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Speech in Ministerial Corrections - Mon 01 Sep 2014
Passports

"To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passport (a) applications and (b) renewal applications were received by the Passport Office in each (i) month and (ii) year of the last five years.

[Official Report, 30 June 2014, Vol. 583, c. 378W.]

Letter of correction from …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Jul 2014
Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill

"There is a huge amount of concern that the legislation as it was previously and has been presented today could be used for political or industrial purposes. For example, it could be used to intercept information when a trade union was organising industrial action. Is his reading of the amendment …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Jul 2014
Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill

"The Minister will be aware that in the past the security services have taken a great interest in political campaigns and, indeed, industrial matters. I mentioned the miners’ strike in my previous intervention. Will he give an assurance that the proposed legislation will not be used against political activists or, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Jul 2014
Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill

"The concern that many have is that, in the past, national security has been considered to be a catch-all. Indeed, the miners were considered to be the enemy within, and much of the rhetoric we hear from Government Members considers trade union activity and people who use democratic means to …..."
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Written Question
Passports
Monday 30th June 2014

Asked by: Baroness Clark of Kilwinning (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to address the current backlog of applications within the Passport Office.

Answered by James Brokenshire

On 12 June, my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Home Secretary set out to the House the
measures HM Passport Office is putting in place to respond to the exceptional
current levels of passport demand.
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer of 12 June 2014, Official Report, columns
693 and 694 for details.

Written Question
Passports
Monday 30th June 2014

Asked by: Baroness Clark of Kilwinning (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport (a) applications and (b) renewal applications were received by the Passport Office in each (i) month and (ii) year of the last five years.

Answered by James Brokenshire

The following table provides the requested information.

Written Question
HM Passport Office
Wednesday 25th June 2014

Asked by: Baroness Clark of Kilwinning (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) services and (b) jobs within the Passport Office were transferred to the private sector in the last five years; and when those transfers took place.

Answered by James Brokenshire

No jobs have been transferred from Her Majesty's Passport Office to the private
sector in the last five years.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2014
Passport Applications

"I was very interested to hear the intervention by the hon. Member for Stroud (Neil Carmichael), who is no longer in his place. I have received an e-mail from a constituent whose son applied for a passport in March to go to Austria at the end of this month as …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2014
Passport Applications

"This crisis was not only predictable but predicted. I pay tribute to the work done by my hon. Friends the Members for Newport West (Paul Flynn) and for Newport East (Jessica Morden) in raising these issues for a very long time. As a member of the PCS parliamentary group, I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2014
Passport Applications

"I will not, because I understand that a number of Members want to speak and we are going to have the closing speeches shortly. I would not want to take time away from someone who has been waiting here all afternoon to speak.

When the Conservative Government were elected, they …..."
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