Windrush Compensation Scheme

Debate between Sajid Javid and Emma Reynolds

Wednesday 3rd April 2019 Commons Chamber

[Sajid Javid]

We want to make sure that no one is left out. We have, for reasons I have previously explained in the House, focused on those of Caribbean origin, but that process of trying to find those who may have been wronged continues.

[Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East) (Lab)]

Will the compensation scheme cover the huge distress caused to those such as my constituent Paulette Wilson? She was detained at Yarl’s Wood and then Heathrow detention centre, and she was very nearly deported back to a country she had not been to since the age of 10.

[Sajid Javid]

One category we have also included in the compensation is a discretionary category, because we are well aware that, although we can identify some of the most likely detriments to compensate, there may be some exceptional cases, and I want to make sure that nothing is left out by the compensation scheme.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Sajid Javid and Emma Reynolds

Monday 29th October 2018 Commons Chamber

[Sajid Javid]

I can give my hon. Friend that assurance, and that was one reason why we recently launched a pilot for a seasonal workers agricultural scheme for 2019.

[Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East) (Lab)]

T5. In the west midlands we have lost over 2,000 police officers and violent crime is on the rise. Will the Home Secretary look again at funding for West Midlands police and reverse the imposition of extra pension costs?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Sajid Javid and Emma Reynolds

Tuesday 10th September 2013 Commons Chamber

[Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East) (Lab)]

16. What recent progress has been made on implementation of the national infrastructure plan.

[The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Sajid Javid)]

The Government will invest £300 billion over the next Parliament on infrastructure projects, including a pipeline worth more than £100 billion, and covering investment in transport, schools, science, housing and flood defences.

[Emma Reynolds]

Since the Government took office, tens of thousands of jobs have been lost in the construction sector. I am deeply concerned that more than 80% of the Treasury’s infrastructure projects have not yet even started. Can the Minister explain to the House why there has been such a delay and what he will do to kick-start the process?

[Sajid Javid]

It is interesting that the hon. Lady did not mention the Armitt review, which was set up by the shadow Chancellor. Perhaps it is because Mr Armitt concluded that there was an economic crisis when this Government took office and she does not want to draw attention to it. However, she will be reassured to know that the Government take infrastructure investment very seriously. It is a top priority, which is why public investment under this Government is higher in each year of this Parliament than under the previous Government’s plans, as well as being higher as a percentage of national income.