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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 26 Feb 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) As we have said often in debates this House, knife crime is a terrible crime; it tears families apart - Speech Link
2: Afzal Khan (Lab - Manchester, Gorton) His mum, Kelly, has worked tirelessly to make sure that no other families have to face the suffering - Speech Link
3: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) Reunite Families UK has highlighted the disproportionate impact that Tory changes to visa income thresholds - Speech Link
4: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) proud of the amazing response from people across this country who have opened their homes to Ukrainian refugees - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Poverty Reduction - Thu 22 Feb 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) the Bishop of Durham for his tireless championing of the interests of children in poverty and also refugees - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Durham (Bshp - Bishops) Low pay and insecure work continue to prevent families being lifted out of poverty. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Bishop of Durham on his marvellous valedictory speech, on all the work he has done on child poverty and refugees - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Pupil Mental Health, Well-being and Development - Thu 22 Feb 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Sterling of Plaistow (Con - Life peer) To support these pupils and their families, they would require access to more specialist professional - Speech Link
2: Lord Wei (Con - Life peer) This comes on top of the high levels of stress families feel because of the issues they have to deal - Speech Link
3: Lord Touhig (Lab - Life peer) I have some experience with families with children whose lack of speech is a cause for concern. - Speech Link
4: Lord Bishop of Chichester (Bshp - Bishops) It has used it as a way to welcome Ukrainian refugees into its life and to forge a strong partnership - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ceasefire in Gaza - Wed 21 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Miriam Cates (Con - Penistone and Stocksbridge) Why are they not calling on Egypt to assist refugees, as the Polish did upon the invasion of Ukraine? - Speech Link
2: Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) My constituent has seen the support provided by the UK Government to Ukrainian refugees for two years - Speech Link
3: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) the occupation, end the settlement policy, and recognise the plight of those thousands of Palestinian refugees - Speech Link
4: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) families to sanctuary here. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Immigration Rules and Border Security - Tue 20 Feb 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Angus Brendan MacNeil (Ind - Na h-Eileanan an Iar) Most importantly, it caused angst for families in Na h-Eileanan an Iar and elsewhere, and concern and - Speech Link
2: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) Families in all our constituencies, including East Renfrewshire, rely on the skills and compassion of - Speech Link
3: Marion Fellows (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) Closing the Ukrainian families scheme almost two years to the day since Putin’s illegal war began is - Speech Link
4: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) his predecessor, meet Glasgow Members of Parliament to discuss how Home Office policies are making refugees - Speech Link
5: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) I am very willing to meet him to discuss the issue of asylum accommodation and support for refugees in - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Register of Children not in School - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Flick Drummond (Con - Meon Valley) Those children and families desperately need our support, but we are unable to offer it because we simply - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) However, I am also aware that that is not the journey that all families follow. The hon. - Speech Link
3: Sally-Ann Hart (Con - Hastings and Rye) A register would allow us to monitor vulnerable populations, such as those with disabilities, refugees - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Balochistan: Human Rights - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) This brutality—what is described as the “kill and dump” policy—has left families shattered and communities - Speech Link
2: Zarah Sultana (Lab - Coventry South) Does he also share my grave concerns about Pakistan’s treatment of Afghan refugees who have fled to the - Speech Link
3: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) Many of us have constituents whose families are still facing severe intimidation in Pakistan, although - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [Lords]
2nd reading - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Refugees, political exiles and human rights advocates who have sought refuge in the UK deserve the assurance - Speech Link
2: Tom Tugendhat (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) legislate for the security of the British people and, in particular, for the safety of our children and families - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage part one - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: None international law, the Government need to reconsider their approach, both generally in relation to refugees - Speech Link
2: None Queer LGBT refugees often face societal pressure and discrimination, with instances of anti-LGBT+ groups - Speech Link
3: None Rwandan officials claim that queer refugees should not fear persecution as they do not criminalise them - Speech Link
4: Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab - Life peer) anyone with experience of dealing with asylum anywhere in the world will tell you that, for a great many refugees - Speech Link
5: Lord Scriven (LD - Life peer) claiming that Rwanda is a safe country, and in ensuring that the way it deals with asylum claims from LGBT refugees - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage - Wed 14 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) It is important to note that, on 22 January, the Guardian reported that at least 1,300 child refugees - Speech Link
2: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) Some of these very brave men and their families and dependants are hiding in Afghanistan, and others - Speech Link
3: None These people were forced, when the killing of their colleagues and families started, to get here by irregular - Speech Link
4: None Triples and other Afghans who served with us but give future allies an assurance that they and their families - Speech Link
5: None It is a state party to the 1951 United Nations convention on refugees and to the seven core UN human - Speech Link