Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 9 December 2025, in the House of Commons, led by Rupert Lowe. The answering member was Mike Tapp.

Illegal Migrants: Unknown Whereabouts

Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 777 cc284-292
Session: 2024-26
Department: Home Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Rupert Lowe | 777 c284 (Link to this contribution)
The scale of illegal immigration and its impact on our country is simply not understood in this P...; Carla Lockhart | 777 c284 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Member is giving a very powerful introduction to his speech. He and I share profound con...; Rupert Lowe | 777 cc284-5 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Member for her intervention, and I completely agree with what she has said.
<...; John Hayes | 777 c285 (Link to this contribution)
I am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way—I did give him notice that I was goi...; Rupert Lowe | 777 c285 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his helpful intervention.; Jim Shannon | 777 c285 (Link to this contribution)
I commend the hon. Gentleman for securing the debate. He has illustrated with the story that he h...; Rupert Lowe | 777 cc285-6 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Member for that intervention, and I will come to that point in a minute, but I c...; Alex Easton | 777 c286 (Link to this contribution)
Given that 53,000 illegal immigrants have absconded with no address, and 736 who have committed c...; Rupert Lowe | 777 c286 (Link to this contribution)
I do agree with the hon. Member’s helpful intervention. Unvetted and unknown men—sex pests, misog...; Mike Kane | 777 c286 (Link to this contribution)
There will be 18 of them.; Rupert Lowe | 777 c287 (Link to this contribution)
My questions are these. Where are they now? What is the Minister doing to detain them? Where did ...; Mike Kane | 777 c287 (Link to this contribution)
That was No. 5.; Rupert Lowe | 777 c287 (Link to this contribution)
I can count, thank you. Why did the Minister mislead the British people? Who is being sacked?
...; Alan Gemmell | 777 c287 (Link to this contribution)
Is that allowed?; Nusrat Ghani | 777 c287 (Link to this contribution)
Order. We do not need commentary from a sedentary position. I remind Mr Lowe that we do not accus...; Rupert Lowe | 777 c287 (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister now commit to publishing these figures on a regular and transparent basis, or w...; Christopher Chope | 777 c287 (Link to this contribution)
Will my hon. Friend write to the Procedure Committee with his file on this case? The Procedure Co...; Rupert Lowe | 777 c287 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, and I will indeed write to the Committee.
...; 777 c287 (Link to this contribution)
No, no!; Nusrat Ghani | 777 c287 (Link to this contribution)
Order. Mr Lowe, have you finished?; Rupert Lowe | 777 c287 (Link to this contribution)
indicated assent.; Nusrat Ghani | 777 c287 (Link to this contribution)
Mr Lowe, we spoke about this earlier. We do not accuse each other of misleading and we do not acc...; Alan Gemmell | 777 c287 (Link to this contribution)
You have a responsibility to be an adult!; Nusrat Ghani | 777 cc287-8 (Link to this contribution)
Order. If I needed the hon. Member’s help, I would have asked for it.
Mr Lowe, this is a ve...; Mike Tapp | 777 c288 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth (Rupert Lowe) for securing this debate, and I am grate...; John Hayes | 777 c289 (Link to this contribution)
My experience in this House over almost 30 years is that most people here—indeed, the overwhelmin...; Mike Tapp | 777 cc288-290 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the right hon. Member for his two questions. On the first, I completely agree that the va...; Jim Allister | 777 c290 (Link to this contribution)
I am listening with interest to the Minister, but as a Member of this House, I would like to know...; Mike Tapp | 777 c290 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. and learned Member for his question. We do not comment on unverified leaks.
<...; Mike Kane | 777 c290 (Link to this contribution)
When we talk about emotive subjects such as this one, it is important that we establish the facts...; Mike Tapp | 777 cc290-2 (Link to this contribution)
In public life, it is important to ensure that we are not sensationalising, or raising the temper...
Subjects: Disclosure of information Deportation Undocumented migrants Foreign nationals Home Office Offenders Immigration bail
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Illegal Migrants: Unknown Whereabouts

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