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Immigration Rules: Supported Accommodation

Ministerial statement on Thursday, 17 December 2020, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Williams of Trafford.
Lords statement on whether the changes to the immigration rules laid last week will reduce the numbers of asylum seekers in supported accommodation.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
808 cc1748-1752 
Session
2019-21
Department
Home Office
Procedure
Hybrid proceedings
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules
Thursday, 10 December 2020
House of Commons papers
House of Lords
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Lord Rosser | 808 c1748 (Link to this contribution)

In their Statement, the Government said that they will bring forward a Bill

“to fix the imm...

Baroness Williams of Trafford | 808 c1748 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord for his question, which pertinently asked what a firm but fair asylum syst...


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Baroness Hamwee | 808 c1750 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Home Office relies on the UNHCR in connection with its resettlement programme. The ...

Baroness Williams of Trafford | 808 c1750 (Link to this contribution)

The changes to the Immigration Rules are small and technical, and some of them are clearly almost...

Lord Randall of Uxbridge | 808 c1750 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, surely one way of reducing the need for supported accommodation is to enable asylum see...

Baroness Williams of Trafford | 808 c1750 (Link to this contribution)

I am afraid that I cannot give my noble friend an answer to that at this point in time—I do not t...

Lord Ramsbotham | 808 c1750 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I usually associate Red Cross food parcels with our prisoners of war in World War II; h...

Baroness Williams of Trafford | 808 c1750 (Link to this contribution)

I can categorically assure the noble Lord that no asylum seeker will be left to face destitution....

Bishop of Southwark | 808 c1750 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in the light of the recent ruling by the High Court of Justice in London against the Se...

Baroness Williams of Trafford | 808 c1750 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I know that my right honourable friend the Home Secretary will take note of, and reflec...

Lord Dubs | 808 c1750 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Minister will be aware that, under the Dublin III regulations, which come to an end...

Baroness Williams of Trafford | 808 c1751 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, any cases which are live—as we term them—before 31 December will be dealt with in the e...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 808 c1751 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in preparation for this question, I contacted the Refugee Council to hear its concerns ...

Baroness Williams of Trafford | 808 c1751 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Baroness described the changes as “major and fundamental”. They are neither major nor f...

Lord Marlesford | 808 c1751 (Link to this contribution)

Does the Minister recognise the challenging fact that the flow of economic migrants will continue...

Baroness Williams of Trafford | 808 c1751 (Link to this contribution)

My noble friend’s question is a global one: why would people make these dangerous journeys, facil...

Lord Singh of Wimbledon | 808 c1751 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, why are we being so hard on asylum seekers in this season of good will? Does the Minist...

Baroness Williams of Trafford | 808 c1752 (Link to this contribution)

I cannot say that I agree with the noble Lord that we are acting so harshly. My right honourable ...

Baroness Barker | 808 c1752 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the time allowed for this Question has elapsed.

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