Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jun 2022
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"18. What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Afghan relocations and assistance policy. ..."Jessica Morden - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jun 2022
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"Family members of Afghan interpreters in my constituency who came to the UK under the ARAP scheme are among the 12,000 Afghans stranded in bridging hotels. That is shameful. How on earth can we trust the Government to deliver on the new pathways announced today if they have accommodated only …..."Jessica Morden - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 13th June 2022
Asked by:
Jessica Morden (Labour - Newport East)
Question
to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the daily cost is of housing those who have arrived in the UK under the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy Scheme and (b) Afghan Resettlement Scheme in bridging hotels; and what steps the Government is taking to provide that group of people with secure long-term accommodation as quickly as possible.
Answered by Leo Docherty
The total cost currently incurred by the Home Office in procuring hotel accommodation for both resettled persons from Afghanistan and other groups housed in hotels amounts to £4.7 million per day.
We continue to work across government with local authorities to source appropriate long-term accommodation as quickly as possible. As of the 7 June, 4,829 ARAP individuals have been settled into permanent accommodation.
Written Question
Friday 4th February 2022
Asked by:
Jessica Morden (Labour - Newport East)
Question
to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's average response time was to an enquiry from a hon. Member to the MP (a) hotline and (b) account management team in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.
Answered by Leo Docherty
The Government attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence from MPs, either directly or on behalf of their constituents.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not have an MP hotline.
The MOD does not have an account management team, and the MOD correspondence team does not hold information on the average response time to enquiries from MPs, as correspondence performance is monitored by the percentage of correspondence responded to within the target response time set by the Department.
Data on the timeliness of responses to correspondence from MPs and Peers for 2019 and 2020 is published on Gov.uk here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers. Data for 2021 will be published by the Cabinet Office in due course.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Nov 2021
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"Afghan interpreters who previously settled in Newport East are still waiting to be reunited with their families who have been stuck in bridging hotels waiting for biometric resident permits for some months now. What are Defence Ministers doing to impress upon Home Office Ministers the need to sort this out?..."Jessica Morden - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 9th June 2021
Asked by:
Jessica Morden (Labour - Newport East)
Question
to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will extend the support available to UK locally employed staff in Afghanistan to those employed by private firms involved in security operations supporting UK government staff, buildings and agencies in Afghanistan.
Answered by James Heappey
The Afghanistan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) was designed with a recognition that many of those who worked with Her Majesty's Government may not have been directly employed by us. Through the ARAP a significant number of these people will be eligible for relocation to the UK, including contracted Afghan interpreters working for MOD who will be invited to apply.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 May 2021
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" With UK forces leaving Afghanistan, it is all the more important that we do all we can to stand up for those Afghan interpreters, and others, who put their lives on the line for our troops. I have Afghan interpreters in my constituency who have not seen their wives …..."Jessica Morden - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 Apr 2021
Afghanistan
"The allies’ withdrawal from Afghanistan is causing deep concern for those who placed their lives on the line as invaluable interpreters for British forces. We know that the Taliban will exact revenge on those who supported the alliance, so what steps are Ministers taking now to fulfil our responsibility and …..."Jessica Morden - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Feb 2021
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" Newport veterans hub, with support from the Welsh Government and Age Cymru, has done an excellent job helping veterans and their families in these difficult times. With the pandemic adding to the vulnerability of many veterans in our community, when will the remaining phase of the veterans recognition scheme …..."Jessica Morden - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Dec 2020
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" What steps he is taking to increase the take-up of UK-produced steel in defence procurement. ..."Jessica Morden - View Speech
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