Part of Home Department – in the House of Commons at on 28 September 2020.
Martyn Day
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Public Health and Primary Care)
As covid’s second wave hits, the Minister must recognise that evicting asylum seekers into destitution will be a disaster for both asylum seekers and the communities into which they are evicted. Will she reverse these utterly reckless plans and confirm whether public health directors and bodies were consulted about this specific decision, and what they advised?
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