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HANSARDIndependent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office if he will make a statement on the publication of 13 reports by the former independent chief inspector of…04 Mar 2024HANSARDIndependent Chief Inspector of Borders and ImmigrationI agree with the Minister that the role of the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration provides indispensable scrutiny of vital Home Office functions. On Tuesday 20…04 Mar 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: RecommendationsI think the Minister is a good man and is trying to do his best, but this is the biggest treatment scandal in the history of the NHS. We have had six years of a public inquiry.…29 Feb 2024HANSARDInfected Blood Inquiry: Recommendations4. What progress he has made on responding to the final recommendations on compensation by the infected blood inquiry.29 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsInterim payments are, by their very nature, interim; they are paid before final payments. Perhaps the Minister might be able to help me to understand. He just said that works are…29 Feb 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House has been helpful on the contaminated blood scandal. Can we have a statement from the Government on the issue that has arisen in the last few days, which is…29 Feb 2024HANSARD Angiolini Inquiry ReportI welcome today’s statement. I hope that we will get a full response to the report from the Home Secretary very quickly. May I also associate myself with the comments of the Home…29 Feb 2024HANSARDEngagementsAnother 80 victims of the contaminated blood scandal have died since Sir Brian Langstaff made his final recommendations on compensation to the Government in April 2023, which was…28 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week, the Home Secretary fired the Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration after losing confidence in him when he went public with his concerns. As the Home Office failed…26 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Horizon: Compensation and LegislationThe Minister often comes to the Chamber to discuss this scandal, and I just wish that Ministers in other Departments, dealing with other scandals, came as often as he does, for…26 Feb 2024HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. You will know that yesterday in the House there was an urgent question on border security. Later on that afternoon, it became public…21 Feb 2024HANSARDImmigration Rules and Border SecurityAccountability and oversight are critical to the effective management of UK border security. The Home Affairs Committee has repeatedly questioned the Government about the delay in…20 Feb 2024HANSARD Post Office Governance and Horizon Compensation SchemesThe allegations of limping towards the general election in relation to delaying compensation payments to postmasters mirror the Government’s behaviour towards the infected blood…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Antisemitism in the UKAs the Minister knows, the Home Affairs Committee has been carrying out an inquiry into the policing of protests. We have been particularly appalled to hear evidence of the huge…19 Feb 2024HANSARDUK EconomyThe economy is in recession and the consequences for the public finances are not the fault of those people infected and affected through the contaminated blood scandal, the…19 Feb 2024HANSARD Protest MeasuresI am sure the Minister knows that the Home Affairs Select Committee has been carrying out an inquiry into the policing of protests after the horrific attacks of 7 October. I join…08 Feb 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI respect the Leader of the House, and I note that there is a written ministerial statement today, but what the House needs is an oral statement from the Cabinet Office Minister…08 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformA constituent recently told me that when she tried to register members of her family with an NHS dentist, she was told that there was an eight-year wait. We know that workforce is…07 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Chancellor knows jolly well that in April 2023 Sir Brian Langstaff made his final recommendations on compensation for those infected and affected by the contaminated blood…06 Feb 2024HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: Prosecution8. What steps she is taking to help increase prosecution rates for cases relating to violence against women and girls.01 Feb 2024