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Asylum Seeker Employment and the Cost of Living

Debate on Wednesday, 14 December 2022, in the House of Commons, led by Christian Wakeford. The answering members were Stephen Kinnock and Sarah Dines.
Motion that this House has considered asylum seeker employment and the cost of living. Agreed to on question.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
724 cc321-346WH 
Session
2022-23
Department
Home Office
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Christian Wakeford | 724 c321WH (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move,

That this House has considered asylum seeker employment and the cost of livi...

Margaret Ferrier | 724 c321WH (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate the hon. Member on securing the debate. While inflation has pushed the cost of ene...


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Christian Wakeford | 724 cc321-4WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Lady for the intervention. I was just coming on to that point, but I completely ...

Geraint Davies | 724 c324WH (Link to this contribution)

I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called to speak in the debate.

9.4...

Rachael Maskell | 724 cc324-5WH (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bury South (Christian Wakeford) on securing this deb...

Margaret Ferrier | 724 c325WH (Link to this contribution)

Not allowing asylum seekers to work means that the public perceive them as living off the state. ...

Rachael Maskell | 724 cc325-6WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Lady for that point. There is a risk that that approach can be used to fuel a de...

Carol Monaghan | 724 cc326-7WH (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate the hon. Member for Bury South (Christian Wakeford) on securing the debate. Its ti...

Christian Wakeford | 724 c327WH (Link to this contribution)

If the hon. Member’s inbox is anything like mine, she will have people who are waiting two or per...

Carol Monaghan | 724 cc327-8WH (Link to this contribution)

Absolutely. One of my constituents has been waiting seven years for a decision. Are they an asylu...

Tim Farron | 724 c328WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a genuine pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I offer huge congratulation...

Margaret Ferrier | 724 c328WH (Link to this contribution)

Allowing refugees to work lets them integrate into their new communities faster. It could help ta...

Tim Farron | 724 cc329-330WH (Link to this contribution)

It really is, and I am very grateful to the hon. Lady for making that point. She is absolutely ri...

Carol Monaghan | 724 c330WH (Link to this contribution)

It is also because Britain may well have had a colonial footprint in the country that they are co...

Tim Farron | 724 c330WH (Link to this contribution)

That is absolutely right. They probably speak English, or have been taught it, so there is a sens...

Christian Wakeford | 724 c330WH (Link to this contribution)

I rise to intervene because while we have been speaking, there has been an incident in the channe...

Tim Farron | 724 c331WH (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the hon. Member for his intervention. I know I have gone on for longer than I sh...

Claudia Webbe | 724 c331WH (Link to this contribution)

It is really disheartening to hear about those deaths from the hon. Member for Bury South (Christ...

Tim Farron | 724 cc331-2WH (Link to this contribution)

I completely agree with everything the hon. Lady has said.

In conclusion, I want quickly to...

Geraint Davies | 724 c332WH (Link to this contribution)

From Tim to Jim—I call Jim Shannon.

10.11 am

Jim Shannon | 724 cc332-3WH (Link to this contribution)

It is an absolute pleasure to speak in this debate on a subject that is very close to my heart. I...

Carol Monaghan | 724 c334WH (Link to this contribution)

As usual, the hon. Gentleman is giving a well-considered speech. Does he agree that it is the mos...

Jim Shannon | 724 c334WH (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady is absolutely right and I could not put it any better, because that is exactly how ...

Carol Monaghan | 724 c334WH (Link to this contribution)

On the hotel issue, this is portrayed as some sort of luxury. Can anyone imagine being in a hotel...

Jim Shannon | 724 c334WH (Link to this contribution)

I agree with the hon. Lady. I am not sure it would be hell. As a Christian, I think hell is a pla...

Jim Shannon | 724 cc334-5WH (Link to this contribution)

I understand the hon. Lady’s point. I did not say that to be judgmental, by the way. I just wante...

Geraint Davies | 724 c335WH (Link to this contribution)

Thank you so much for that. There has been a fantastic array of Back-Bench speeches. I now invite...

Alison Thewliss | 724 cc335-8WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Davies. I thank the hon. Member for Bury South (Chri...

Geraint Davies | 724 c336WH (Link to this contribution)

I call the Labour spokesperson, my good neighbour Stephen Kinnock.

10.34 am

Stephen Kinnock | 724 cc336-341WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Davies. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for ...

Claudia Webbe | 724 c340WH (Link to this contribution)

Does the hon. Member not agree that the immigration system is based on the hostile environment an...

Stephen Kinnock | 724 c340WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. She is absolutely right that the hostile environment...

Geraint Davies | 724 cc340-2WH (Link to this contribution)

I call the Minister to respond. Perhaps she will leave a minute or so for Christian Wakeford to w...

Sarah Dines | 724 cc342-3WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. Before I move on to substantive mat...

Rachael Maskell | 724 c343WH (Link to this contribution)

The Minister is reeling off the Government’s current policy, which clearly is failing catastrophi...

Sarah Dines | 724 c343WH (Link to this contribution)

It is certainly not phoney, but it is time that the Government got a grip. We cannot go back to t...

Sarah Dines | 724 c343WH (Link to this contribution)

If it is a point of clarification, I will gladly take it.

Stephen Kinnock | 724 c344WH (Link to this contribution)

When Labour left Government in 2010, 6,000 asylum cases had been outstanding for more than six mo...

Sarah Dines | 724 c344WH (Link to this contribution)

I was referring to the findings of the Home Affairs Committee, which heard the evidence at the ti...

Sarah Dines | 724 c344WH (Link to this contribution)

Let me finish this point. I remember the hon. Member for Bury South talking about the shopping tr...

Tim Farron | 724 c344WH (Link to this contribution)

The Minister is talking about people coming through the established routes, but there are hardly ...

Sarah Dines | 724 c344WH (Link to this contribution)

To answer that point, there are many safe routes—countries where, internationally, there are agre...

Sarah Dines | 724 cc344-5WH (Link to this contribution)

I must make a bit of progress to allow for closing comments.

We cannot readily dismiss the ...

Christian Wakeford | 724 c345WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank all Members for their poignant comments, including on economic illiteracy. In that respec...

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