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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Monday 24th April 2017

Asked by: David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter of 6 March 2017 from the hon. Member for Walsall North concerning a constituent, ref T1183944.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

The Home Office replied on 20 April 2017.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Tuesday 18th April 2017

Asked by: David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter of 7 March 2017 from the hon. Member for Walsall North on behalf of a constituent, on police dogs.

Answered by Brandon Lewis

The Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service responded on 30 March 2017.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Friday 24th February 2017

Asked by: David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 16 January 2017 on behalf of a constituent, on asylum claims from people fleeing torture and repressive regimes.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

The Minister of State for Immigration replied on 23 February 2017.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Feb 2017
Jamal al-Harith

"Understandably, there is much justified concern about public money being given to those engaging in terrorism, and obviously we all deplore that. However, those of us who campaigned against British nationals being held in Guantanamo Bay are not going to offer any apology whatever. We were right to so campaign. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Feb 2017
Unaccompanied Child Refugees

"Regarding the unfortunate remarks made by the hon. Member for Lichfield (Michael Fabricant), is it not the case that what he referred to was an act of common humanity at the time, and it is no less now? It is the same, as far as children are concerned...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Dec 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"A person has been convicted and will spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of four young men. Is the Home Secretary aware of that murder, and is she aware that if the police in London had acted differently, two of those lives might well have …..."
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Written Question
Home Office: Written Questions
Tuesday 8th November 2016

Asked by: David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many named day written questions have not been answered with a substantive reply (a) on the day in question and (b) up to 4 days later than that day in the last six months.

Answered by Sarah Newton

The House of Commons Procedure Committee publishes official statistics regarding departmental PQ performance for each Parliamentary session.

The most recent reports can be found here:

http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/procedure/Procedure-Committee-HC191-data-departmental-performance.pdf


Written Question
Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
Wednesday 2nd November 2016

Asked by: David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library the correspondence she had with Judge Goddard asking for her to appear before the Home Office committee after her resignation as chair of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse.

Answered by Sarah Newton

On 6 October 2016, Mark Sedwill, Permanent Secretary at the Home Office, wrote to Dame Lowell Goddard, former chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, to pass on a request from the Home Affairs Select Committee that she appear before the Committee. The Committee has published the text of this letter on its website.


Written Question
Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
Wednesday 2nd November 2016

Asked by: David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2016 to Question 49304, on correspondence with Judge Goddard, when she plans to provide a substantive reply to that Question.

Answered by Sarah Newton

I refer the honourable gentleman to the answer that was given to question 49304 on 2 November 2016.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Oct 2016
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

"Is the Home Secretary aware that there is bound to be disappointment? When she appeared before the Select Committee at its hearing on 7 September and replied to questions about why Justice Goddard had resigned, she did not give further information that was relevant to the resignation or that involved …..."
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