Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Dec 2021
Nationality and Borders Bill
"I thank the Minister for that—it is a bit of a breakthrough. It is important that the Home Office remembers that people will lose records. When they are travelling, they will be in places where there is no wi-fi through which they can access information. A time-limited document that they …..."Meg Hillier - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 17th November 2021
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, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislative proposals to include butter knives in the exemptions in the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Exemption) Order 1996.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
Tackling knife crime is a priority and the Government is determined to crack down on the scourge of violence devastating our communities.
Section 141A of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 created the offence of selling any knife, knife blade, razor blade, axe or any other article which has a blade or which is sharply pointed and which is made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person, to a person under the age of 18. In Scotland, the word ‘axe’ has been added to this list of prohibited items. Originally the age limit was 16 and this was raised to 18 by the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006
Written Question
Friday 24th September 2021
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 asylum seekers have been granted permission to work as a result of the time taken for her Department process their case in last 12 months.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Home Office are unable to state how many asylum seekers have been granted permission to work as a result of the time take taken for the Department to process their cases in the last 12 months as the data is only held on paper case files or within the notes sections of the Home Office's databases. Therefore, the number of asylum seekers granted permission to work is not held in a reportable format.
However, the Home Office do publish data on the number asylum applications awaiting an initial decision or further review and can be found at Asy_04 of the published Immigration Statistics, Asylum applications awaiting a decision, by duration:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement
Written Question
Thursday 23rd September 2021
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 asylum claims have been awaiting a decision from her Department for over 12 months.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Home Office does publish data on how many initial asylum applications are awaiting a decision and by duration , but only up to and including June 2021. This data can be found at Asy_04 of the published Immigration Statistics:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2021/list-of-tables#asylum-and-resettlement
Written Question
Thursday 23rd September 2021
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 asylum claims are awaiting resolution as at 16 September 2021.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Home Office does publish data on how many initial asylum applications are awaiting a decision and by duration , but only up to and including June 2021. This data can be found at Asy_04 of the published Immigration Statistics:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2021/list-of-tables#asylum-and-resettlement
Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 25 Mar 2021
Immigration and Nationality Application Fees
"I beg to move,
That this House has considered immigration and nationality application fees.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe. I have an important issue to highlight today about an injustice that has long been a concern of mine in my constituency. I am pleased …..."Meg Hillier - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 25 Mar 2021
Immigration and Nationality Application Fees
"The Minister talked about prompt steps on the section 55 assessment, but what is his definition of “prompt” and when might we expect a result? Waivers are still very complex, as my hon. Friend the Member for Edmonton (Kate Osamor) highlighted, and the process needs a lot of legal support. …..."Meg Hillier - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 25 Mar 2021
Immigration and Nationality Application Fees
"I thank you, Mr McCabe, for chairing the debate today and all hon. Members who have highlighted how key workers, NHS staff and young people in this country are caught in a trap not of their own making. I pay particular tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Edmonton …..."Meg Hillier - View Speech
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Speech in General Committees - Wed 10 Mar 2021
Draft Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Miller. The Minister will be relieved to hear that the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham has raised a number of the issues that I wanted to raise, so he will be spared a long speech.
The Minister covers …..."Meg Hillier - View Speech
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Speech in General Committees - Wed 10 Mar 2021
Draft Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021
"Is it possible for people to be provided with a paper document? Some people frame their marriage certificates; they are proud of the moment. Will that be prohibited?..."Meg Hillier - View Speech
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