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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Nov 2025
Migration: Settlement Pathway

"I applaud my right hon. Friend on many points, not least for debunking the idea that a cap will solve anything or is even achievable. There is a lot of detail in this statement, but one issue is that people going through the system have to apply repeatedly to extend …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Hotel Asylum Accommodation: Local Authority Consultation

"Added to the chaos, we now see a bidding war where local authorities find themselves competing against Home Office procurement for temporary accommodation. That is not new. The Public Accounts Committee highlighted those very issues in its report in November 2020 and made a recommendation to the Home Office, which …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Tue 19 Jul 2022
Remote Observation and Recording (Courts and Tribunals) Regulations 2022

"I welcome the Minister to her position. I have two questions. First, when we looked at the issue in the Public Accounts Committee—at all issues around remote proceedings—no proper evaluation was planned by the Ministry of Justice for the impacts on how justice is done, in particular with regards to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Jun 2022
HM Passport Office Backlog

"Speaking as the last passport Minister for the Labour party, we saw the problem coming when the banking crisis hit, with a dip in passport applications, and had a plan for what would happen. This Government seem to have no plan and understanding that after two years of no travel …..."
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Written Question
Biometric Residence Permits and Work Permits
Wednesday 27th April 2022

Asked by: Meg Hillier (Labour (Co-op) - Hackney South and Shoreditch)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) biometric residence cards, (b) biometric residence permits and (c) frontier working permits were issued in the last 12 months for which data is available.

Answered by Kevin Foster

The information requested is not available in a reportable format.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Apr 2022
Global Migration Challenge

"The permanent secretary at the Home Office concluded that he could not tell whether this was value for money, but on every number and every question of cost, the Home Secretary has failed to answer. Can she answer the point made by the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May)? …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 28 Mar 2022
Support for Black Victims of Domestic Abuse

"I warmly congratulate the Petitions Committee for having the foresight to take on this debate. Before I talk about the subject, I pay tribute to Valerie Forde. Valerie was my constituent. Her daughter is still a constituent. Valerie is still very warmly remembered. She was a big community figure and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Mar 2022
Daniel Morgan Independent Panel Report

"It has been a torrid time for the Met, but I am not so concerned about the Met; I am concerned about constituents of mine and those of us all who worry about policing. We had the report just last week about child Q. People in my constituency and elsewhere, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Mar 2022
Refugees from Ukraine

"As one of the top six customers of the Home Office on immigration issues, I have seen how this situation underlines the chaos in the Home Office’s immigration system. It is really struggling to keep up with the basics and when dealing with this surge it has understandably crumbled under …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Dec 2021
Nationality and Borders Bill

"Before I speak to my new clause 9, I want to associate myself fully with the comments of the right hon. Member for Romsey and Southampton North (Caroline Nokes). In normal times that might surprise people, but I think she put very eloquently the real challenges and issues of offshoring …..."
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