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Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 16 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Marco Longhi (Con - Dudley North) This week Care4Calais, a pro-asylum seeker British charity, contacted me to ask for my support for its - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Illegal Migration Act: Northern Ireland - Wed 15 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None operational plans to send illegal migrants to Rwanda this July or the lawfulness of our Safety of Rwanda (Asylum - Speech Link
2: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) confirm that, if this Belfast judgment stands, we will be in the chaotic and damaging situation of asylum - Speech Link
3: Lord Dubs (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, in the meantime, what is the position of asylum seekers in Northern Ireland who no longer come - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
No Recourse to Public Funds - Wed 15 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) Wales has been described, and rightly so, as an “advice desert”, with no immigration and asylum legal - Speech Link
2: Ian Byrne (Lab - Liverpool, West Derby) Why do the Government not give people seeking asylum the right to work, so that they can contribute to - Speech Link
3: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) I would argue that the policy on asylum seekers’ right to work achieves the right balance. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Criminal Justice Bill
Report stage (day 1) - Wed 15 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Roger Gale (Con - North Thanet) to UK prisons and escort arrangements under amendments to the Prisons Act made by the Immigration, Asylum - Speech Link
2: Alex Cunningham (Lab - Stockton North) inspect escort arrangements were made by amendments to the Prisons Act in section 46 of the Immigration, Asylum - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 14 May 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) to lawyers on the potential implications for the criminal justice process of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum - Speech Link
2: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) Lady asks about the implications for the criminal justice system of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and - Speech Link
3: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) We have taken action to broaden access in immigration and asylum cases by: uplifting fees for work done - Speech Link
4: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) and that it has significant concern“in relation to future availability of counsel”in immigration and asylum - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Illegal Migration Act: Northern Ireland - Tue 14 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) operational plans to send illegal migrants to Rwanda this July or the lawfulness of our Safety of Rwanda (Asylum - Speech Link
2: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) operational plans to send illegal migrants to Rwanda this July or the lawfulness of our Safety of Rwanda (Asylum - Speech Link
3: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberavon) the Illegal Migration Act was the second of three Bills, all of which had one goal in mind—sending asylum - Speech Link
4: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) They would also do a deal with the European Union—one that will not stop the boats—taking 100,000 asylum - Speech Link
5: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Belfast City Council has the second highest number of asylum seekers in all of the United Kingdom; that - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Apsana Begum (Lab - Poplar and Limehouse) killed, displaced and starved with impunity, and indeed, so that they can be denied assistance and asylum - Speech Link
2: Kate Hollern (Lab - Blackburn) Can they claim asylum in the UK? No, because they must be physically present to do so. - Speech Link
3: 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
4: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) West London Welcome, run by Joanne MacInnes and Leyla Williams, caters to a wide range of asylum seekers - Speech Link
5: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) One applied for asylum back in December 2022 and is still waiting for a response. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 09 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Marco Longhi (Con - Dudley North) I have stopped the large number of so-called asylum seekers from attending my surgeries, and I have instructed - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
BBC Mid-term Charter Review - Thu 09 May 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: William Cash (Con - Stone) prevails, as demonstrated by the editor of the “Today” programme.Mosey also refers to the issue of asylum - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifth sitting)
Committee stage: 5th sitting - Thu 09 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: None We know that the highest rise in smoking in our communities right now is among asylum seekers and refugees - Speech Link