Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights on the deportation of illegal immigrants.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

Article 8, the right to private and family life, is a qualified right, meaning interference can be justified where proportionate to the public interest. The government considers that Article 8 has been applied too broadly in some immigration and deportation cases, including where individuals cannot meet the requirements of the Immigration Rules.

Article 8 is intended as a safeguard. Yet with 77,000 applications granted on the basis of Article 8 in the past year alone, it is having a significant impact on our ability to enforce the Immigration Rules and tackle illegal migration.

The Government has therefore introduced provisions in the Immigration and Asylum Bill to clarify the application of Article 8 by strengthening the weight given to effective immigration control, compliance with immigration rules and the public interest in deportation decisions. The Bill will also make clear that deporting foreign criminals is in the public interest and will always be appropriate unless the individual impact cannot be justified by that public interest.

Found:                         Present:                                  Lord Anderson of Swansea   Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found:                         Present:                                  Lord Anderson of Swansea   Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found: COMMITTEE Minutes of the 6th Meeting, held at 10:30 on Tuesday, 7 July 2026 Present: Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found: meeting Members present: Lord Johnson of Lainston (The Chair); Lord Anderson of Swansea; Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found:                         Present:                                  Lord Anderson of Swansea   Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found: meeting Members present: Lord Johnson of Lainston (The Chair); Lord Anderson of Swansea; Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found: meeting Members present: Lord Johnson of Lainston (The Chair); Lord Anderson of Swansea; Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found: COMMITTEE Minutes of the 5th Meeting, held at 10:30 on Tuesday, 30 June 2026 Present: Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found: COMMITTEE Minutes of the 3rd Meeting, held at 10:30 on Tuesday, 9 June 2026 Present: Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found: COMMITTEE Minutes of the 4th Meeting, held at 10:30 on Tuesday, 16 June 2026 Present: Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found:                         Present:                                  Lord Anderson of Swansea   Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found: meeting Members present: Lord Johnson of Lainston (The Chair); Lord Anderson of Swansea; Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found:                                                        Lord Anderson of Swansea   Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found: Security and Defence Partnership Tuesday 23 June 2026 2 pm Watch the meeting Members present: Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found:                                                        Lord Anderson of Swansea   Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found: meeting Members present: Lord Johnson of Lainston (The Chair); Lord Anderson of Swansea; Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found: COMMITTEE Minutes of the 2nd Meeting, held at 10:30 am on Tuesday, 2 June 2026 Present: Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found: COMMITTEE Minutes of the 1st Meeting, held at 10:30am on Tuesday, 19 May 2026 Present: Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found: meeting Members present: Lord Johnson of Lainston (The Chair); Lord Anderson of Swansea; Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found: meeting Members present: Lord Johnson of Lainston (The Chair); Lord Anderson of Swansea; Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found: meeting Members present: Lord Johnson of Lainston (The Chair); Lord Anderson of Swansea; Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found: meeting Members present: Lord Johnson of Lainston (The Chair); Lord Anderson of Swansea; Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found: meeting Members present: Lord Johnson of Lainston (The Chair); Lord Anderson of Swansea; Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found: meeting Members present: Lord Johnson of Lainston (The Chair); Lord Anderson of Swansea; Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found: meeting Members present: Lord Johnson of Lainston (The Chair); Lord Anderson of Swansea; Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found: meeting Members present: Lord Johnson of Lainston (The Chair); Lord Anderson of Swansea; Baroness Anelay of St Johns

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Found: Trustee, Violet Eveson Trust. 48 GOVERNMENT WHIPS – HOUSE OF LORDS Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns

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Found: is a Media Relations Manager at ICE (International Commodity Exchange)  The Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found:  See entry under the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills    The Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Found: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 21 The Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns

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Found: BUILDING, WHITEHALL LONDON, SW1A 2HB Telephone: 020 7218 9000 Sudan We were grateful to Baroness Anelay of St Johns