Mentions:
1: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) I would argue that the policy on asylum seekers’ right to work achieves the right balance. - Speech Link
2: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) practice, that means that migrants with permission under the family or private life routes, or the Hong - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: John Cryer (Lab - Leyton and Wanstead) When there were crises in Afghanistan, Ukraine and Hong Kong, schemes, whatever their merits, were set - Speech Link
2: Cat Smith (Lab - Lancaster and Fleetwood) As with those from Hong Kong and Ukraine, we can see a very clear need for a visa scheme for Palestinians - Speech Link
3: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) Where Afghanistan and Hong Kong were concerned, we had particular historic and moral responsibilities - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) The countries with which we already have arrangements include Andorra, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, - Speech Link
2: Carla Lockhart (DUP - Upper Bann) Irish police now tasked to patrol the border to protect from the unsubstantiated, unfounded 80% of asylum - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) because we have extended the hand of friendship to people fleeing conflict and persecution in Ukraine, Hong - Speech Link
2: Vicky Ford (Con - Chelmsford) welcomed Ukrainian refugees, the families of those brave Afghans who stood beside our soldiers, and the Hong - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) because we have extended the hand of friendship to people fleeing conflict and persecution in Ukraine, Hong - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) Can the Minister give a breakdown of the number of asylum seekers who are not missing but who cannot - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Bob Seely (Con - Isle of Wight) What steps his Department is taking to support Jimmy Lai during his trial in Hong Kong. - Speech Link
2: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) We have called for an end to British citizen Jimmy Lai’s prosecution in Hong Kong and for his release - Speech Link
3: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) Our complex relationship with China and Hong Kong continues but we will continue to stand firm to make - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None Why are we upset with what China says with respect to Hong Kong or with respect to Taiwan? - Speech Link
2: Lord Carlile of Berriew (XB - Life peer) People who would, in some cases, have had a legitimate right to asylum—a legal right to asylum under - Speech Link
3: Lord Dubs (Lab - Life peer) This House has consistently supported the rights of children in relation to asylum. - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Between 2016 and September 2023, there were 11,977 asylum cases where age was disputed. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) Member for East Ham (Sir Stephen Timms) asking for those fleeing the regime’s persecution to be granted asylum - Speech Link
2: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon), who was questioning me just an hour or so ago on issues to do with Hong - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) The reality is that individuals in need of international protection should claim asylum in the first - Speech Link
2: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) diplomatic protest against the draconian new national security laws being imposed on the good people of Hong - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) under international law and that, therefore, there is no such thing as an illegal asylum seeker. - Speech Link
2: Tom Tugendhat (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) Certain communities have been targeted, such as the Hong Kong Chinese community, which is now very welcome - Speech Link
3: Olivia Blake (Lab - Sheffield, Hallam) What steps his Department is taking to help ensure the safety and wellbeing of asylum seekers in asylum - Speech Link
4: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) What progress his Department has made on closing asylum hotels. - Speech Link
5: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) Given that, is not time to give asylum seekers the right to work in this country? - Speech Link