"Q 258 That is very helpful. Thank you. I will preface my next question with a sentence from the UNHCR website:
“If the asylum system is both fast and fair, then people who know they are not refugees have little incentive to make a claim in the first place, thereby …..." Chloe Smith - View Speech
"Q 259 Would you just kindly repeat that number and say what the unit is?
Councillor Simmonds: Yes. So, we were talking there about 34 authorities that are supporting 2,154 households who are irregular migrants, and the cost—the quite detailed costing of that—is £613,872 per week.
"Q 260 Would the rest of the panel like to make any comment on this notion of having to reduce our undesired costs to be able to do more for those who most need it?
Paul Greenhalgh: Absolutely, and we would want to do that to ensure that the relevant …..." Chloe Smith - View Speech
"Q 16 Two quick questions from me. The first is on what happens at present to engage with these families. Mr Kaye, you were just saying that the longer we do not engage with them, the more there is a problem; yet, as I have just heard it, Ms Dennis, …..." Chloe Smith - View Speech
"Q 18 My second question looks back somewhat. Mr Kaye’s organisation, Still Human Still Here, in 2008 gave evidence to the Home Affairs Committee on the then draft citizenship and immigration legislative proposals. Your organisation stated:
“Government asylum support policy is leaving many refused asylum seekers destitute”—
"Q 19 Why do you think that the Government—either of those Governments—respond to the electorate’s ask?
Mike Kaye: To be frank, it is a total mystery to me after 20 years how Governments can continue to do the same thing and expect a different outcome. Over 20 years Governments have …..." Chloe Smith - View Speech
"Q 133 Will the panel give us their assessment of what numbers might be involved in the area of policy that we are talking about? Do you have any assessment in particular of how many prospective tenants might present themselves to your members, or how many bank accounts in the …..." Chloe Smith - View Speech
"Q 134 Of those, do you have a sense of how many might fall under the provisions of the Bill?
Richard Lambert: None whatsoever.
David Smith: In a sense, they should all be falling under it, because landlords are required to check every new tenant, so one would assume that …..." Chloe Smith - View Speech