Deportation Flight to Jamaica Debate

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Department: Home Office

Deportation Flight to Jamaica

Nadia Whittome Excerpts
Monday 10th February 2020

(4 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Kevin Foster Portrait Kevin Foster
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I think it is extraordinary to see people wanting to conflate a group of foreign national offenders who have been sentenced to a total of 300 years’ imprisonment with a generation who have made such a huge contribution to this country. The Home Office will be guided by the law, not party political points.

Nadia Whittome Portrait Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East) (Lab)
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Does the Minister agree that if the lessons learned review that was leaked is correct, in deporting 50 people tomorrow the Government will be going against their own recommendations in their own report, which has reportedly stated that those who have lived in the UK since childhood should not be deported?