Information between 9th June 2025 - 19th June 2025
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Monday 23rd June 2025 Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party - Life peer) Orders and regulations - Main Chamber Subject: Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 - motion to regret Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 View calendar - Add to calendar |
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11 Jun 2025 - Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 1 Green Party Aye votes vs 0 Green Party No votes Tally: Ayes - 265 Noes - 161 |
11 Jun 2025 - Holocaust Memorial Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 1 Green Party Aye votes vs 0 Green Party No votes Tally: Ayes - 83 Noes - 79 |
11 Jun 2025 - Holocaust Memorial Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 1 Green Party Aye votes vs 0 Green Party No votes Tally: Ayes - 83 Noes - 129 |
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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle speeches from: Child Sexual Exploitation: Casey Report
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle contributed 1 speech (96 words) Wednesday 18th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle speeches from: Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle contributed 3 speeches (1,152 words) Committee stage Wednesday 18th June 2025 - Grand Committee Department for Work and Pensions |
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle speeches from: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle contributed 4 speeches (1,363 words) Tuesday 17th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Education |
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle speeches from: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle contributed 2 speeches (413 words) Tuesday 17th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Education |
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle speeches from: Employment Rights Bill
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle contributed 1 speech (680 words) Committee stage: Part 1 Monday 16th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle speeches from: Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle contributed 4 speeches (1,208 words) Committee stage Monday 16th June 2025 - Grand Committee Department for Work and Pensions |
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle speeches from: Spending Review 2025
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle contributed 1 speech (153 words) Thursday 12th June 2025 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury |
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle speeches from: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle contributed 4 speeches (989 words) Thursday 12th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Education |
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle speeches from: Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle contributed 5 speeches (1,251 words) Committee stage Wednesday 11th June 2025 - Grand Committee Department for Work and Pensions |
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle speeches from: Corporate Liquidations
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle contributed 1 speech (99 words) Tuesday 10th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle speeches from: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle contributed 4 speeches (1,618 words) Monday 9th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for International Development |
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Ash Dieback Disease
Asked by: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party - Life peer) Thursday 12th June 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask His Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they are taking to ensure that valuable, potentially tolerant, or disease-resistant trees, such as ash trees that have survived chalara ash dieback, are not unnecessarily felled. Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) From observations in Europe and the UK, we expect 1-5% of ash trees to show useful levels of genetic resistance to ash dieback, caused by the fungal pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. Resistance is heritable which offers hope for a future breeding programme. We recommend that land managers consider this resistance in ash trees and retain ash trees where they stand out as being healthier than those around them, providing it’s safe to do so.
The Government has invested more than £8 million to advance our scientific understanding of this disease since it was first detected, including into the development of resistant ash trees. We have conducted the world’s largest screening trials for tolerant trees have planted two living archives, one in Southern England in 2019 and the second in Scotland in 2025, to protect and maintain these important genotypes and facilitate the possibility of a future breeding programme of resilient ash.
Decisions about the management of individual ash trees are the responsibility of the landowner, but the Government has worked with partners to publish tailored guidance for woodland owners, farmers and local authorities on managing diseased ash, including a Local Authority Ash Dieback Toolkit (second edition published in 2025). The guidance recommends the identification of ash trees showing the highest levels of disease tolerance, before any felling action takes place, as the retention of these trees will help maintain a genetically diverse ash tree population in the future. |
Salmon: Fish Farming
Asked by: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party - Life peer) Tuesday 17th June 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk to (1) local job security and economic security, and (2) animal welfare, from the planned onshore salmon farm in Cleethorpes, considering the large-scale die-off of salmon at Mount Fuji in Japan in May and in Nova Scotia in November 2023. Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) The Government supports sustainable, industry led, growth in aquaculture. To ensure sustainability, aquaculture operations must comply with extensive land use, environmental, animal health and welfare and veterinary medicines regulations. The proposal for an onshore salmon farm in Cleethorpes will be considered by the relevant regulators, as and when the relevant permissions are sought. |
Dutch Elm Disease: Disease Control
Asked by: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party - Life peer) Tuesday 17th June 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support local authorities in protecting vulnerable trees from pests and diseases, including valuable urban trees, such as the National Elm Collection in Brighton and Hove. Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Local Authorities are responsible for the care and management of trees on their land. The Government has provided Local Authorities with a range of guidance to help them manage their trees and the pest and disease threats they may be facing. This includes Local Authority toolkits on Ash Dieback (which has been downloaded over 20,000 times), Oak Processionary Moth (OPM) and on developing a Trees and Woodland Strategy for their areas.
We also offer financial support for Local Authorities through the Tree Health Pilot to manage some pests and diseases. For example, a grant is available to Local Authorities in the OPM established area to help them manage the public health risk from this pest. The grant pays for the surveying of oak trees and the creation of OPM management plans and communications strategies. The Tree Health Pilot also provides financial support to help Local Authorities facilitate landowner action on ash dieback and to restock any trees lost to the disease.
The Government does not take statutory action against Dutch Elm Disease as it is widespread across most of Great Britain. We are aware of areas such as the Isle of Man, Edinburgh and Brighton & Hove where populations of mature elms are of local significance and survive as a result of local disease control programmes. Defra is prioritising investment in scientific research which aims to develop a more resistant and diverse elm population, to support the return of mature elms to the landscape nationwide.
The Government meets regularly meets with Local Authorities through specific groups such as the Tree Health and Safety Taskforce and the Tree Health Operations Forum, where they can raise tree health challenges and discuss how to effectively deal with these. |
Trees: Cultural Heritage
Asked by: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party - Life peer) Tuesday 17th June 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the importance of people’s social and cultural connections to trees, as seen in the recent losses of the Sycamore Gap tree and the Whitewebbs oak tree; and, given the widespread threats facing British trees, including Dutch elm disease and chalara ash dieback, what steps they are taking to ensure that these connections are not lost for future generations. Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Defra has funded projects through Forest Research to explore methods for quantifying the social and cultural value of trees, woodlands, and forests at risk from pests and diseases. A recent evaluation estimates that these natural assets contribute approximately £3.1 billion annually through recreational use, landscape and biodiversity benefits. Additionally, Forest Research has found that regular woodland visits may contribute to annual savings of £185 million in mental health treatment costs.
Defra recognises the exceptional ecological and sociocultural significance of individual trees, such as the Whitewebbs Oak and the Sycamore Gap tree. Many of these trees are classed as ‘irreplaceable habitat’ and are protected under the National Planning Policy Framework and Biodiversity Net Gain Regulations as well as individual Tree Preservation Orders and Felling Licence regulations.
Defra has conducted a thorough enquiry into the threats and the effectiveness of existing protection measures for England’s most valuable trees. We funded a report led by the Tree Council and Forest Research which assessed the current stewardship and safeguarding measures for our most culturally and ecologically important trees. We are carefully considering its recommendations to identify the most robust and cost-effective approaches to long-term protection, and it will be important to balance our approach with existing priorities and our statutory obligations
We have also reviewed the implementation and effectiveness of the National Planning Policy Framework in safeguarding ancient and veteran trees and ancient woodland from development pressures. While these habitats are strongly protected in planning policy, the review identified implementation challenges. We are now developing policy proposals to ensure that high-value trees are protected not only in policy but also in practice.
Our treescapes face increasing threats from pests and diseases. To address this, we have implemented a robust, risk-based regulatory regime that prioritises biosecurity, surveillance, and horizon scanning. We also run targeted management programmes to prevent the importation and spread of quarantine tree pests and pathogens.
We are investing significantly in research and development to preserve iconic tree species and enhance the resilience of our treescapes. This includes initiatives such as Action Oak, a partnership of over 30 organisations focused on protecting native oaks, and the Living Ash Project, which has created two archives of ash trees resistant to ash dieback disease. Defra has also provided £4 million to the Centre for Forest Protection this financial year to support 17 new research projects to improve tree health and resilience and funded the development of the state-of-the-art Holt Laboratory in Surrey to advance tree health research. |
Minerals: Myanmar
Asked by: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party - Life peer) Wednesday 18th June 2025 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of rare earth elements, other mining products and logging products from Myanmar in the UK supply chain; and what steps they are taking to reduce the environmental and human rights damage associated with such extraction, in particular through diplomacy, official development assistance and other routes. Answered by Baroness Chapman of Darlington - Minister of State (Development) Our Overseas Business Risk Guidance makes clear that UK businesses procuring natural resources in Myanmar should conduct thorough supply chain due diligence to ensure that their intended activities do not contravene sanctions prohibitions and restrictions and that they are not supporting the military regime or its associated businesses. The guidance also advises businesses operating in Myanmar to comply with standards of responsible business conduct, including respecting human rights. The UK has sanctioned State Owned Entities involved in extractive industries in Myanmar, namely Myanmar Mining Enterprise 1 and 2 and the Myanmar Timber Enterprise. |
Plants: Disease Control
Asked by: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party - Life peer) Wednesday 18th June 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to support plant health professionals to guard against unknown and novel pests and diseases not currently listed on the UK Plant Health Risk Register. Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Pests are added to the UK Plant Health risk register based on horizon scanning for new threats to plants in the UK, carried out by Defra’s plant health Risk and Horizon Scanning Team. A variety of scientific and other sources are used and the process is dynamic, with new pests regularly added in response to information gathered during such horizon scanning. Risks of existing pests are also regularly reviewed in response to new information. The ‘Risk Register News’ section on the Risk register website can be used to check which pests have recently been added or reviewed.
A risk-based approach to import inspections is undertaken at the UK border, to protect plant health professionals and others against known threats as well as new ones. Import requirements and inspection rates are kept under continuous review and adjusted as necessary, for example in response to an upsurge of interceptions of pests or a new threat emerging. If a pest is identified at an import inspection, or through inland surveillance, which has not been identified during the horizon scanning process described, or has not yet been regulated, Article 29 of the plant health regulation (PHR), assimilated Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, applies. This requires action to be taken against any pest which on the basis of a preliminary assessment meets the criteria to be a GB quarantine pest. Where a pest which is not present in GB is considered to meet the criteria to be a GB quarantine pest, action would be taken against plants or plant products it has been found on, most likely resulting in their destruction. |
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9 Jun 2025, 6:26 p.m. - House of Lords ">> The amendment is by leave withdrawn. Amendment 68, Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle. >> I rise to meet amendment 68 and " Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
17 Jun 2025, 5:47 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle gave were very stark reminders of just how important those things are " Baroness Barran (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
17 Jun 2025, 9:20 p.m. - House of Lords "usual. Just very quickly, I want to say to Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle. I genuinely have real " Baroness Sanderson of Welton (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
17 Jun 2025, 8:53 p.m. - House of Lords "support amendment 174, in the name of the noble Lady, Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle. A starting point is " Baroness Barran (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
Bill Documents |
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Jun. 18 2025
HL Bill 84-VI Sixth marshalled list for Committee Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD RUSSELL OF LIVERPOOL LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM LORD HAMPTON BARONESS BENNETT OF MANOR CASTLE 165 |
Jun. 18 2025
HL Bill 84-VI(a) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Sixth Marshalled List) Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: After Clause 50 BARONESS BENNETT OF MANOR CASTLE 447ZB★_ After Clause 50, insert the following new |
Jun. 18 2025
HL Bill 89 Running list of amendments – 18 June 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: After Clause 16 BARONESS BENNETT OF MANOR CASTLE _ After Clause 16, insert the following new Clause |
Jun. 17 2025
HL Bill 81-X Tenth marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD HOLMES OF RICHMOND BARONESS BENNETT OF MANOR CASTLE 294_ After Clause 150, insert the following |
Jun. 17 2025
HL Bill 96-V Fifth marshalled list for Grand Committee Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: BARONESS KRAMER BARONESS BENNETT OF MANOR CASTLE 103_ Schedule 5, page 105, line 18, leave out from |
Jun. 17 2025
HL Bill 89 Running list of amendments - 17 June 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: After Clause 16 BARONESS BENNETT OF MANOR CASTLE _ After Clause 16, insert the following new Clause |
Jun. 13 2025
HL Bill 84-V Fifth marshalled list for Committee Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: BARONESS TYLER OF ENFIELD BARONESS BENNETT OF MANOR CASTLE BARONESS WALMSLEY LORD RUSSELL OF LIVERPOOL |
Jun. 12 2025
HL Bill 81-IX Ninth Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD FREYBERG THE EARL OF CLANCARTY BARONESS BENNETT OF MANOR CASTLE 259_ After Clause 86, insert |
Jun. 12 2025
HL Bill 81-IX Corrected Ninth Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD FREYBERG THE EARL OF CLANCARTY BARONESS BENNETT OF MANOR CASTLE 259_ After Clause 86, insert |
Jun. 12 2025
HL Bill 96-IV Fourth marshalled list for Grand Committee Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD VAUX OF HARROWDEN BARONESS BENNETT OF MANOR CASTLE BARONESS FOX OF BUCKLEY BARONESS KRAMER 79A |
Jun. 11 2025
HL Bill 84-IV(Rev) Revised fourth marshalled list for Committee Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 7 LORD WATSON OF INVERGOWRIE BARONESS BENNETT OF MANOR CASTLE LORD RUSSELL OF LIVERPOOL 84 |
Jun. 10 2025
HL Bill 84-IV Fourth marshalled list for Committee Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 7 LORD WATSON OF INVERGOWRIE BARONESS BENNETT OF MANOR CASTLE LORD RUSSELL OF LIVERPOOL 84 |
Jun. 10 2025
HL Bill 96-III Third marshalled list for Grand Committee Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD VAUX OF HARROWDEN BARONESS BENNETT OF MANOR CASTLE BARONESS FOX OF BUCKLEY BARONESS KRAMER 79A |
Jun. 09 2025
HL Bill 89 Running list of amendments - 9 June 2025 Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: After Clause 16 BARONESS BENNETT OF MANOR CASTLE _ After Clause 16, insert the following new Clause |
APPG Publications |
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Antimicrobial Resistance APPG Document: AMR and Conflict: National security amid rising tide of drug-resistant infections – lessons from Ukraine Found: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle 0915 Welcome and Opening Remarks Dr Danny Chambers MP and Dr Nick |
Antimicrobial Resistance APPG Document: Meeting minutes Found: 2025 in Portcullis House, Room P Attendees: Beccy Cooper MP Danny Chambers MP Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle |
Immigration Detention APPG Document: Inaugural meeting – December 2024 Found: ------------------- Parliamentarians present: Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP (Labour) Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle |
Antimicrobial Resistance APPG Document: Guarding Against Antimicrobial Resistance Towards Responsible Biocide Use in Consumer Goods Found: ...................................................................... iii Foreword: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle |
Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2023-24 Found: Whittome MP Sammy Wilson MP Jacob Young MP Parliamentarian House of Lords Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle |
Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2022-23 Found: Whittome MP Sammy Wilson MP Jacob Young MP Parliamentarian House of Lords Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle |
Care-Experienced Children and Young People APPG Document: 21 May 2024 Roundtable Found: Burtersett; Baroness Young of Hornsey; Lord Russell of Liverpool; Lord Prentis of Leeds; Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle |
Care-Experienced Children and Young People APPG Document: 21 May 2024 AGM Found: Burtersett, Baroness Young of Hornsey, Lord Russell of Liverpool, Lord Prentis of Leeds, Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle |
Modern Conflict APPG Document: 2023 AGM Minutes Found: Attendance and Voting Actions Attendance for Quorum Stewart McDonald MP, Amy Callaghan MP, Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle |
Energy Studies APPG Document: Minutes of AGM 2022-23 Found: APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies were received from Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle David Duguid |
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) APPG Document: AGM APPG Meeting Minutes 10th May 2023 Found: Chair) Stephen Metcalfe Debbie Abrahams Fleur Anderson Julian Lewis Ben Bradshaw Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle |
Antimicrobial Resistance APPG Document: Prevention first: why clean water and hygiene are the best medicine against the spread of drug-resistant infections Found: Co-Chair • Maggie Throup MP, Conservative, Co-Chair • Patrick Grady MP, SNP, Co-Chair • Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle |
Immigration Detention APPG Document: AGM Election Results Form - March 2023 Found: Christine Jardine MP Anne McLaughlin MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP Mohammad Yasin MP Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle |
Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services APPG Document: Minutes taken at the APPG’s AGM held on 6th December 2022 Found: of the Chair Lord Davies of Brixton Ruth Jones MP Lord Stunell OBE David Simmonds MP Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle |
Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax APPG Document: What is Fair and Responsible Tax? Found: inequality and boost business Sarah Olney MP 7 A Green perspective on “fair taxation” Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle |
Apprenticeships APPG Document: Widening Participation – Minutes – October 2022 Found: Parliamentarians in Attendance or Represented: • Andrew Jones MP • Lord Aberdare • Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle |
Energy Studies APPG Document: Minutes of AGM 2021-22 Found: APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies were received from Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle Rt Hon Lord |
Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2021-22 Found: Whittome MP Sammy Wilson MP Jacob Young MP Parliamentarian House of Lords Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle |
Energy Studies APPG Document: Minutes of AGM 2020-21 Found: APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Apologies were received from Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle Rt Hon Lord |
Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2020-21 Found: Nadia Whittome MP Sammy Wilson MP Parliamentarians House of Lords Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle |
Immigration Detention APPG Document: AGM on planned new IRC for women – April 2021 Found: - Parliamentarians: Alison Thewliss MP (SNP) - Chair Diane Abbott MP (Labour) Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle |
Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG Document: Annual Report 2020-2021 Found: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle asked if the Government would ‘ acknowledge that climate justice demands |
Antimicrobial Resistance APPG Document: Antibiotic residues in sewage and agricultural run-off: can we determine safe thresholds to combat deadly superbugs? Found: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle & Dr Nicholas Brown 1135 Q&A All speakers 1155 Summary |
Immigration Detention APPG Document: Meeting on processing of small boat arrivals – November 2020 Found: ----------------------- Parliamentarians: Alison Thewliss MP (SNP) - Chair Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle |
United Nations Global Goals APPG Document: Download the full report Found: Chair) Lord Chidgey (Vice Chair) Patrick Grady MP 56 Lord Collins of Highbury Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle |
Immigration Detention APPG Document: Meeting on Adults at Risk in Immigration Detention policy – June 2020 Found: ----------------------- Parliamentarians: Alison Thewliss MP (SNP) - Chair Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle |
Immigration Detention APPG Document: Inaugural meeting – January 2020 Found: -------------------- Parliamentarians present: Alison Thewliss MP (SNP) - Chair Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle |