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Written Question
Asylum: Northern Ireland
Tuesday 17th March 2026

Asked by: Alicia Kearns (Conservative - Rutland and Stamford)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many aslyum claims were made in Northern Ireland in the last five years.

Answered by Alex Norris - Minister of State (Home Office)

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Mar 2026
Strait of Hormuz

"Closing the strait of Hormuz is Iran’s most predictable threat, yet it appears that no plan to reopen it was ready to be enacted. Equally, on Cyprus, it appears that there was either an intelligence or a planning failure, which underestimated Iran’s intent or capability. Will the Government review whether …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Mar 2026
GP Contract

"Local doctors tell me that they were hoping the new contract would be focused on family medicine, with detail about the 10-year plan and neighbourhood health centres that the Minister has just touched on. I ask when the Secretary of State will be releasing the detail of the neighbourhood contract, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Mar 2026
Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address

"For four months, I asked the Government what severance payments Mandelson received. According to the permanent secretary of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, I received no reply due to an “error”. Now, we have the failure to release 56 documents. Mandelson should have been dismissed for gross misconduct, yet …..."
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Written Question
Iran: RAF Akrotiri
Wednesday 11th March 2026

Asked by: Alicia Kearns (Conservative - Rutland and Stamford)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the Iranian Ambassador was demarched for the attack on RAF Akrotiri.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the statement published on 4 March, which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/summoning-of-the-iranian-ambassador-to-the-united-kingdom-fcdo-statement--2.

Division Vote (Commons)
10 Mar 2026 - Courts and Tribunals Bill - View Vote Context
Alicia Kearns (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 104 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 203
Division Vote (Commons)
10 Mar 2026 - Courts and Tribunals Bill - View Vote Context
Alicia Kearns (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 104 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 203 Noes - 311
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Mar 2026
Courts and Tribunals Bill

"Will my right hon. Friend give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Mar 2026
Courts and Tribunals Bill

"Drawing on my hon. Friend’s point, we have also heard much argument that somehow reducing down to one judge would be a fairer and less biased system. As a woman, I do not feel that one person—we have to be honest with ourselves, they will likely be a man—who does …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Tue 10 Mar 2026
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

"The Minister has opened the box on the topic of funding for universities by mentioning how central that funding is. One of my gravest concerns is the amount of money that is coming from the Chinese Communist party into our universities. Does the Minister believe that by taking this action …..."
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