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Written Question
Asylum: Portland Port
Monday 24th July 2023

Asked by: Chris Loder (Conservative - West Dorset)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the safety risk assessments for the berthing in Portland Port of the Bibby Stockholm.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

No individuals will be placed on the vessel unless it is safe to do so and all the legal and regulatory requirements are met.

The vessel will be managed by our supplier, under contractual terms agreed with the Home Office. The same supplier has safely and successfully managed two vessels for Ukrainian refugees for the Scottish Government over the past year.

The supplier and partners including Dorset Council, Dorset Police, Dorset Fire & Rescue and the Health & Safety Executive will ensure that the appropriate risk assessments have been completed and approved to ensure that the accommodation is safe to occupy prior to the first cohort of asylum seekers arriving.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Feb 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"T9. Dorset police is at the bottom of the funding league table for police forces, coming 40th out of 41 forces, and we continue to battle issues of rural crime, including county lines drug gangs. Will my right hon. Friend commit to ensuring that Dorset gets its fair share, so …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Mar 2021
Policing and Prevention of Violence against Women

"I went to Clapham common bandstand yesterday evening to pay my own respects. I, like Members across the House, send my greatest sympathies and sadnesses to Sarah’s family.

I believe that it is highly regrettable that Members of the Opposition demand that the first female Commissioner of the Metropolitan police …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Feb 2021
Policing (England and Wales)

"I thank the hon. Gentleman very much for giving way. He suggests that the Government are giving warm words in their commitment to the police, which I wholly disagree with. The Mayor of London has kindly given an exemption from the congestion charge in London to emergency workers, but not …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Feb 2021
Policing (England and Wales)

"It is a pleasure to be called to speak in this debate. I have listened intently to the debate this afternoon, and there have been many impassioned contributions to it. There has been much criticism of the Government, but I just want to say to Members on the Opposition Front …..."
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Written Question
Heathrow Airport: Coronavirus
Friday 15th January 2021

Asked by: Chris Loder (Conservative - West Dorset)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the maximum queue time for non-EEA passengers at Heathrow was during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown period while international travel was banned.

Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary

The latest Performance Data on Heathrow Queue times can be found on the link below:

Heathrow Queue Performance

Written Question
UK Border Force: Heathrow Airport
Monday 11th January 2021

Asked by: Chris Loder (Conservative - West Dorset)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of Border Force resources to deliver its service level agreement with Heathrow airport in 2021.

Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary

Border Force is confident that resources to meet anticipated overall operational requirements are in place with Border Force recruiting sufficient additional frontline staff and continuing to build staffing levels during 2020/2021 across all critical ports.

Resource and staffing requirements at every port, including Heathrow, are continually reviewed by Border Force working with airport operators including Heathrow Airport Ltd, and resources are deployed flexibly as and when they are required.

Nationally, Border Force recruited over 1,000 additional officers in preparation for the end of transition and continues to ensure maximum flexibility in their recruitment and deployment approach.

Wait times in airports can be caused by a number of factors, not just related to resourcing. This includes the volume of immigration case working, additional support and checks in relation to Covid-19, and specific security activity. Our teams seek to balance this range of tasking each day. Whilst mindful of passenger wait times and experience, our primary objective is to ensure the security of the border and that all mandated security activity is carried out to keep the country safe.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Nov 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" What steps she is taking to support policing in Dorset. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Nov 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"Can I thank the Minister very much for his answer? My constituency of West Dorset is served very ably by Dorset police, and they have historically managed their finances very well, but in the national funding formula, we do not fare quite so well, being below average, with 48%, compared …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 16 Oct 2020
Registers of Births and Deaths Bill

"I rise to speak in support of the Bill, and I am delighted to offer my support to my right hon. Friend the Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mitchell). Births and deaths are important moments, and often at present I feel that the registration of such is filled with too …..."
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