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Written Question
Borders: Personal Records
Thursday 12th May 2016

Asked by: Keir Starmer (Labour - Holborn and St Pancras)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who on the Government's warnings index is known to have travelled to which destinations during the Semaphore eBorders system national power outage in June 2015.

Answered by James Brokenshire

Home Office systems are used for the purposes of border and national security and the detection and prevention of crime. It is longstanding policy not to discuss the specific data held on these systems, the source of the data or how it is used for national security reasons.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 May 2016
Child Refugee Resettlement

"Yesterday’s debate was very much about how the Government came to accept the final Dubs amendment. Today is clearly about the what and where we go from here. I am glad that this urgent question was granted, because there was an apparent discrepancy between the approach the Minister outlined yesterday …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 May 2016
Immigration Bill

"Let me start by discussing unaccompanied refugee children in Europe and reminding the House that two weeks ago the Government voted against Lord Alf Dubs original amendment here in this House. Last week, they voted against this amendment in the other place. Obviously, I welcome the change of position, but …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 May 2016
Immigration Bill

"I am grateful for that intervention. The fact remains that only last week the Government voted against the Lord Alf Dubs amendment, as it was then put in the other place, which was a change from the position the last time we saw it in this House. I welcome this …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 May 2016
Immigration Bill

"Reunification with their family here under the Dublin arrangements. The Minister has made it clear on a number of occasions that he is seeking to improve the reunification rules under the Dublin arrangements. Some 157 children have been identified as falling into that category. This is the time for action, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 May 2016
Immigration Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 May 2016
Immigration Bill

"On immigration detention? I have barely started. I really think that I should press on, as we have limited time.

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 May 2016
Immigration Bill

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 05 May 2016
EU Immigration

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 May 2016
Dublin System: Asylum

"Let us be clear from the start: through our opt-out on home affairs and justice, Britain would not be required to take part in any asylum relocation system, nor would we be required to pay any financial levy to avoid it. Let us also be clear, however, that we have …..."
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