Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Nov 2022
Asylum Accommodation: Novotel Ipswich
"I beg to move,
That this House has considered the use of Novotel Ipswich as asylum accommodation.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first time, Mr Hollobone.
It is difficult for me to stress how big an issue this is in my constituency. It is …..."Tom Hunt - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Nov 2022
Asylum Accommodation: Novotel Ipswich
"I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. In answer to his question, I think it sends all the wrong messages. The cost to the taxpayer at a national level of putting up many illegal immigrants in hotel accommodation is huge. To say that it grates with a large number …..."Tom Hunt - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Nov 2022
Asylum Accommodation: Novotel Ipswich
"I thank my right hon. Friend the Minister for giving way. There are a great number of Members on our Benches who think that the very act of coming here illegally should prohibit people from making an application at all. Frankly, those people have already broken the law of the …..."Tom Hunt - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 08 Nov 2022
Asylum Accommodation: Novotel Ipswich
"To be perfectly honest, I am quite keen for us to be unwelcoming towards those who have illegally entered our country. What is the difference between breaking our immigration law and breaking any other domestic law? From what I see, if someone breaks a law in the country, they get …..."Tom Hunt - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Nov 2022
Asylum Seekers Accommodation and Safeguarding
"It was not too long ago that the Opposition brought forward a motion to oppose the use of Napier barracks for illegal immigrants, but I would much rather have that than the use of the Novotel in the centre of Ipswich, where 20 constituents’ jobs have been lost as a …..."Tom Hunt - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 31 Oct 2022
Western Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing Centres
"I make no apology for prioritising the welfare of my constituents who sent me here. I do not wake up every day worrying about the welfare of people who have entered our country illegally and shown scant regard for our laws. It is for those reasons that I am so …..."Tom Hunt - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Sep 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"2. What steps she is taking to tackle knife crime and serious violence. ..."Tom Hunt - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Sep 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"Over the summer we had two very high-profile knife attacks in Ipswich. We know that this is inter-gang violence—it is often members of each gang who are targeted—but it often erupts in a public space and has a chilling effect within communities. I am pleased that we have secured extra …..."Tom Hunt - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 5th July 2022
Asked by:
Tom Hunt (Conservative - Ipswich)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of pet thefts in the last 12 months compared to the 12 months prior.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
Information on the scale of pet theft was gathered as part of the recent Pet Theft Taskforce and evidence included data from 33 police forces in England and Wales on trends in reported dog thefts from 2015 to 2020 and is available here:
Pet theft taskforce report - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The Pet Theft Taskforce estimated that around 2,000 dog thefts were reported to the police each year (2019 and 2020) in England and Wales. The Pet Theft Taskforce recommended exploring options which would lead to improving the consistency of recording and collection data on pet thefts by all police forces across England and Wales and government across the entirety of the criminal justice system.
The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) lead for acquisitive crime has written to all forces asking them to ensure details about stolen dogs are recorded consistently. Operation Opal (the NPCC’s national intelligence unit focused on serious organised acquisitive crime) has suggested that forces across England and Wales are seeing a fall in the number of these crimes, and we are pressing for a further update on the data.
The Government is acting on the recommendations of the Task Force which includes introducing a new dog abduction offence which has been added by the Government to the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill, bolstering the raft of measures it already includes to further protect pets, livestock and kept wild animals.
Written Question
Tuesday 28th June 2022
Asked by:
Tom Hunt (Conservative - Ipswich)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of the Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda on the number of small boats crossing the English Channel.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
Successfully implementing our ambitious and world-leading Migration and Economic Development Partnership will require a concerted effort but allowing this deadly trade of evil people smuggling gangs to continue is not an option for any humanitarian nation.
Long-lasting change will not happen overnight, it requires a long-term plan. This arrangement with Rwanda is part of a suite of measures aimed at deterring small boat crossings and as with all policies its impact will be kept under review.