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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 05 Jan 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Mike Tapp (Lab - Dover and Deal) Penalties are in place for those employing illegal workers, as is a potential prison sentence for illegal - Speech Link
2: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) The numbers are going up: 41,000 illegal immigrants crossed the channel last year, a 40% increase on - Speech Link
3: Sarah Jones (Lab - Croydon West) We need to make sure that we do not have illegal meat coming into the country. - Speech Link
4: Mike Tapp (Lab - Dover and Deal) This Government remain committed to supporting Ukraine following Russia’s illegal invasion. - Speech Link
5: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North and Kimberley) My experience of working with France is that it wants to solve the shared challenge. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Asylum Reforms: Protected Characteristics - Wed 17 Dec 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) If a trans or gay refugee is here, and it is illegal for them to be trans in their country—they are likely - Speech Link
2: Gregory Campbell (DUP - East Londonderry) Friend agree that, whether on straightforward illegal immigration or on protected characteristics, part - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) They are illegal immigrants coming by the backdoor to seek greater help in the benefits system, rather - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Government must make changes to the system and take a hard line, returning those young men back to France - Speech Link
5: Will Forster (LD - Woking) We tabled amendments to the Conservatives’ Illegal Migration Bill to secure such reforms, including a - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
The UK’s Demographic Future - Thu 11 Dec 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Con - Life peer) For example, France has 120 people per square kilometre. The UK has 279, which is more than double. - Speech Link
2: Lord Faulks (Non-affiliated - Life peer) But the emphasis politically has been on illegal migration. - Speech Link
3: Lord Empey (UUP - Life peer) We understand that there is an illegal side as well, but we are issuing the visas. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Buscombe (Con - Life peer) This Monday, we learned that heroin and cocaine are being imported in the stomachs of illegal immigrants - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Illegal Migrants: Unknown Whereabouts - Tue 09 Dec 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Rupert Lowe (Ind - Great Yarmouth) The scale of illegal immigration and its impact on our country is simply not understood in this Parliament - Speech Link
2: Alex Easton (Ind - North Down) Given that 53,000 illegal immigrants have absconded with no address, and 736 who have committed crimes - Speech Link
3: Mike Tapp (Lab - Dover and Deal) We have ramped up enforcement activity, whether against the criminal gangs, illegal journeys or illegal - Speech Link
4: Mike Tapp (Lab - Dover and Deal) we have strengthened our ability to return individuals to France. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Migration: Settlement Pathway - Tue 25 Nov 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) One concern I have about these proposals is about the settlement periods for illegal migrants. - Speech Link
2: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) I think that is reasonable.The noble Lord, Lord Davies, mentioned illegal entry. - Speech Link
3: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (XB - Life peer) I am not disagreeing with the noble Lord at all; he is completely correct about France. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Ludford (LD - Life peer) With all the love I have of France, we have historically done better than France in building a multicultural - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Migration: Settlement Pathway - Thu 20 Nov 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) That has included illegal immigration across the channel, which has surged since the general election - Speech Link
2: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham Ladywood) There is a relationship between legal migration and illegal migration in the overall migration system - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Asylum Policy - Mon 17 Nov 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Kemi Badenoch (Con - North West Essex) She must take steps to deter illegal immigrants from coming to Britain, and deport them as soon as they - Speech Link
2: Danny Kruger (RUK - East Wiltshire) Unlike the Government, we do not propose to give illegal immigrants the right to stay here for two and - Speech Link
3: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham Ladywood) Member said that I describe myself as a child of immigrants. - Speech Link
4: Paulette Hamilton (Lab - Birmingham Erdington) I agree with the Government that we desperately need to tackle illegal migration. - Speech Link
5: Sonia Kumar (Lab - Dudley) immigrants and criminal gangs? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 17 Nov 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) Lady became Home Secretary, 10,000 illegal immigrants have crossed the English channel, but the Home - Speech Link
2: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) The Home Secretary wants to give illegal immigrants a 20-year path to citizenship. - Speech Link
3: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) Just last week, an Iranian and two Egyptian small-boat illegal immigrants were committed to trial for - Speech Link
4: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) Can any Minister say, in percentage terms, roughly what the proportions are of illegal immigrants who - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic and Taxation Policies: Jobs, Growth and Prosperity - Thu 13 Nov 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con - Life peer) In this country, certainly in the private sector, we have a long-hours culture, unlike, say, France, - Speech Link
2: Lord Bilimoria (XB - Life peer) We treat them as immigrants. Should they not be taken out of the net migration figures? - Speech Link
3: Lord Sikka (Lab - Life peer) It is currently investing 18.2% of GDP in productive assets, compared with 26% for France and 25% for - Speech Link
4: Baroness Kramer (LD - Life peer) We are paying a significant premium, even over France with all of its woes. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) In the G7 it is ahead of only Italy and France. This is not a good place to be. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Report stage - Wed 05 Nov 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Con - Life peer) The Government have argued that their new “one in, one out” deal with France will take up that mantle - Speech Link
2: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) However, everything was put on hold by the Illegal Migration Act. - Speech Link
3: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) They want us to deport illegal entrants. - Speech Link