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Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

May. 16 2024

Source Page: Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA): evaluation
Document: (PDF)

Found: These habitats will comprise affordable housing units intended for low -income families, aiming to address


Select Committee
Submission on the Immigration (Guidance on Detention of Vulnerable Persons) Regulations 2024 and government response

Scrutiny evidence May. 16 2024

Committee: Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

Found: The Brook House Inquiry Report Volume II, HC 1789 -II, p 70 paras 1.1 -1 .4. 29 Diane Taylor, “ Asylum


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 16 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) Families are in a cost of living crisis, millions linger on NHS waiting lists and communities are beset - Speech Link
2: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) people, is worried about the reform of personal independence payments, which may plunge thousands of families - Speech Link
3: Marco Longhi (Con - Dudley North) This week Care4Calais, a pro-asylum seeker British charity, contacted me to ask for my support for its - Speech Link
4: Liz Twist (Lab - Blaydon) work being done by the Trussell Trust, the Gateshead food bank and other charities, such as Feeding Families - Speech Link


Parliamentary Research
Refugees and the UK's international aid response - CBP-10024
May. 15 2024

Found: In recent years, most refugees and asylum seekers have come from only a few countries .


Select Committee
Government Response to the Committee's report on the UK-Rwanda Agreement on an Asylum Partnership

Government Response May. 15 2024

Committee: International Agreements Committee

Found: Government Response to the Committee's report on the UK-Rwanda Agreement on an Asylum Partnership Government


Select Committee
Migration Advisory Committee, Institute of Public Policy Research, Migration Observatory, Reunite Families UK, Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX), and Social Market Foundation

Oral Evidence May. 15 2024

Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)

Found: Migration Advisory Committee, Institute of Public Policy Research, Migration Observatory, Reunite Families


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Housing Emergency - Wed 15 May 2024

Mentions:
1: Griffin, Mark (Lab - Central Scotland) orders in order to force empty homes back into use, thereby removing blight from communities and giving families - Speech Link
2: McLennan, Paul (SNP - East Lothian) percentile of local rents, and provide adequate support to local authorities impacted by the increase in asylum - Speech Link
3: Stewart, Kevin (SNP - Aberdeen Central) However, the point that remains is that, if any individuals or families do not have a roof over their - Speech Link
4: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) Local housing allowance rates have one of the biggest impacts on homelessness, and it is the asylum process - Speech Link
5: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) cent cut and ensure that there are no freezes to local housing allowances and support for councils on asylum - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
No Recourse to Public Funds - Wed 15 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Ian Byrne (Lab - Liverpool, West Derby) agree that that delay from the Government is shameful, and that the Healthy Start scheme that provides families - Speech Link
2: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) Wales has been described, and rightly so, as an “advice desert”, with no immigration and asylum legal - Speech Link
3: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) principle is that migrants coming to the UK should be able to maintain and support themselves and their families - Speech Link
4: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) I would argue that the policy on asylum seekers’ right to work achieves the right balance. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Criminal Justice Bill
Report stage (day 1) - Wed 15 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Roger Gale (Con - North Thanet) to UK prisons and escort arrangements under amendments to the Prisons Act made by the Immigration, Asylum - Speech Link
2: Alex Cunningham (Lab - Stockton North) inspect escort arrangements were made by amendments to the Prisons Act in section 46 of the Immigration, Asylum - Speech Link
3: Greg Clark (Con - Tunbridge Wells) The devastation of the families of Fuller’s victims has been heartbreaking, as my hon. - Speech Link
4: Peter Dowd (Lab - Bootle) Members examples of what families have had to go through. - Speech Link
5: Robert Neill (Con - Bromley and Chislehurst) I fully understand the impact on families; I have sometimes had to talk to families who have had to accept - Speech Link


Select Committee
ECPAT UK (Every Child Protected Against Trafficking)
MSA0084 - Modern Slavery Act 2015

Written Evidence May. 14 2024

Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee

Found: This landmark achievement stopped the routine detention of thousands of children and families for immigration