Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 6 September 2023, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Murray of Blidworth.

Illegal Migration Update

Lords statement on illegal migration.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 832 cc517-528
Session: 2022-23
Department: Home Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lord Coaker | 832 cc519-520 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, even as we discuss yesterday’s illegal migrants Bill update, new information emerges wh...; Lord German | 832 cc520-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will not repeat the questions which have already been asked, except to emphasise the ...; Lord Murray of Blidworth | 832 cc521-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to both noble Lords for their questions. It is apparent that I would refu...; Lord Howard of Lympne | 832 c523 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, has my noble friend seen the recent, extremely sensible suggestion that, since the boat...; Lord Murray of Blidworth | 832 c523 (Link to this contribution)
My noble friend makes an important point. It is right that Home Office officials and National Cri...; Baroness Brinton | 832 c523 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, there is a shocking omission from the Statement. During the passage of the Illegal Migr...; Lord Murray of Blidworth | 832 c523 (Link to this contribution)
Clearly, the Home Office has the judgment of Mr Justice Chamberlain in the decision of which the ...; Baroness Ludford | 832 c524 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, small boats week was, unfortunately, a fiasco—it would have been a hoot were it not so ...; Lord Murray of Blidworth | 832 c524 (Link to this contribution)
I can confirm for the noble Baroness that we will certainly commence the Act. She will be happy, ...; Baroness Hoey | 832 c524 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, one of the most welcome aspects of this Statement is the clampdown on the despicable la...; Lord Murray of Blidworth | 832 cc524-5 (Link to this contribution)
I will deal first with the question about lawyers. I can confirm to the noble Baroness that the p...; Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 832 c525 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I welcome the Government’s initiatives in this policy area, in particular the 10-point ...; Lord Murray of Blidworth | 832 cc525-6 (Link to this contribution)
I can assure my noble friend that we are certainly not engaging in an amnesty. Of course, that is...; Lord Scriven | 832 c526 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, before the Recess, I asked a simple question expecting a simple answer from the Ministe...; Lord Murray of Blidworth | 832 c526 (Link to this contribution)
Clearly, safeguarding is a significant consideration. The Kent Intake Unit, where unaccompanied a...; Lord Faulks | 832 c526 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Statement and, indeed, the Minister emphasised how lawyers have been, and are, capa...; Lord Murray of Blidworth | 832 c526 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the noble Lord for that question. The Professional Enablers Taskforce will perform the im...; Lord Scriven | 832 c527 (Link to this contribution)
I will try again. Very simply, why does the Home Office data not have a simple answer on the age ...; Lord Murray of Blidworth | 832 c527 (Link to this contribution)
As I have already made clear, the categories of data held by the Home Office are held in accordan...; Baroness Hoey | 832 c527 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, could I push the Minister very gently a little more on his obvious reasons on the quest...; Lord Murray of Blidworth | 832 c527 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the noble Baroness for that remark. She is absolutely right: the Belgians are doing an ex...; Baroness Brinton | 832 c527 (Link to this contribution)
I am sorry to come back on this point but the answer that the Minister has given twice now to my ...; Lord Murray of Blidworth | 832 c528 (Link to this contribution)
I have already answered that question. I am afraid I simply do not accept the noble Baroness’s po...; Baroness Ludford | 832 c528 (Link to this contribution)
Can I have one last try at this? Does the Home Office record and hold data on the age of unaccomp...; Lord Murray of Blidworth | 832 c528 (Link to this contribution)
As I have already made clear, the data requested on a child in hotels could not be provided as it...
Subjects: Asylum Deportation Bank services Legal profession Housing Undocumented migrants Iraq Landlords Albania Turkey Egypt English Channel Gangs Undocumented workers Manston Asylum Processing Centre People smuggling
Contains statistics: Yes
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Illegal Migration Update

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