Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

92015

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the UK's compliance with its international obligations on stateless individuals.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	905414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK is a signatory to the 1961 UN Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and the 1930 Special Protocol concerning Statelessness. The 1961 Convention clearly sets out the circumstances in which it is permissible to remove citizenship and leave a person stateless and when it is not. <br>Recent amendments to the power contained in the UK’s domestic legislation regarding removal of British citizenship were made in accordance with these obligations. Also, following the statement by the Prime Minister to the House on 1 September, the Government is working on proposals for action against British nationals fighting abroad, and is ensuring that these too will be compliant with the UK’s international obligations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/10/2014 10:42:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

92739

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of making overtime and compensation payments to people whose passport applications have been delayed.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	905446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>HMPO experienced higher than expected demand for passports this year. The contingency measures announced by my Rt. hon. Friend, the Home Secretary in June have directly benefited over 30,000 applicants and enabled people to get their passports on time. Full details of overtime and customer compensation payments will be published in HMPO’s next Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/10/2014 15:57:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

92740

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for the reduction in the number of asylum seekers returned under the Dublin Convention in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	905441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Dublin Regulations have allowed the UK to return over 12,000 asylum claimants to other EU countries since coming in to force in 2003. Litigation is a significant factor preventing or delaying transfers – in particular, the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in 2011 that returns to Greece breached Article 3 of the Convention, halting returns there.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/10/2014 15:53:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone