Speeches by Ribeiro-Addy.

“I thank my right hon. Friend for her intervention, and obviously she is always right. It is not impossible; in fact, it has been done before. Instead, this Bill could end up criminalising people because of how they travelled here, which is wrong. It is widely understood that many of these people, precisely because they…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Ms McVey. I start by commending my hon. Friend the Member for Southgate and Wood Green (Bambos Charalambous) for bringing forward this crucial debate, and for his continuous campaigning on this matter. I chair the APPG for Afrikan Reparations and I have long called …”

“There are 12.5 million cat owners in the UK, and hundreds of thousands of cats are killed on the roads every year. The previous Government agreed that it would be right to include cats in the Road Safety Act 2006, but they simply did not do it. This means that cats are regularly hit and, because there is no legal duty …”

“This is not necessarily a divisive issue. When we ask those who are suffering the most from these matters, we find that they believe that it is difficult to move forward because of some of the wrongs that have been done to them in the past. It is simply about recognition and looking at ways to tackle this issue, and at…”

“I want to ask about the management of this volume and the fact that you feel you have been able to get it under control. We know that the Ukraine permission extension scheme launched today. This programme will allow Ukrainian nationals and family members to apply for up to an additional 18 months to stay in the UK. Tha…”

“Thank you. You told the Public Accounts Committee last year that the Home Office is resetting its asylum accommodation programme. What progress have you made? When should we expect alternatives to hotel accommodation being delivered?”

“Now that the fee waiver is in place, are you saying that the Home Office is now not making the hundreds of millions that it was before, specifically from child citizenship fees?”

“Okay, then why is it still the case that you are making it an additional £640 for children to register their right to be British citizens, when it is, in fact, their right. The High Court ruled this unlawful in 2019. I know there is now a fee waiver in place if you cannot afford it, but children are still being asked t…”

“You mentioned visas being a product and I wondered if that is the same approach as you have to citizenship.”

“Apologies, Chair, I have a quick question about fees.”

“Thank you.”

“Could you explain the difference between a case with an administrative outcome and a withdrawal? How do they differ specifically?”

“How many when they are withdrawn just end up going back into the system?”

“In the first nine months of last year, around 10,000 asylum cases were listed as having an administrative outcome, and 11,000 have been withdrawn. I want to understand what happened to these people.”

“I want to find out how much money the Home Office has been spending on acquiring new sites for asylum accommodation. I know there was a bit of a concern about the Northeye site, and the fact that it was acquired so quickly that it wound up costing the Home Office more than it needed to.”

“How many of those still waiting for their application to be resolved are being moved from one closed asylum hotel to another? Because you have to make sure that you do provide—”

“The Minister said in January that there was a plan to close nine more hotels by the end of March 2025, which is soon. How is that going?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Jeremy. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough and Thornaby East (Andy McDonald) for securing the debate. As the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on immigration detention, I want to raise the deeply troubling subject of the outsourcing of the ma…”

“T8. Travelling and working abroad can be an incredibly enriching experience, and I welcome the Government’s steps to strengthen our relationship with the EU. My young constituents would like to know specifically what steps are being taken to increase their opportunities in Europe. What discussions has the Minister had …”

“Thank you very much. That answered my next two questions. That was brilliant, but I just want to be clear: was that the extent of your engagement with the Home Office following the publishing of the report?”