Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 08 Oct 2020
No Recourse to Public Funds
"May I ask my right hon. Friend whether that suggests to him that the Prime Minister has probably not an advice surgery in a very long time? Does my right hon. Friend think that any London MP would be unacquainted with the facts of no recourse to public funds?..."Siobhain McDonagh - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 08 Oct 2020
No Recourse to Public Funds
"I want to pursue the problem that what looks like a resolution—offering status on the basis of no recourse to public funds—has instead created an industry of people involved in trying to help families in those circumstances, and increased the workload of the Home Office when that is the very …..."Siobhain McDonagh - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 08 Oct 2020
No Recourse to Public Funds
"Can the Minister add to his list women whose children are born and brought up here and are UK citizens, and are going nowhere?..."Siobhain McDonagh - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Jun 2019
Crime and Antisocial Behaviour: Small Towns
"Will the hon. Gentleman also consider the impact that antisocial behaviour has on local businesses and restaurants? After a stabbing in Mitcham town centre only two weeks ago, the restaurateur of the local Italian restaurant said that his business dropped by 20%. Even though the stabbing was linked to gang …..."Siobhain McDonagh - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Jun 2019
Crime and Antisocial Behaviour: Small Towns
"Thank you, Mr Gray; it is a pleasure to serve under your chairship. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Batley and Spen (Tracy Brabin) on securing this important debate.
Perhaps more controversially, I would say that most people do not see themselves as living in one city or …..."Siobhain McDonagh - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Jun 2019
Crime and Antisocial Behaviour: Small Towns
"Does the Minister realise how maddening the comment, “You are not likely to be the victim”, is to our constituents? If somebody is stabbed in their street or there is a drunk and disorderly person in their shopping centre, they are the victims, and that has an impact on their …..."Siobhain McDonagh - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 May 2019
Serious Violence
"Does the Home Secretary agree that one way to gain intelligence and to detect county lines, gangs or vulnerable people and children is to have school police officers? Why, therefore, do only half the secondary schools in my constituency have a school police officer? They are not regarded as the …..."Siobhain McDonagh - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Apr 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"May I ask the Minister for his help in encouraging Cash Exchange on London Road in Morden not to have firearms for sale right in its front window, which is encouraging the purchase of those weapons?..."Siobhain McDonagh - View Speech
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Written Question
Friday 1st March 2019
Asked by:
Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Urdu speakers are employed at the (a) British high commission in Islamabad and (b) Home Office to investigate the background of people applying for entry clearance.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
UKVI human resources do not compile information on the number staff employed in the British High Commission in Islamabad, or at the Home Office, who assess entry clearance applications and who speak Urdu.
In assessing applications for entry clearance, UKVI complies with the Home Office policy for the use of translators.
Written Question
Friday 1st March 2019
Asked by:
Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are employed as Urdu translators at the (a) British high commission in Islamabad and (b) Home Office to investigate the background of people applying for entry clearance.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
UKVI human resources do not compile information on the number staff employed in the British High Commission in Islamabad, or at the Home Office, who assess entry clearance applications and who speak Urdu.
In assessing applications for entry clearance, UKVI complies with the Home Office policy for the use of translators.