The first duty of the government is to keep citizens safe and the country secure. The Home Office has been at the front line of this endeavour since 1782. As such, the Home Office plays a fundamental role in the security and economic prosperity of the United Kingdom.
Oral Answers to Questions is a regularly scheduled appearance where the Secretary of State and junior minister will answer at the Dispatch Box questions from backbench MPs
Other Commons Chamber appearances can be:Westminster Hall debates are performed in response to backbench MPs or e-petitions asking for a Minister to address a detailed issue
Written Statements are made when a current event is not sufficiently significant to require an Oral Statement, but the House is required to be informed.
| Date | Type | Title |
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| Jul. 13 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Jul. 22 | Urgent Questions | Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia Report |
| Mar. 18 | Westminster Hall | Organised Crime in Rural Areas |
| Jul. 21 | Adjournment Debate | Misuse of Nitrous Oxide |
| Title | Last Event | Next Event Date | Last Updated | |
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| Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) Act 2020 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 8 June, 2020 | 24 Jun 2020, 5:38 p.m. | ||
| To provide for the payment out of money provided by Parliament of expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State or a government department under, or in connection with, the Windrush Compensation Scheme. | ||||
| Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Bill [HL] 2019-21 | Programme motion: House of Commons 22 June, 2020 | 7 Jul 2020, 12:34 a.m. | ||
| A bill to create a power of arrest, without warrant, for the purpose of extraditing people for serious offences | ||||
| Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill 2019-21 | 2nd reading (Minutes of (Proceedings): House of Lords 22 July, 2020 |
Committee stage: House of Lords 7 Sep 2020 |
31 Jul 2020, 7:25 p.m. | |
| A Bill to make provision to end rights to free movement of persons under retained EU law and to repeal other retained EU law relating to immigration; to confer power to modify retained direct EU legislation relating to social security co-ordination; and for connected purposes. | ||||
| Domestic Abuse Bill 2019-21 | 1st reading (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 7 July, 2020 | 15 Jul 2020, 9:33 p.m. | ||
| To make provision in relation to domestic abuse; to make provision for and in connection with the establishment of a Domestic Abuse Commissioner; to prohibit cross-examination in person in family proceedings in certain circumstances; to make provision about certain violent or sexual offences, and offences involving other abusive behaviour, committed outside the United Kingdom; and for connected purposes. | ||||
| Fire Safety Bill 2019-21 | Committee Debate: 2nd sitting: House of Commons 25 June, 2020 (1) (2) | 21 Jul 2020, 9:14 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to make provision about the application of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 where a building contains two or more sets of domestic premises; and to confer power to amend that order in future for the purposes of changing the premises to which it applies. | ||||
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Laid 3 Aug 2020 In Force 24 Aug 2020 |
Home Office | Persons Subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) (Amendment) Order 2020 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation | Made negative procedure |
| This Order amends the Persons subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) Order 2000 (“the 2000 Order”). | |||
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Laid 21 Jul 2020 In Force Not stated |
Home Office | Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2020 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation | Draft affirmative procedure |
| This Order amends the Immigration (Health Charge) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/792) (“the Principal Order”), which requires a person who applies for entry clearance for a limited period, or for limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom, to pay an immigration health charge. | |||
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598,254 Petition Closed |
Ban all ISIS members from returning to UK Gov Responded - 27 Nov 2018 Debated on - 18 Mar 2019 |
6 May 2019 closed 1 year, 3 months ago |
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Ban all ISIS members from returning to the UK, remove their citizenship and passports |
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72,090 c. 519 added daily |
104,982 (Estimated) |
Give non-British citizens who are NHS workers automatic citizenship Sign this petition Gov Responded - 6 May 2020 Debated on - 25 Jun 2020 |
7 Oct 2020 closes in 2 months |
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Give NHS workers who are EU and other Nationals automatic UK citizenship if they stay and risk their own lives looking after the British people during the COVID crisis. |
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71,178 Petition Closed |
Introduce automatic approval of visit visas for families of British Citizens Gov Responded - 22 Jan 2018 Debated on - 9 Jul 2018 |
6 Jun 2018 closed 2 years, 2 months ago |
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Family members of UK Citizens shouldn’t have to meet the same criteria as other applicants for a visit visa. Not being a citizen doesn’t make our parent, siblings, children or grandchildren any less a part of our family. The only requirement should be that a British relative sponsors them. |
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Home Office Select Committee Home Page
Select Committees are a formally established cross-party group of backbench MPs tasked with holding a Government department to account.
At any time there will be number of ongoing investigations into the work of the Department, or issues which fall within the oversight of the Department. Witnesses can be summoned from within the Government and outside to assist in these inquiries, and the Select Committee will occasionally publish formal reports of their findings.
| Date | Title | Type |
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| Aug. 04 | Removing hidden blades from detainees | Guidance and Regulation |
| Aug. 03 | Home Office voluntary report on disability, mental health and wellbeing 2019 | Guidance and Regulation |
| Jul. 31 | Windrush Compensation Scheme data: July 2020 | Transparency |
Written Questions are submitted by Members of Parliament and the House of Lords to receive information or updates from a Department.
Departments are required to respond in a timely fashion and provide a response or requested information. Written Questions can compel detailed and specific information to be produced, and are frequently used as the source of news stories about the work of a Department.
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| 4 Aug 2020, 11:20 a.m. | China: British National (Overseas) | Lord Alton of Liverpool |
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Question To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take, when determining the eligibility of British National (Overseas) passport holders to settle in the UK, to ascertain whether the applicants (1) have supported the Chinese Communist Party in the past, and (2) are committed to democracy, human rights and the rule of law. Answer (Baroness Williams of Trafford) The Home Secretary was pleased to recently announce details of the new immigration route for Hong Kong British National (Overseas) citizens, which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hong-kong-bno-visa-policy-statement The eligibility requirements are set out in the policy statement. |
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