Asylum System - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 1:29 pm on 28 September 2020.

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Photo of Lord Scriven Lord Scriven Liberal Democrat 1:29, 28 September 2020

My Lords, if the asylum system is not institutionally homophobic and transphobic, what explanation can the Minister offer as to why the latest Home Office figures show that, yet again, the grant rate for applicants for asylum identifying as LGBT+ was significantly lower, as a percentage, compared with those granted asylum from the general cohort?