroness Thornhill (LD - Life peer) has been done on these aspects so I hope the Minister will update us, because I think the grant applications - Speech Link
3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Now that social landlords have much more access to online systems for checking applications on registers - Speech Link
4: Baroness Lawlor (Con - Life peer) Some 443,000 visas were granted last year. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
High Street Shops: Illicit Activity - Wed 17 Jun 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Ballinger (Lab - Halesowen) businesses before granting licences and permits, and local authorities have the power to refuse applications - Speech Link
2: Katie Lam (Con - Weald of Kent) investigation.Those shops might also help criminal gangs to bring people into this country by sponsoring their visas - Speech Link