That this House condemns the reported activities of Mr Abdullah Azad of the Welfare Centre in Manchester as set out in The Observer of 22nd November, which alleges that Mr Azad offered to supply forged United Kingdom passports for the payment of a fee and urged persons whose immigration status was in question to apply for asylum, thereby lengthening the queue for legitimate applicants; believes in the absence of any indication from Mr Azad that he intends to sue for defamation, that the newspaper report is true; calls on the police to investigate the matter fully with a view to bringing charges; considers that immigration and asylum advisers and solicitors who act unlawfully should be brought to book; and urges the Government to take urgent action to regulate immigration advisers.

That this House condemns the reported activities of Mr Abdullah Azad of the Welfare Centre in Manchester as set out in The Observer of 22nd November, which alleges that Mr Azad offered to supply forged United Kingdom passports for the payment of a fee and urged persons whose immigration status...

That this House welcomes the National Audit Office report, Financial Control of Payments Made Under The Training For Work and Youth Training Programmes in England; believes that this report fully confirms allegations made concerning the fraudulent use of training certification by training organisations; notes that the National Audit Office inquiry was initiated following a complaint by the honourable Member for Workington into the fraudulent activities of JHP Training in the Workington constituency which included forged certification, claiming for phantom trainees and falsification of attendance records; further notes that the National Audit Office report states that to avoid the risk of prejudicing the outcome of possible legal proceedings under consideration by the police the report does not include details of the JHP case; and notes that the report nevertheless points to the repayment of monies by JHP to Cumbria TEC following the identification of problems in JHP's Cumbria operations.

That this House welcomes the National Audit Office report, Financial Control of Payments Made Under The Training For Work and Youth Training Programmes in England; believes that this report fully confirms allegations made concerning the fraudulent use of training certification by training organisations; notes that the National Audit Office inquiry...