Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 01 Dec 2022
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
"It is a pleasure to follow the speech that the hon. Member for Bury North (James Daly) has just given. I congratulate the hon. Members for Bristol South (Karin Smyth) and for Thurrock (Jackie Doyle-Price) on securing this very important debate. It has become somewhat of a sad and serious …..."Gavin Newlands - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 01 Dec 2022
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
"I know there is subtext to the hon. Gentleman’s intervention.
I want to ensure that organisations in my constituency know that support and help is there for them if and when they want to start making change among the people they speak to daily. Young men have dozens of interactions …..."Gavin Newlands - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 27 Oct 2022
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Third sitting)
"Q A lot of the issues that the Bill rightly seeks to address are fairly high-level economic and corporate crimes, which are huge issues—and we are talking about huge amounts of money—but they do not directly have an impact on the vast majority of our constituents. One issue that …..."Gavin Newlands - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 27 Oct 2022
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Third sitting)
"Q What specific amendments would you suggest for the Bill to address it a lot better?
Graham Barrow: Being clear that a company will not be allowed on to the register until those full checks have been made would be one. I would also be a lot stricter about …..."Gavin Newlands - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 28th April 2022
Asked by:
Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current (a) median and (b) mean lengths of times are between a passport renewal application being received by her Department and its issuance to the applicant.
Answered by Kevin Foster
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Written Question
Thursday 28th April 2022
Asked by:
Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current (a) median and (b) mean lengths of time are between an application for a new passport being received by her Department and its issuance to the applicant.
Answered by Kevin Foster
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Apr 2022
HM Passport Office Backlogs
"Last week my constituents Paul and Jacqueline Weir received the distressing news that their Finnish daughter-in-law had passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in their son Daryl’s arms. She was only 34. Daryl and their young son are understandably distraught, and Paul and Jacqueline are desperate to go over to support …..."Gavin Newlands - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 26th April 2022
Asked by:
Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by her Department to assist with the processing and issuance of passports on the 1st April of (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2019, (d) 2020 and (e) 2022.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The table below shows the number of full-time equivalent staff working within Her Majesty’s Passport Office’s passport production-related roles on 1 April* for each year requested.
Number (FTE) |
2022 | 4,092 |
2020 | 3,609 |
2019 | 2,962 |
2015 | 3,594 |
2010* | 3,978 |
*Data extracted for 2010 has been taken from August as the data for April is not available |
Written Question
Tuesday 26th April 2022
Asked by:
Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for British passports were awaiting issuance more than (a) 10 weeks, (b) 14 weeks, (c) 18 weeks, (d) 26 weeks and (e) 39 weeks after the application as of 1 April 2022.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The information requested is not currently held in a reportable format and could therefore only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Mar 2022
Ukraine
"Millions of people across the country are desperate to help Ukrainians fleeing Putin’s monstrous and indiscriminate invasion by donating money and items desperately needed by Ukrainian refugees at thousands of sites across the country, including my constituency office. However, many of them are asking why Ireland and the EU can …..."Gavin Newlands - View Speech
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