Immigration Statistics Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Immigration Statistics

Heidi Alexander Excerpts
Friday 28th November 2014

(9 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mike Penning Portrait Mike Penning
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As one of my colleagues sitting next to me has just said, that is absolutely spot on. If we have a Conservative Government, people will get the referendum that everybody in this country deserves. I am 57 years of age, and I have never had an opportunity to vote on our membership of the EU. I look forward to being able to do so.

Heidi Alexander Portrait Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (Lab)
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This September, I asked in a written parliamentary question how many individuals had been granted limited leave to remain with no recourse to public funds in each year of the past decade. I was told that the Home Office could not tell me. In March 2012, in another written parliamentary question, I asked how many people were subject to deportation or removal proceedings, broken down by local immigration team area. I was told by the Home Office that it could not tell me. That is basic information. Why cannot the Home Office give me the answers?