Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Oct 2016
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
"David Cameron was very fond of quoting Justice Brandeis’s dictum that sunlight is the best disinfectant. In the spirit of the comment of my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant), does the Home Secretary agree that we need to get all the facts out in the open now? …..."Stephen Pound - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jul 2016
EU Referendum: UK-Ireland Border
"I knew I would achieve something of note one day, Mr Hollobone; I had rather hoped for something of a little more significance, but I will take what I can get. Despite that, it is an absolute delight and a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I join the general …..."Stephen Pound - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Jun 2016
Removal of Foreign National Offenders and EU Prisoners
"Some of my constituents who were born in this country, who are able to serve in the armed forces of this country, and who do not hold passports in many cases—they can even be MPs—find themselves facing deportation for historical reasons because they are citizens of the Republic of Ireland. …..."Stephen Pound - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Jun 2015
Devolution and Growth across Britain
"Does my hon. Friend agree that one of the tragedies and sadnesses of this Queen’s Speech is the ludicrous attack on housing associations, which amounts to nationalisation followed by liquidation through sequestration? Does she agree that the inevitable logic, if the Government wish to extend home ownership, is to extend …..."Stephen Pound - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 May 2015
Home Affairs and Justice
"Before we leave the subject of drugs too far behind, may I say that, although it is not my habit to praise the Conservative Government, or even their Queen’s Speeches, I think that the commitment to addressing the problem of psychoactive drugs is extremely important? I appreciate that this is …..."Stephen Pound - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Dec 2014
Resettlement of Vulnerable Syrian Refugees
"The Minister has used the word “proud” eight times so far today. Many of my constituents are proud of the immense courage of the Syrian and Assyrian Christian communities that are currently facing a fearful and frozen future in a part of the world where they have lived for centuries …..."Stephen Pound - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Nov 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"Further to the question asked earlier by my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham East (Heidi Alexander), may I tell the Home Secretary that my Syrian Christian constituents, the Fallou family, have relatives who have fled from Nineveh across the border into Turkey? They have applied to the United Nations …..."Stephen Pound - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Asked by:
Stephen Pound (Labour - Ealing North)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she proposes to take to improve the efficiency of the process of returning passports to applicants within the UK.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The exceptional demand for passports this year did result in some delays in returning supporting documents, including passports, to applicants.
Steps have been taken to ensure that customers receive their documents in a timely manner, these include increasing resources within the teams that are responsible for preparing the documents for return and improvements to overseas processes.
Written Question
Monday 6th October 2014
Asked by:
Stephen Pound (Labour - Ealing North)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of paying compensation for missing passports dispatched within the UK from her Department and departmental offices in 2013-14.
Answered by James Brokenshire
In 2013-14, Her Majesty's Passport Office paid £27.04 in compensation as a result of passports being sent to the incorrect address.
Written Question
Tuesday 30th September 2014
Asked by:
Stephen Pound (Labour - Ealing North)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports that her Department has returned to applicants in the last year have gone missing; and if she will estimate the annual cost to her Department of returning passports to applicants by (a) second-class post, (b) first-class post and (c) recorded delivery.
Answered by James Brokenshire
Since Her Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) starting collecting this data in February 2014, 62 cases of passports wrongly delivered or packages damaged on delivery have been reported and investigated by HMPO and this has resulted in passports being cancelled. Subject to the outcome of the investigation, a new passport is issued to the passport holder. This is 0.0017% of the total passports issued for this period.
New passports are sent to customers by secure courier in the UK and overseas, any expired passports submitted with applications are returned to customers in the UK using second class post and overseas by secure courier which the customer pays for. In the 2013-14 financial year securely delivering new passports in the UK cost £17 million, overseas the cost was £6.25 million.
It is not possible to identify separately the cost of returning expired passports to customers in the UK.