Windrush Compensation Scheme Debate

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Department: Home Office

Windrush Compensation Scheme

Baroness Prashar Excerpts
Monday 23rd November 2020

(4 years ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
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I cannot substantiate the point that the noble Baroness makes; that is possibly my ignorance rather than anything else. First and foremost, however, we must assist people to get the compensation that they deserve for the wrongs that they have suffered over the past 70 years under successive Governments.

Baroness Prashar Portrait Baroness Prashar (CB) [V]
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My Lords, as a result of the complaints about the way the scheme is being administered, the Home Office is reported to have launched an internal inquiry about racism and so on. Can the Minister please tell the House: what is the remit of this inquiry, when will it be completed and will the results be made public?

Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
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My Lords, I shall provide the noble Baroness with more details, in terms of whether it will be made public and other details, because I am afraid that I have scant information on that at the moment.