Home Office Removal Targets Debate

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Home Office Removal Targets

Jeremy Quin Excerpts
Thursday 26th April 2018

(6 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Amber Rudd Portrait Amber Rudd
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Immigration is a really important part of the role of the Home Office and the Home Secretary. It is not the only part, but it is one in which I take a serious interest, and I believe that the changes I will be making will enable better monitoring of issues that arise, such as that of the Windrush cohort, which, as we have discussed, is a situation that has been going on for many years and was not spotted by any previous Government. I hope that those changes will help to give me those sorts of alerts.

Jeremy Quin Portrait Jeremy Quin (Horsham) (Con)
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Whatever the historical background to the problems, the Government have committed to paying compensation, where appropriate, to members of the Windrush generation. Will the Home Secretary confirm that she will have a wide-ranging consultation before putting that scheme in place?

Amber Rudd Portrait Amber Rudd
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I do think it is important to set up a compensation package; it is important that that compensation is independently monitored; and it is important that a consultation is carried out before that takes place. I hope that my hon. Friend will be satisfied when I set that out in due course.