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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Oct 2022
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse: Final Report

"I will certainly be working closely with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to make sure that happens. My hon. Friend is right about the scale of it, but we should not lose sight of the work that our agencies are doing—for example, the National Crime …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Oct 2022
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse: Final Report

"Absolutely, yes. On behalf of the 7,300 victims and survivors who came forward in the course of the report, we owe them a duty to do exactly what my hon. Friend has suggested...."
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Scheduled Event - Monday 24th October
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Commons - Ministerial statement - Main Chamber
Publication of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse Final Report
Department: Home Office
MP: Grant Shapps
Speech in Written Statements - Thu 20 Oct 2022
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse: Final Report

"At midday today, the report of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse was published. This concludes seven years of investigation into areas of institutional failings, across England and Wales, to properly protect and safeguard children in their care from child sexual abuse.

I would like to thank the chair …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Dec 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Act

"Thank you, Mr Speaker. Broadly speaking I believe in international co-operation—whether the United Nations, NATO or, indeed, the European Union—because a rules-based world is a safer world. However, I also recognise that being a member of a club has advantages and disadvantages, because members must compromise over some sovereignty and …..."
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Written Question
Witnesses
Thursday 25th January 2018

Asked by: Grant Shapps (Conservative - Welwyn Hatfield)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the EvoFIT facial composite process can be altered to allow witnesses to start by using a likeness, as opposed to starting from first principles.

Answered by Nick Hurd

EvoFIT is a private company which develops and markets computer software for producing composite images to assist the police in tracing and identifying unknown suspects. Any change to the system is an operational matter for the National Voice and Video Identification Strategy Group, which sits under the relevant National Police Chiefs’ Council portfolio.

Written Question
Witnesses
Thursday 25th January 2018

Asked by: Grant Shapps (Conservative - Welwyn Hatfield)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to the police on requesting witnesses to provide facial composites of a suspect.

Answered by Nick Hurd

The decision to ask a witness to help produce an E-Fit or composite facial image of a person they saw on a previous occasion is an operational matter for the police. The Home Office therefore does not provide guidance to the police on such matters. However, national operational guidance, published in 2009 by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), can be accessed via the College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice for Investigations. This is available at: http://library.college.police.uk/docs/acpo/facial-identification-guidance-2009.pdf.

Written Question
Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
Tuesday 19th December 2017

Asked by: Grant Shapps (Conservative - Welwyn Hatfield)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that foreign students who come to the UK to study pilot training can continue to do so after the UK has left the EU.

Answered by Brandon Lewis

As we prepare to leave the EU, we will build a comprehensive picture of the needs and interests of all parts of the UK, including different sectors, businesses and communities, and look to develop a system that works for all.

We have commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee to gather evidence and assess the economic and social impact of EU citizens in all parts of the UK. This will help us to design a new immigration system that works in the national interest.

Written Question
Passports
Monday 5th December 2016

Asked by: Grant Shapps (Conservative - Welwyn Hatfield)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of UK (a) residents and (b) citizens holds a UK passport.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

There are 49 million valid passports in circulation. Her Majesty’s Passport Office neither monitors the residential status of UK passport holders nor records population statistics.

This data has been obtained from a live operational database. The numbers may change depending on when the data is downloaded as information on that system is updated.