Lord Faulkner of Worcester: My Lords, further to the excellent question from the Minister’s noble friend Lord Forsyth about the attitude of this House towards the Rwanda Bill, will he care to put his ministerial colleague Mr Tomlinson right on remarks that he made on the “Peston” programme last night? He said that the Government lost the seven votes in this House yesterday because of all the votes of the Labour...
Michael Tomlinson: After further conversation with MOJ colleagues, please see amended response to your written question; The number of people charged with a criminal offence will be data held by the Police, the number of asylum seekers within that total will be a subset. It’s not information we hold. All asylum claimants are subject to mandatory security checks to confirm their identity and to link it to...
Lord Horam: ...quoted the views of Sir Jeremy Wright, Sir Bob Neill and Sir Robert Buckland from the debate in the Commons on Monday night. He could also, in fairness, quote the response from the Minister, Mr Tomlinson. His response, if I have it right, was that what the Government were looking for by compensation for whether the Bill was actually working in practice was that this was the role of the...
...Oliver Dowden, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Secretary James Cleverly, Secretary Gillian Keegan, Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris, Secretary Alister Jack, Secretary David T. C. Davies, Michael Tomlinson, Andrea Leadsom and Gareth Davies, presented a Bill to make provision about the supply of tobacco, vapes and other products, including provision prohibiting the sale of tobacco to people...
Mims Davies: In March 2023, I appointed Helen Tomlinson as the Government’s first menopause employment champion. We are working across Government and with employers to increase awareness and develop policies to support women experiencing the impact of menopause at work. We recently launched new guidance on the Help to Grow portal to empower businesses to educate their organisation about menopause.
Michael Tomlinson: The option of voluntary relocation will be given to failed asylum seekers. If they wish to relocate, it is only right that we facilitate that in order to save taxpayers’ money and pressures on our public services. Regarding the voluntary relocation of individuals to Rwanda, it would be inappropriate to provide a running commentary on individual cases. If a person expresses an interest in...
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...Andrew Stephenson Jane Stevenson John Stevenson Iain Stewart Gary Streeter Julian Sturdy James Sunderland Desmond Swayne Robert Syms Derek Thomas Maggie Throup Edward Timpson Kelly Tolhurst Justin Tomlinson Michael Tomlinson Craig Tracey Anne-Marie Trevelyan Laura Trott Steve Tuckwell Thomas Tugendhat Shailesh Vara Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Theresa Villiers Charles Walker Robin Walker...
...Andrew Stephenson Jane Stevenson John Stevenson Iain Stewart Gary Streeter Julian Sturdy James Sunderland Desmond Swayne Robert Syms Derek Thomas Maggie Throup Edward Timpson Kelly Tolhurst Justin Tomlinson Michael Tomlinson Craig Tracey Anne-Marie Trevelyan Laura Trott Steve Tuckwell Thomas Tugendhat Shailesh Vara Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Theresa Villiers Charles Walker Robin Walker...
...Andrew Stephenson Jane Stevenson John Stevenson Iain Stewart Gary Streeter Julian Sturdy James Sunderland Desmond Swayne Robert Syms Derek Thomas Maggie Throup Edward Timpson Kelly Tolhurst Justin Tomlinson Michael Tomlinson Craig Tracey Anne-Marie Trevelyan Laura Trott Steve Tuckwell Thomas Tugendhat Shailesh Vara Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Theresa Villiers Charles Walker Robin Walker...
Michael Tomlinson: The process to recruit a new Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration follows the principles set out within the Cabinet Office Governance Code on Public Appointments: Governance Code on Public Appointments - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The competition opened on 21 February, and the closing date for applications is 2 April 2024. Our intention is to make the appointment as soon as possible, and an...
Michael Tomlinson: The Home Office does publish statistics on foreign national offenders (FNOs) subject to deportation action and living in the community by the length of time since the end of their custodial sentence. This is available from Table FNO_08 in: Immigration Enforcement data: Q4 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The latest data is published to September 2022.
Michael Tomlinson: The Home Office does publish statistics on enforced returns for those who have claimed asylum since 2010. These returns are published in table RET_05 of the returns summary table which can be found at Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Asylum-related returns in this summary relate to cases where there has been an asylum claim at some stage prior to the return....
Justin Tomlinson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Video Games Tax Relief was paid out to companies with production values above £15 million in each year between 2020 and 2023.
Michael Tomlinson: The Government is today publishing its response to the Brook House Inquiry. The Government is grateful to the Chair of the Brook House Inquiry (BHI), Kate Eves, for her review and welcomes this important contribution to ensuring the safety and welfare of those in detention. The response has been laid before Parliament as a Command Paper (CP 1041) and copies are available in the Vote Office...
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Motion made, and Question put, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 4.—(Michael Tomlinson.)
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...John Stevenson Iain Stewart Gary Streeter Mel Stride Graham Stuart Julian Sturdy James Sunderland Desmond Swayne Robert Syms Derek Thomas Maggie Throup Edward Timpson Kelly Tolhurst Justin Tomlinson Michael Tomlinson Craig Tracey Anne-Marie Trevelyan Laura Trott Steve Tuckwell Thomas Tugendhat Shailesh Vara Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Theresa Villiers Charles Walker Robin Walker Ben...
Motion made, and Question put, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 8.—(Michael Tomlinson.)