Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of provisions in the Nationality and Borders Bill on Eritrean victims of (a) religious persecution and (b) torture who are seeking asylum in the UK.

The Nationality and Borders Bill is part of our New Plan for Immigration, delivering the most comprehensive reform of the asylum system in decades.

An Equality Impact Assessment was published on 16 September 2021, and this includes consideration of possible impacts on people arising from their nationality and their religion or beliefs; it also includes consideration of possible impacts on people who have experienced trauma.

The Equality Impact Assessment can be found on the GOV.UK website: Nationality and Borders Bill: equality impact assessment - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)