Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her oral statement of 17 November 2025 on Asylum Policy, what discussions she has had with her Canadian counterpart on the operation of Named Community Sponsorship schemes.

In the Restoring Order and Control Statement, the Government committed to transforming its approach to safe and legal routes.

The Government is working with a range of stakeholders, including civil society, to design and develop the new sponsored pathways to ensure they work for beneficiaries, stakeholders and government. Stakeholder engagement is ongoing throughout the design process.

Work is underway to operationalise these new routes and further details will be provided in due course.