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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to devolve decisions on the dispersal of asylum seekers to (a) local councils and (b) combined authority mayors.

Asked by
David Simmonds (Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
7 September 2026
Reference
22079
House
House of Commons

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions, if any, they have had with the Welsh Government since 7 May regarding (1) proposals to abolish Police and Crime Commissioners, and (2) any possibility of the Senedd Cymru taking over responsibility for some or all of Police and Commissioners' responsibilities in Wales.

Asked by
Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 July 2026
Reference
HL1867
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the policy of the Home Office on (a) awarding and (b) extending visas to foreign citizens who have been elected in the United Kingdom as an elected representative to a local authority or devolved legislature, but who otherwise...

Asked by
Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 May 2026
Reference
2792
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her department has had with the Welsh Government on their new homelessness 'ask, act and co-operate' duties on public services in Wales, particularly regarding including further bodies under reserved power within these duties in the future.

Asked by
Chris Evans (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
28 April 2026
Reference
130049
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that best practices deployed by the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection are shared with the devolved Administrations.

Asked by
Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 March 2026
Reference
118693
House
House of Commons

Lords report stage fifth day. Amendment 394 disagreed to on division (44 to 153). Amendments 395 to 397 agreed to. (Part 2 of 2).

Lead member
Lord Hanson of Flint; Baroness Levitt; Lord Katz
Answering member
Lord Davies of Gower; Lord Cameron of Lochiel
Department
Home Office; Ministry of Justice
Type
Debates on bills
Date
11 March 2026
Reference
854 cc360-429
House
House of Lords

Moved by

Baroness Doocey

393: After Clause 167, insert the following new Clause—

“Suspension of chief constables

(1) The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 38 (appointment, suspension and removal of chief constables), after subsection (2) insert—

“(2A) Before suspending a chief constable under this section, the police...

Member
Baroness Doocey (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
11 March 2026
Reference
854 c360
House
House of Lords

My Lords, Amendment 393 seeks to protect the operational independence of chief constables by introducing vital safeguards at the point of suspension—the moment when they are most vulnerable to political pressure in practice.

In Committee, I tabled an amendment addressing a later stage of the formal dismissal process. However, after listening...

Member
Baroness Doocey (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
11 March 2026
Reference
854 cc360-1
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Doocey, for her amendment. It is a measured proposal that would simply require a police and crime commissioner, before suspending a chief constable, to be satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so and to consult His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary...

Member
Lord Davies of Gower (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
11 March 2026
Reference
854 c361
House
House of Lords

I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Doocey, for her amendment. I say at the outset that she has a point: the process by which police and crime commissioners may suspend a chief constable should be looked at.

The noble Baroness has suggested that His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and...

Member
Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
11 March 2026
Reference
854 cc361-2
House
House of Lords

Amazed is the word.

Member
Baroness Doocey (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
11 March 2026
Reference
854 c362
House
House of Lords

I hope she can recover from that shock. I ask her to look at paragraph 134 of the White Paper, From Local to National: A New Model for Policing, which we published on 26 January. It says:

“We will reform the process for the appointment, suspension and dismissal of Chief Constables...

Member
Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
11 March 2026
Reference
854 c362
House
House of Lords

The noble Lord, Lord Pannick, tells me that it is a victory. I thank the Minister for that confirmation, and I am very pleased that it is not just when some chief constables are going to be sacked; it is actually at the stage I asked for in my speech....

Member
Baroness Doocey (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
11 March 2026
Reference
854 c362
House
House of Lords

Moved by

Lord Pannick

393B: Clause 168, page 219, line 13, leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert—

“(3) The court may, on application by or on behalf of D and on notice to the media, make an order—

(a) withholding from the public in proceedings before the court—

(i) D’s name,

(ii) D’s address,

(iii)...

Member
Lord Pannick (Crossbench)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
11 March 2026
Reference
854 cc351-4
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I hope the Minister will give me as satisfactory a response in relation to this group as the other Minister just gave to the noble Baroness, Lady Doocey.

Amendments 393B to 393F in this group are in my name. They address Clauses 168 to 171, which will create a...

Member
Lord Pannick (Crossbench)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
11 March 2026
Reference
854 cc354-365
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I shall speak to just two amendments, Amendments 393B and 394. Amendment 393B is the amendment that the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, has introduced about anonymity. Noble Lords will not be surprised to hear that I do not agree with him. However, I shared with him a few...

Member
Lord Hogan-Howe (Crossbench)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
11 March 2026
Reference
854 cc365-7
House
House of Lords

My Lords, Amendment 403 in this group is in my name.

The group that we are talking about raises the issue whether authorised firearms officers deserve any special protection if they are, or may be, prosecuted for their conduct or if they are convicted. Some would say that they are not...

Member
Lord Carter of Haslemere (Crossbench)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
11 March 2026
Reference
854 cc366-9
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I thoroughly welcome these sensible and proportionate amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, which he more than ably explained. I was prompted to speak on Amendment 393B having just read the Government’s Protecting What Matters action plan. I have plenty to say on that,...

Member
Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
11 March 2026
Reference
854 cc369-370
House
House of Lords

My Lords, my name is on the series of amendments that the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, has spoken to, and I will make a few brief comments in support of them. Before I do, I shall make a few observations about Amendment 394. The noble Lord, Lord Davies, has not...

Member
Lord Faulks (Non-affiliated)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
11 March 2026
Reference
854 cc370-2
House
House of Lords

Before the noble Lord sits down, could he just consider one thing? He made some very strong points. One thing that concerns the officers—although the noble Lord is quite right to identify that there have been relatively few criminal charges over the period—and the reason they are not persuaded by...

Member
Lord Hogan-Howe (Crossbench)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
11 March 2026
Reference
854 cc357-373
House
House of Lords