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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Dec 2014
Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill

"I represent a border constituency and we do not particularly want the border demarcated further in ways that applied historically. Schedule 1 defines the border area as one mile from the border with the Republic of Ireland. Is that as the crow flies, or when travelling? If there is a …..."
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Written Question
Passports: India
Monday 17th November 2014

Asked by: Mark Durkan (Social Democratic & Labour Party - Foyle)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for first-time UK child passport applications submitted via the British High Commission in New Delhi, India.

Answered by James Brokenshire

All passport applications from persons resident in India are submitted via one of the visa application centres in India. The .gov.uk website sets out the expected turnaround times for applications from individual countries. These are provided as a guide so that the applicant is aware of the minimum period they may expect their application to take once it has been received by HM Passport Office in the UK. Applications from India are expected to take a minimum of 16 weeks. The time taken to process an individual case varies depending on the circumstances of the case, whether HM Passport Office needs to ask for further information or documents, or whether the photographs which accompany the application are rejected.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Nov 2014
Modern Slavery Bill

"In following the right hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr Field), I want to acknowledge the Minister’s efforts in making good the serious deficit in the Bill, but also those of the right hon. Gentleman and many other colleagues during the pre-legislative scrutiny, on Second Reading and ever since. Those efforts …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Nov 2014
Modern Slavery Bill

"On consumer action, what are the Government’s intentions with regard to public procurement, because the public purse will be a significant consumer? On sourcing and supplying, will there be a Government public procurement standard for companies?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Nov 2014
Modern Slavery Bill

"The hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) referred to my amendment 138, which is mainly what I wish to address. However, I fully endorse what the hon. Member for Enfield, Southgate (Mr Burrowes) said about the amendments standing in his name and the wider issue of consent, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 03 Nov 2014
Child Abuse Inquiry

"I know that the sensitivity expressed towards survivors extends also to the victims who unfortunately have not survived up to this point. The Home Secretary knows that many of us in Northern Ireland have not been persuaded by the line call in respect of Kincora. Regardless of whether people are …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 Oct 2014
Historical Child Abuse Allegations

"Two years ago, I pointed out to the Home Secretary, as I did again last week, that it is imperative that the national inquiry panel should deal with this issue, and that it will take the Home Secretary to make it clear that the security services and all their former …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 Oct 2014
Historical Child Abuse Allegations

"The Minister said it is currently “the view of Ministers across government” and then went on to refer to things being devolved matters. I hope he is not trying to imply that Ministers in Northern Ireland are agreed that the Home Office inquiry is not the appropriate place for Kincoral …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 Oct 2014
National Crime Agency

"First, I hope that my right hon. Friend will confirm that in the Modern Slavery Bill Committee some of us proposed amendments to make the situation in Northern Ireland much more joined-up with laws and practices here at different levels, but that the Government resisted those amendments. Secondly, may I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 Oct 2014
National Crime Agency

"My right hon. Friend has said again that he wants the NCA to operate on the same basis in Northern Ireland as it does in his constituency. Clearly, the ongoing discussions and negotiations suggest that that is not so in terms of accountability, the level of engagement with the police …..."
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