Speeches by Ribeiro-Addy.

“Thank you very much. You might be right, because if our search history as members of the Home Affairs Committee was to be looked at, we ourselves might be flagged. In that vein, do you think there might be way to future-proof against rapidly changing technologies when it comes to the way in which platforms are being en…”

“I have some further questions, but I might come back to them.”

“The Minister has made very clear exactly where the Bill will apply, but will he be clear about exactly who it will apply to? We have asked this question in different ways when talking about who we think will be disadvantaged, but can he be clear that those of British nationality who have no other claim to a nationality…”

“Further to the intervention by the right hon. Member for North West Hampshire (Kit Malthouse), is the hon. Member aware not only that Commonwealth countries allow people to claim citizenship from the birth of their parents or grandparents, but that some countries—notably Ghana and Kenya—specifically allow people to cla…”

“Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that this whole notion of heritage is not even an exact science? My first black ancestor to be born in this country was born in 1806, in Twyford; I have no idea where that is, but I know it is not that far from here. He was the son of a formerly enslaved person and a white domestic s…”

“I rise simply to ask the Minister if he might publish the assessment. He has said continuously that the Bill is fair, but I want to impress upon him that it cannot possibly be fair that should such orders be brought about, they would impact me and not him. I do not think that is fair at all. I would also like the Minis…”

“I rise to speak in favour of amendment 1, in the name of the right hon. Member for North West Hampshire (Kit Malthouse), who is definitely on the other side of the House but who I am very much allied with in seeing the clear flaws in this Bill. Like him, I remain uncomfortable about the Bill as a whole, which I am sure…”

“I rise to speak to the many amendments that attempt to improve this Bill, which I signed in desperation, because I did not enter politics to strip vital support from those who need it, yet the Bill does exactly that. We are the party that created the welfare state, so we know the welfare state is not a handout—sadly, t…”

“Has anybody ever raised concerns about your name and how you operate? You are called Migrant Help, and some people might think that you are a friendly, cuddly, NGO-type organisation, but you are actually contracted by the Home Office. Has anybody ever raised that your name might be slightly misleading? Caroline O’Conno…”

“Serco said to this Committee in written evidence that having Migrant Help and providers as a go-between is one of the things that leads to miscommunications and inefficiencies. Serco suggested that it might be easier to get some of these issues resolved, particularly in the case of maintenance and repairs, if service u…”

“Do you see any evidence of learning and improvement by accommodation providers, or the Home Office in response to the issues which you raise most often?”

“Even if it has been flagged with you a couple of times, it is still left with the Home Office?”

“What happens then? I suppose that would be quite a serious case where they are not meeting their contractual obligations again and again. How does that then get resolved?”

“How often do you escalate unresolved cases to the Home Office? Does that typically lead to a resolution or do you find yourself going back again?”

“Thank you. I just want to find out what the most common complaints that you receive about asylum accommodation providers are. Are there any patterns with particular providers or regions or types of accommodation that get those quite specific complaints?”

“Is the move-on service in some ways just another flagging service in that you are pointing them in the direction of other services?”

“So that is the only thing you, I suppose, solely do by yourselves in terms of support?”

“You still flag them to another agency?”

“How do you actually help, if that makes sense? Caroline O’Connor: On the telephone lines, for example, besides the issue reporting services that we provide, we provide support for asylum seekers, for example, who have an issue with their HC1 card and are unable to access healthcare, whose children are trying to get int…”

“I want to ask some questions about some of the issues that asylum seekers raise with the accommodation providers. However, before I do I want to understand how you see your purpose. Listening to some of the answers to questions that my colleagues are asking, it sounds like you are primarily just a flagging service. Car…”