Written Question
Thursday 16th June 2022
Asked by:
Rosie Duffield (Independent - Canterbury)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the taxpayer of the deportation flight from the UK to Rwanda scheduled for 14 June 2022.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
Our priority will always be to keep our communities safe, and we make no apology for seeking to remove those with no right to remain in the UK.
Charter flight operations are an important means to remove individuals with no right to remain in the UK where there are limited scheduled routes. We manage the charter programme flexibly, balancing it with use of scheduled flights to best respond to operational needs. Costs for individual flights will vary based on a number of different factors and are regularly reviewed to ensure that best value for money is balanced against the need to remove those individuals with no right to remain in the UK.
The endless merry go round of late legal claims – which are often unfounded or without merit – can result in people being removed from flights at the last minute. However, our New Plan for Immigration will stop the abuse of the system and expedite the removal of those who have no right to be here.
Written Question
Wednesday 8th June 2022
Asked by:
Rosie Duffield (Independent - Canterbury)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve recruitment and retention of staff at HM Passport Office, in order to manage the backlog of outstanding passport cases.
Answered by Kevin Foster
To support the processing of an unprecedented demand of passport applications, Her Majesty’s Passport Office has increased its staffing numbers across the UK.
650 new staff have joined HM Passport Office since April 2021, with plans for a further 550 to have joined by the summer.
Written Question
Wednesday 8th June 2022
Asked by:
Rosie Duffield (Independent - Canterbury)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will instruct HM Passport Office to make available more fast-track and premium service appointments.
Answered by Kevin Foster
HMPO have implemented a range of interventions to increase our capacity for providing urgent service appointments.
Across March and April 2022, HM Passport Office completed the processing of nearly two million applications
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Nov 2021
English Channel Small Boats Incident
"The people of east Kent are horrified and deeply upset by what the Chief Rabbi this morning called an “unspeakable tragedy” happening on our shores. We should be ashamed, too, that among the dead was a soldier who had served alongside British armed forces personnel and who reportedly felt unable …..."Rosie Duffield - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Mar 2021
Policing and Prevention of Violence against Women
"First, I would like to put on record my thanks to Kent police for their incredibly difficult work in the ongoing investigation into the tragic death of Sarah Everard. In order to seriously tackle violence against women and girls, it is vital to put women at the heart of legislation. …..."Rosie Duffield - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Feb 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
" We have heard several times today about Napier barracks in Kent, very near to my constituency, and I support calls by the hon. Members for Folkestone and Hythe (Damian Collins) and for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (Stuart C. McDonald), the Bishop of Dover, Kent Refugee Action Network and …..."Rosie Duffield - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 8th February 2021
Asked by:
Rosie Duffield (Independent - Canterbury)
Question
to the Home Office:
What steps the Government is taking to protect asylum seekers housed at Napier Barracks, Folkestone, from covid-19 infection.
Answered by Chris Philp
- Shadow Home Secretary
We take the welfare of asylum seekers extremely seriously and accommodation at Napier Barracks was configured in accordance with public health advice with a range of infection control measures in place. Despite our best efforts a number of those accommodated at the site have tested positive for coronavirus and an outbreak management plan was put in place.
Following the serious disturbance caused by some asylum seekers on site recently, immediate steps were taken to reconfigure accommodation to maintain outbreak management and allow for self-isolation of all those remaining on site.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Sep 2020
Channel Crossings in Small Boats
"Given the recent very violent assault on a young man who had just landed on a Kent beach and the planned protests by far-right groups in Kent reported in several broadsheet newspapers, what extra support is the Secretary of State offering police in Kent to ensure the safety of all …..."Rosie Duffield - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jul 2020
Misuse of Nitrous Oxide
"We have all seen the tell-tale bullet- shaped silver canisters and their balloon companions littering our beaches and parks this summer. On Saturday morning, I saw yet another little pile of littered canisters at every 10 paces or so along Whitstable beach in my constituency...."Rosie Duffield - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jul 2020
Misuse of Nitrous Oxide
"Yes, I am going to mention that. I know that my council has had so many extra rubbish collections during covid due to people gathering on beaches, which is a significant problem. I thank my hon. Friend for raising that.
Many people pass by these canisters without knowing what they …..."Rosie Duffield - View Speech
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