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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 29 Oct 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Evans (LAB - Caerphilly) downside to the by-election, it was the talk of asylum seekers being bad people—that they are all illegal - Speech Link
2: Mims Davies (Con - East Grinstead and Uckfield) It is reported that the scandal is now engulfing north Wales, where more than 200 illegal immigrants - Speech Link
3: Ed Davey (LD - Kingston and Surbiton) She will be greatly missed.Across Europe, in countries like Poland, Germany and France, we have seen - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Asylum Seekers: MOD Housing - Wed 29 Oct 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North and Kimberley) Today, we have announced that we have had our best ever year for illegal work raids, with 1,000 people - Speech Link
2: Matt Vickers (Con - Stockton West) Since this Government entered office, the illegal immigration crisis has gotten seriously worse on every - Speech Link
3: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North and Kimberley) We have to remove the hotels and illegal working to make sure we are not so attractive. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Report stage - Tue 28 Oct 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) entered office with a promise to “smash the gangs”, end the use of hotel accommodation and prevent illegal - Speech Link
2: Lord Hacking (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) On any view, the crisis has got worse and worse with regard to the arrival of masses more immigrants - Speech Link
3: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) We need to stem the flow of illegal migration through Europe and across the channel, and to disrupt the - Speech Link
4: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) This complements illegal content duties for online companies under the Online Safety Act—which had its - Speech Link
5: None It goes beyond the existing offences of illegal entry and arrival under Section 24 of the Immigration - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Asylum Seekers: Support and Accommodation - Mon 20 Oct 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Tony Vaughan (Lab - Folkestone and Hythe) Once we add in the costs of making an illegal crossing from France, the UK benefits system does not leave - Speech Link
2: Tony Vaughan (Lab - Folkestone and Hythe) It was this Government that negotiated a new agreement with France in the UK-France deal. - Speech Link
3: Seamus Logan (SNP - Aberdeenshire North and Moray East) The term “illegal migrant” is divisive, dehumanising and inaccurate. People are not illegal. - Speech Link
4: Kevin Bonavia (Lab - Stevenage) France has a major issue with illegal migration and asylum as well. So does Germany. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Committee stage part two - Mon 13 Oct 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Ludford (LD - Life peer) entry or presence” but that has morphed, in current terminology, into describing people as illegal—“ - Speech Link
2: Lord Sandhurst (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Removing legal safeguards against illegal migration will only make this problem worse. - Speech Link
3: Lord Berkeley (Lab - Life peer) immigrants, people in fishing boats who have sunk, or whatever. - Speech Link


General Committees
The Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025 - Mon 13 Oct 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Wendy Morton (Con - Aldridge-Brownhills) countries refusing to take back their nationals; a landmark returns agreement with Albania, which cut illegal - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Committee stage part one - Mon 13 Oct 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) I believe she is as passionate as I am about setting her face against illegal people traffickers. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Ludford (LD - Life peer) On the one hand, people shout, “Why aren’t immigrants properly integrated?” - Speech Link
3: Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab - Life peer) The UK could say that all refugees are the responsibility of France. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Committee stage part two - Wed 17 Sep 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Instead of this fuss about what is non-native, let us celebrate the immigrants. - Speech Link
2: Lord Sentamu (XB - Life peer) What about Japanese knotweed, which is in the schedule of wildflowers and illegal to perpetuate? - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (Con - Life peer) Both France and Finland deliver the same EPR design for far less per kilowatt, at 27% and 53% respectively - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (Con - Life peer) France, Finland and Sweden—nations with some of the cheapest, cleanest electricity in Europe—all rely - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 15 Sep 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Murray (Lab - Edinburgh East and Musselburgh) Illegal immigration is, by definition, an international crime. - Speech Link
2: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) This year has been the worst in history for illegal immigrants crossing the channel—the number is up - Speech Link
3: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) Press reports this week suggest that a handful of illegal migrants might be removed to France—she has - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Committee stage - Mon 08 Sep 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Harper (Con - Life peer) Amendment 199 touches on illegal removals. - Speech Link
2: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) Overstayers and illegal entrants are already liable to removal from the UK. - Speech Link
3: None We have talked about illegal working. - Speech Link
4: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) I start with the question of illegal employment and working. - Speech Link
5: Lord German (LD - Life peer) The Hillmore agreement with France is a currently small-scale example of a safe route. - Speech Link