Windrush Compensation Scheme Debate

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Department: Home Office

Windrush Compensation Scheme

Janet Daby Excerpts
Wednesday 3rd April 2019

(5 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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We have looked carefully at how the scheme is going to be implemented. For example, that is why, along with the online information, there is guidance on how the applications work and how to make them easier, and there is also this freephone number. There will also be dedicated staff in the Home Office working on the scheme. The scheme will be open for at least two years, and I commit to consider any issues and whether improvements can be made. If hon. Members make any suggestions, we will absolutely look at them.

Janet Daby Portrait Janet Daby (Lewisham East) (Lab)
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Victims of the Windrush scandal need to be compensated for all their losses. Can the Home Secretary assure me that that will include any trauma that has been experienced?

Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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In our publication today, we set out carefully what type of eligibility and what type of losses can be covered. I believe that, with the consultation process and with the support of Martin Forde, it is a very fair process.