Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the debate entitled European Pact on Migration and Asylum, which took place at the Council of Europe between 24 and 28 January 2022; and what steps she plans to take to assess its conclusions.

A: The UK government is aware of the debate entitled European Pact on Migration and Asylum, during the recent session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), and notes the resolution agreed by PACE on the EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact.

The UK Government is committed to increasing cooperation with European member states to strengthen borders and to deter secondary movement to the UK.

The Nationality and Borders Bill, which is currently before Parliament, will drive forward reform of the UK’s asylum system.