Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 2:26 pm on 24 October 2023.
Stephen Kinnock
Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Immigration)
2:26,
24 October 2023
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I wish to raise a point of order on the question asked by my hon. Friend Stella Creasy in the statement. The immigration guidelines were changed in August 2023 to enable eviction within seven days as opposed to 28 days, and my hon. Friend has the letter from Clearsprings to the person she is representing that confirms a seven-day deadline. I wonder whether the Minister might wish to correct the record based on the exchange he had with my hon. Friend earlier.
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