Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the Nationality and Borders Bill on (a) equality, (b) personal safety and (c) the process of providing evidence of one’s identity in the asylum process for LGBTQ+ people.

An Equality Impact Assessment has been completed for the policies being delivered through the Nationality and Borders Bill. This includes consideration of possible impacts on people who are LGBTQ+. The Equality Impact Assessment will be published in due course.