Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled Tribunal system reforms to speed up asylum decisions, published on 24 August 2025, whether her Department plans to use primary legislation to (a) establish and (b) give full powers to the proposed new independent body to make decisions on asylum appeal cases.

The Home Secretary confirmed in a statement to the House of Commons on 1 September that further information regarding Tribunal system reforms will be provided in due course. The statement can be accessed here: Borders and Asylum - Hansard - UK Parliament.