Windrush Compensation Scheme

Debate between Baroness Williams of Trafford and Lord Hussain

Wednesday 3rd April 2019 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Williams of Trafford]

The noble Baroness asks a perfectly logical question about what we have done about some of the people who we might have wrongly removed from this country. Officials spent a long time doing a manual trawl of some of the people we removed. I had the numbers—the number 57 comes to mind, but I will double check and write to the noble Baroness about the exact breakdown of the numbers that we checked.

[Lord Hussain (LD)]

Is there a right of appeal for those claiming compensation under the Windrush scheme?

[Baroness Williams of Trafford]

That is a very good point. I do not know whether there is a right of appeal. Obviously there are a number of different categories, some of which will be yes or no because it is cut and dried, but others may not be. I will write to the noble Lord on the appeal process.