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Westminster Hall
Refugee Children: Family Reunion in the UK - Thu 22 Feb 2018
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Law (SNP - Dundee West) trying to make the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean, which should be a shame on all of us.Post Brexit - Speech Link
2: Stuart C McDonald (SNP - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) I could also criticise rules on post-flight children, which are restrictive as well. - Speech Link
3: Caroline Nokes (CON - Romsey and Southampton North) raised today that so-called family reunification under the Dublin regulations may no longer be available post - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Democracy in Hong Kong - Tue 23 Jan 2018
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) United Kingdom taken to raise his case, and to urge the Chinese authorities to allow him to leave China, reuniting - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) honour, either.Yes, we would appreciate a good relationship with China to enhance trade, especially in a post-Brexit - Speech Link
3: Peter Grant (SNP - Glenrothes) The Chinese did not do that; Britain did that. That was what Britain set up. - Speech Link
4: Helen Goodman (LAB - Bishop Auckland) I would also like the Government to assure us that in the post-Brexit pressure for trade regimes, we - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Refugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]
2nd reading (Hansard): House of Lords - Fri 15 Dec 2017
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hamwee (LDEM - Life peer) learn of the situation in France, Greece and elsewhere—we recently debated in this House the situation post - Speech Link
2: Baroness Garden of Frognal (LDEM - Life peer) current regulations make us less welcoming, and this Bill seeks to cut through the cost and complexity of reuniting - Speech Link
3: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) Some have sought to argue that so-called family reunification under Dublin may no longer be available post - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
Committee: 1st sitting: House of Commons - Tue 14 Nov 2017
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Stephen Gethins (SNP - North East Fife) We are certainly no closer to the post-Brexit utopia that we have been promised.Those looking back on - Speech Link
2: Anna Soubry (TIG - Broxtowe) consensus and we would begin to bring people together across the United Kingdom in getting that good deal, reuniting - Speech Link
3: Stephen Gethins (SNP - North East Fife) for Exiting the European Union says that bankers and other professionals have been promised a special post-Brexit - Speech Link
4: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) statement as we can get that the UK courts will not have to follow ECJ decisions, directly or indirectly, post-Brexit - Speech Link
5: Stuart C McDonald (SNP - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) However, all clause 6(1) says is that a court or a tribunal is not bound by post-Brexit CJEU decisions - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Unaccompanied Child Refugees: Europe - Thu 02 Nov 2017
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Heidi Allen (LDEM - South Cambridgeshire) Can we have complete confidence that the spirit of Dublin III will exist post-Brexit? - Speech Link
2: Lyn Brown (LAB - West Ham) families in Britain. - Speech Link
3: Charlie Elphicke (IND - Dover) families in Britain. - Speech Link
4: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) We have a choice about what kind of country we want to be after Brexit. - Speech Link
5: Afzal Khan (LAB - Manchester, Gorton) for an assurance that the Dublin III definition of “family” will apply in the UK’s immigration rules post-Brexit.When - Speech Link
6: Brandon Lewis (CON - Great Yarmouth) strongly support the principle of family unity, and we have a comprehensive framework in place for reuniting - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 07 Sep 2017
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Valerie Vaz (LAB - Walsall South) The Leader of the House mentioned the Brexit Bill; look what the Government have done to the Brexit negotiations - Speech Link
2: Andrea Leadsom (CON - South Northamptonshire) that this House will scrutinise all legislation relating to EU withdrawal and to our future policies post - Speech Link
3: Andrea Leadsom (CON - South Northamptonshire) Given that post offices are open at weekends and for longer hours, that can often provide a very good - Speech Link
4: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) May we have an urgent debate on what can be done to speed up the process of reuniting the child refugees - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Tue 27 Jun 2017
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) We will not let such provocations change the true character of Britain as a wonderfully diverse, open - Speech Link
2: Lord Steel of Aikwood (Non-affiliated - Life peer) the Irish Republic must now be wondering what the chances are of maintaining a barrier-free border post - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hamwee (LDEM - Life peer) are what we are about, and human rights and the rule of law must be one of the building bricks of our post-Brexit - Speech Link
4: Baroness Flather (CB - Life peer) It may have been acceptable in the 7th century, but we are now in 21st-century Britain. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Stroud (CON - Life peer) crucial for the reuniting of this nation. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Informal European Council - Mon 06 Feb 2017
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Jeremy Corbyn (IND - Islington North) I also say to the Prime Minister that, even post-Brexit, this is an issue that will affect every country - Speech Link
2: Jonathan Edwards (IND - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr) According to press reports, the Prime Minister’s master plan of being a post-Brexit bridge between Europe - Speech Link
3: Tom Brake (LDEM - Carshalton and Wallington) or earlier Councils since 23 June did the Prime Minister discuss the UK staying in the single market post-Brexit - Speech Link
4: Stuart C McDonald (SNP - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) more about what this means in practice and, in particular, whether it includes extra efforts towards reuniting - Speech Link
5: Theresa May (CON - Maidenhead) For those who are in member states of the European Union, the Dublin regulations obviously allow for reuniting - Speech Link


Select Committee
Liberty
IMM0139 - Immigration inquiry

Written Evidence Jan. 25 2017

Inquiry: Immigration inquiry
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)

Found: by removing the arbitrary and callous barriers to children, parents, and other family members reuniting


Westminster Hall
Refugee Family Reunion (Immigration Rules) - Tue 29 Nov 2016
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Thangam Debbonaire (LAB - Bristol West) The rules exclude such families from reuniting, because they are deemed to be post-flight families.For - Speech Link
2: Stuart C McDonald (SNP - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) They can then provide support to the refugees with whom they are reuniting. - Speech Link
3: Diane Abbott (LAB - Hackney North and Stoke Newington) In the post-Brexit era, and in the era of Trump, I cannot let the issue of the general debate on migration - Speech Link
4: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) Friend agree that this is not a debate that makes sense in Britain? - Speech Link