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Westminster Hall
Palestinians: Visa Scheme - Mon 13 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: John Cryer (Lab - Leyton and Wanstead) When there were crises in Afghanistan, Ukraine and Hong Kong, schemes, whatever their merits, were set - Speech Link
2: Cat Smith (Lab - Lancaster and Fleetwood) It seems clear to me that events in recent years in Ukraine, Gaza, Afghanistan and beyond mean that, - Speech Link
3: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) Where Afghanistan and Hong Kong were concerned, we had particular historic and moral responsibilities - Speech Link
4: Tulip Siddiq (Lab - Hampstead and Kilburn) My mother came to this country as a political asylum seeker in the 1970s, because this country—our country - Speech Link
5: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) As I say, they are critical to identity assurance and suitability checks on foreign nationals subject - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Inadmissible Asylum Seekers - Thu 09 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) is a safe third country? - Speech Link
2: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) Where possible I have tried to use Home Office figures. - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) manifestly well-founded asylum claims from legacy claimants of certain nationalities, such as those from Afghanistan - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Defence - Tue 07 May 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) , the argument I made at Lancaster House—is that this is not just something that impacts on foreign nationals - Speech Link
2: John Healey (Lab - Wentworth and Dearne) They defend the country. They are essential to our national resilience at home. - Speech Link
3: Mark Francois (Con - Rayleigh and Wickford) Given the concentration, over more than 20 years, on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, we effectively - Speech Link
4: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) We know that the USSR withdrew from Afghanistan after 15,000 Soviet soldiers were killed. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Human Rights: Consular Services - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Christine Jardine (LD - Edinburgh West) legal guarantee that any British citizen will have the right to assistance from the consulate in the country - Speech Link
2: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) We provide tailored information for each country on the local prison and judicial systems for detained - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 15 Apr 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Henry Smith (Con - Crawley) What recent progress his Department has made on returning illegal migrants to their home country. - Speech Link
2: Jessica Morden (Lab - Newport East) The courts want him returned home. - Speech Link
3: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) United Kingdom to offer humanitarian visas to people caught up in the conflicts in Ukraine, Syria and Afghanistan - Speech Link
4: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) will not give a running commentary on ongoing litigation, but I can say that we are supporting British nationals - Speech Link
5: Lindsay Hoyle (Spk - Chorley) I call the shadow Home Secretary. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Report stage - Mon 04 Mar 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) curative primary and secondary healthcare services that are at least of the standard available to Rwandan nationals - Speech Link
2: Lord Murray of Blidworth (Con - Life peer) Indeed, it is very much felt in the region that gay people are at home there. - Speech Link
3: Lord German (LD - Life peer) I ask noble Lords to imagine if someone from Afghanistan who got to this country, who would have qualified - Speech Link
4: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) in Afghanistan that my noble friend outlined, should be deported. - Speech Link
5: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) In effect, this would be considering a protection claim for a third-country national whose home country - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ceasefire in Gaza - Wed 21 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) We continue to call for the immediate release of all hostages, including British nationals and their - Speech Link
2: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) We have to pull together in this country. - Speech Link
3: Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) Both she and I can conclude only that the lack of similar support to refugees first from Afghanistan - Speech Link
4: Christian Wakeford (Lab - Bury South) at the kibbutz.I also want to mention events closer to home. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage part one - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Lab - Life peer) Many of those fleeing Afghanistan are Hazara. - Speech Link
2: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con - Life peer) The noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, refers to the Home Office. - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) or their home country where it is safe to do so.I reassure noble Lords that the welfare of a family - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) stages (as relevant to their age and needs) that is at least of the standard that is accorded to Rwandan nationals - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage - Wed 14 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) Some of these very brave men and their families and dependants are hiding in Afghanistan, and others - Speech Link
2: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) in Afghanistan in the face of great personal danger. - Speech Link
3: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) House when we were voting on the trafficking amendments to the Illegal Migration Bill that only British nationals - Speech Link
4: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Lab - Life peer) It spoke about how foreign nationals in particular were being gathered together in detention. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage - Mon 12 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Falconer of Thoroton (Lab - Life peer) sent to Rwanda, where I may get tortured or killed, then I have a ground, but if I am from Syria or Afghanistan - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) Suella Braverman, the then Home Secretary, declined to appear before the Select Committee. - Speech Link
3: None This evidence draws on a wide range of sources in addition to the institutional expertise of the Home - Speech Link
4: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) Under the treaty, judges who are not Rwandan nationals will have to be trained on Rwandan law, not UK - Speech Link
5: None The largest number of asylum seekers who come crossing in small boats come from Afghanistan and Syria - Speech Link