Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK's membership of the ECHR on its capacity to summarily deport illegal migrants; and if she will make it her policy to amend the Human Rights Act 1998 to this end.

On the 12 May 2025, the Government set out its plans to reform the Immigration system in the Immigration White Paper. This includes reforming the framework for assessing appeals to stay in the UK on the basis of Article 8 of the Human Rights Act. The new framework will reflect a fair balance between individual circumstances and the UK’s economic and social interests and will be endorsed by Parliament. Further detail on the framework will be published by the end of the year.