Oral Answers to Questions

Jack Rankin Excerpts

Monday 8th June 2026 Commons Chamber

[Sarah Jones]

I agree with my hon. Friend that live facial recognition is an extraordinarily innovative new technology that helps us catch really nasty criminals in my constituency and in other parts of the country, and we are investing in it through our police reform agenda. We are also legislating for it, because we totally recognise that there is some uncertainty about what it is used for and how it should be used. We want to put that right, be really clear about it, and put it on the face of legislation.

[Jack Rankin (Windsor) (Con)]

6. When she plans to implement her proposed changes to indefinite leave to remain.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mike Tapp)]

Living in this country permanently is a privilege, one that should be earned, not granted by default. We are currently analysing 200,000 consultation responses, and we expect to introduce major reforms in the autumn.

[Jack Rankin]

In January 2025, I urged the Government to act on indefinite leave to remain, to prevent the fiscal calamity of locking in the Boriswave. I thank the Ministers for their movement in that regard. It is important that we are transparent with the public about who is using visas as a route to a life on benefits, so can the Minister provide an estimate of the number and proportion of individuals holding ILR who are currently in receipt of universal credit?

[Mike Tapp]

As of January 2026, 222,000 people with ILR were actively claiming universal credit.