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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 14 May 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) Immigration) Act 2024. - Speech Link
2: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) Immigration) Act 2024. - Speech Link
3: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) concern“in relation to future availability of counsel”in immigration and asylum cases. - Speech Link
4: Mohammad Yasin (Lab - Bedford) Does the Minister accept that it is his Government’s funding cuts and policy failures that have delivered - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Illegal Migration Act: Northern Ireland - Tue 14 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) We must start the flights to stop the boats.The Government have consistently applied immigration law - Speech Link
2: Gavin Robinson (DUP - Belfast East) of Great Britain and Ireland had an integrity in immigration policy: the common travel area applied. - Speech Link
3: Robert Buckland (Con - South Swindon) application of EU law. - Speech Link
4: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) As she knows from real experience, immigration is a reserved matter and policy should be applied consistently - Speech Link
5: Sammy Wilson (DUP - East Antrim) The result is that we have another hole in the Government’s immigration policy—a national immigration - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)
Committee stage: 7th sitting - Tue 14 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) Act 2006, the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act - Speech Link
2: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) It has already been two and a half years since we proposed changes to the law on this and that the Government - Speech Link
3: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) the law should reflect that. - Speech Link
4: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) As I have explained, such loopholes and regulations undermine an understanding of the law and weaken - Speech Link
5: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) and to define cigarette papers so that that is clear in the law. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Palestinians: Visa Scheme - Mon 13 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Olivia Blake (Lab - Sheffield, Hallam) Migration Policy project. - Speech Link
2: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) to immigration control. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Skills: Importance for the UK Economy and Quality of Life - Thu 09 May 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Aberdare (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Apprenticeships are a key part of skills policy. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (XB - Life peer) any coherent skills policy. - Speech Link
3: Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) To pick up on what my noble friend Lord Lilley said, we must allow no escape via immigration. - Speech Link
4: Lord Mountevans (XB - Excepted Hereditary) offering specific professional qualifications in significant shore-based specialisations such as law - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Inadmissible Asylum Seekers - Thu 09 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord German (LD - Life peer) Given that there are immigration detainees not related to this Rwanda policy already occupying detention - Speech Link
2: Lord Rogan (UUP - Life peer) The hardening of public opinion on immigration and asylum south of the border is quickly being reflected - Speech Link
3: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) There are also some behind him saying that the policy is not tough enough and will not work, and some - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) provided for in UK law, including in the strengthened provisions introduced in the Nationality and Borders - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Recognition of Western Sahara as Moroccan - Wed 08 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) many other countries.One way to deal with illegal immigration in Europe and to support Morocco is through - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) law that has been enacted. - Speech Link
3: Rehman Chishti (Con - Gillingham and Rainham) It is in line with what we said in the foreign policy, defence and security review of 2021.” - Speech Link
4: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) policy on the recognition of Western Sahara as Moroccan. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Illegal Immigration: Costs - Tue 07 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Andrea Jenkyns (Con - Morley and Outwood) 2024, which became law just a few weeks ago. - Speech Link
2: Adam Holloway (Con - Gravesham) So often the harshest critics of the Government’s immigration policy are those who are well insulated - Speech Link
3: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) Member for Morley and Outwood, of the gimmick that is the Rwanda policy. - Speech Link
4: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) ensure that they feel the full consequences of the law. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 07 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Verdirame (Non-affiliated - Life peer) , and thus consistent with the rule of law requirement of legal certainty and clarity. - Speech Link
2: None labour market orders under the Immigration Act. - Speech Link
3: Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (Con - Life peer) law unless and until it is incorporated. - Speech Link
4: None is why an overall policy, and consistency in terms of policy, should drive their actions, not simply - Speech Link
5: None and contrary to established UK foreign policy. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2024 - Tue 07 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) period on 31 December 2020, and their eligible family members, to obtain a UK immigration status. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) beware because it is meaningless for an individual who does not have permanent residence rights in law - Speech Link
3: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) individual without the need for a second application.As we have heard from the Minister, this SI aligns the law - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) By virtue of UK domestic law, the withdrawal agreement as interpreted by the judgment is directly effective - Speech Link