Business of the House

Alison Thewliss Excerpts
Thursday 22nd March 2018

(6 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrea Leadsom Portrait Andrea Leadsom
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Discussions are carrying on through the usual channels and money resolutions will be brought forward on a case-by-case basis as soon as possible.

Alison Thewliss Portrait Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central) (SNP)
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May we have a debate on Home Office incompetence? Following urgent and serious allegations—including the sexual assault of a vulnerable woman and a data breach—that were passed to me by a constituent, I wrote to the relevant Minister on 24 October, but received a letter in response just this week. Until my intervention, another constituent was being denied indefinite leave to remain because he had not appealed a decision, but the Home Office had not even sent the letter out in time to allow him to do so. I can go through a number of cases from my constituency casework in which the Home Office has been incompetent; may we have a debate to expose this to the House?

Andrea Leadsom Portrait Andrea Leadsom
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The hon. Lady might be aware that the turnaround times for Departments’ correspondence are monitored and transparent, so that information would be available to her. I suggest that she raises that issue directly with Home Office Ministers on 16 April, which is the first day back after recess.