To match an exact phrase, use quotation marks around the search term. eg. "Parliamentary Estate". Use "OR" or "AND" as link words to form more complex queries.


View sample alert

Keep yourself up-to-date with the latest developments by exploring our subscription options to receive notifications direct to your inbox

Lords Chamber
Non-crime Hate Incidents - Mon 27 Oct 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Strasburger (LD - Life peer) target of the complaint may never know that a hate incident has been logged and that their future applications - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Black History Month - Thu 23 Oct 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) There is still a significant issue with the refusal of visitor visas for people from countries where - Speech Link
2: Ben Coleman (Lab - Chelsea and Fulham) They are specific, but as I say, I think they have some universal applications. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Sentencing Bill
Committee of the whole House - Tue 21 Oct 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Caroline Nokes (Con - Romsey and Southampton North) deadlines set out in subsection (2B) of this section.’”This new clause would extend the deadline for applications - Speech Link
2: None information will allow Parliament and the public to see whether our systems for managing migration and visas - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Musical Instrument Certificates - Mon 20 Oct 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Keeley (Lab - Life peer) the EU, because since Brexit, UK musicians touring the EU have had many extra costs, including for visas - Speech Link
2: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) between two options: a cost of £61 for all permits and certificates, or a charge of £200 for all applications - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Asylum Seekers: Support and Accommodation - Mon 20 Oct 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Richard Foord (LD - Honiton and Sidmouth) In the year ending March 2025, the UK issued 875,000 visas for work, study and family purposes—legal - Speech Link
2: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Lab - Clapham and Brixton Hill) Too often those on other visas are conflated with those seeking asylum just to help create a negative - Speech Link
3: Jonathan Brash (Lab - Hartlepool) It is worth noting that, in 2024, the UK had fewer asylum applications than Germany, France, Italy or - Speech Link
4: Will Forster (LD - Woking) Secondly, we would process applications swiftly and deport those with no right to stay. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Music and Dance Schools: Affordable Access - Thu 16 Oct 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Black of Brentwood (Con - Life peer) Last year 123 applications for the BMus course at the RSM came from the MDS schools, resulting in 73 - Speech Link
2: Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie (Con - Life peer) dancers as critical to economic growth, as they are included in the list of priority professions for visas - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ukraine - Wed 15 Oct 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley) As she will know, the Government have set out provision for the extension of the visas. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Refugee Family Reunion Scheme - Tue 14 Oct 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) We have to examine the reason for the significant drive in family reunion applications over the last - Speech Link
2: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) respect on these issues, that, as he knows, between January 2015 and June 2025, 83,179 family reunion visas - Speech Link
3: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) the increase has happened; to look at the pressures that have brought, potentially, 18% of reunion visas - Speech Link
4: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) The applications in the system will still be considered, but post 4 September to the end of our review - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Committee stage part two - Mon 13 Oct 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None Amendment 192 sets out clear restrictions on visas and the granting of indefinite leave to remain. - Speech Link
2: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) Lord, Lord Davies, that this is not the correct legislation for a debate about the requirements for visas - Speech Link
3: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) Issues to do with applications of Articles 3 and 8 are causing some challenges.That does not mean we - Speech Link
4: None Many of them are made up of entrants who were formerly on student visas and who then claim asylum. - Speech Link
5: Lord Murray of Blidworth (Con - Life peer) The statistics clearly show that the abuse of student visas by people who come here, have a period as - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Committee stage part one - Mon 13 Oct 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Dubs (Lab - Life peer) There is an important principle here, but in practice it would affect fewer than 2,000 visas in the first - Speech Link
2: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (XB - Life peer) As I understand it, applications submitted before 1 September are being handled—perhaps the Minister - Speech Link
3: Baroness Lawlor (Con - Life peer) Does my noble friend consider that the fee of £700 that we now charge those on student visas for access - Speech Link
4: Lord German (LD - Life peer) If we look at the background of the present system, we find that 91% of all visas granted since 2010 - Speech Link
5: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) The Home Office is already processing record numbers of applications, with finite resources. - Speech Link