Stuart McDonald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2022 to Question 45846 on Immigration: EU Nationals and with reference to the correspondence from the the3million to his Department of 11 August 2022, whether the instances of personal data breaches alleged in that correspondence (a) did not happen, (b) did not require reporting and (c) have not been...
Stuart McDonald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost within the current financial year of attempted deportations to Rwanda; and what estimate she has made of the total cost of planned deportations under that programme in the next five years.
Stuart McDonald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) checks, (b) inspections and (c) monitoring the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority undertakes on the licensing of scheme operators that (i) recruit and (ii) supply workers under the Seasonal Worker visa scheme; and what is the number of inspections that are required for (A) applying for and (B) maintaining a license.
Stuart McDonald: What recent assessment he has made of the impact of the rising cost of living on the levelling-up agenda.
Stuart McDonald: As the Minister has acknowledged, the places most in need of levelling up are those suffering most from this Tory cost of living crisis, yet it was the Levelling Up Secretary who was cheerleader-in-chief for a mini-Budget that prioritised the welfare of the south-east over everyone and everywhere else. The Secretary of State is now talking about there being “fat to trim”. How much of that...
Stuart McDonald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to expand the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme and include within it Labour Market Enforcement's resourcing and work plans.
Stuart McDonald: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the announcement of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme and the Energy Price Guarantee, for what reasons the level of support for off-grid households was set at £100; and when he plans to provide further information on support to off-grid businesses.
Stuart McDonald: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many inspections were conducted by the Health and Safety Executive on farms in each of the past five annual reporting periods.
Stuart McDonald: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps the Health and Safety Executive has taken to help reduce the fatality rate in agriculture.
Stuart McDonald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inspections were conducted by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority on farms employing people with Seasonal Workers Visas in each financial year since 2018-19.
Stuart McDonald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inspections were conducted by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority on businesses in the agricultural sector in each financial year since 2018-19.
Stuart McDonald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2022 to Question 9025 on Visas: Ukraine, for what reason her Department is not publishing data on the number of applications which have been made under the Ukrainian Extension Scheme; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of that scheme.
Stuart McDonald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of the expansion of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme for Labour Market Enforcement's resourcing and work plans.
Stuart McDonald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of seasonal workers working in Scotland by labour provider as of 1 August 2022.
Stuart McDonald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of farms in Scotland with workers employed on the seasonal workers visa scheme; and the number of farms in Scotland with each labour provider.
Stuart McDonald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions her Department reported data breaches relating to the digital immigration status to the Information Commissioners Office since the launch of the EU Settled Status Scheme.
Stuart McDonald: I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for West Dunbartonshire (Martin Docherty-Hughes) for securing this urgent question and for his relentless campaigning on behalf of his constituent. I echo his comments 100% and agree with what he said. As I understand it, the outgoing Prime Minister has previously been absolutely clear that this is a case of arbitrary detention. Is that still the...
Stuart McDonald: I thank everyone who has contributed to the debate, and I thank the Minister again for her support for the Bill and for the amendments. The three points highlighted by the hon. Member for Thornbury and Yate are exactly where our focus has been in discussions over the summer: amendment 4 in relation to the relevant week, the seven days—I am absolutely on the same page as him on that—and...
Stuart McDonald: I will simply commend part 3 to the Committee. I thank Members for their indulgence.
Stuart McDonald: Thank you very much, Ms Bardell. It is great to see you in the Chair, and this is the first time that I have had the pleasure of serving under your chairmanship. May I also say that it is a pleasure to see the Minister in her place? I cannot always say that about Ministers in this particular Government, but I genuinely mean that. I am very grateful to her and her predecessor and to their...