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House of Commons Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session 2017–19 The Home Affairs Committee The Home Affairs Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Home Office and its associated public bodies. Current membership Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP (Chair, Labour, Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford) Rehman Chishti MP (Conservative, Gillingham and Rainham) Sir Christopher Chope MP (Conservative, Christchurch) Janet Daby MP (Labour, Lewisham East) Stephen Doughty MP (Labour (Co-op), Cardiff South and Penarth) Chris Green MP (Conservative, Bolton West) Kate Green MP (Labour, Stretford and Urmston) Tim Loughton MP (Conservative, East Worthing and Shoreham) Stuart C. McDonald MP (Scottish National Party, Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East) Toby Perkins MP (Labour, Chesterfield) Douglas Ross MP (Conservative, Moray) The following Members were members of the Committee during the Session: Preet Kaur Gill MP (Labour (Co-op), Birmingham, Edgbaston) Sarah Jones MP (Labour, Croydon Central) Kirstene Hair MP (Conservative, Angus) Rt Hon Esther McVey MP (Conservative, Tatton) Alex Norris MP (Labour (Co-op), Nottingham North) Will Quince MP (Conservative, Colchester) Naz Shah MP (Labour, Bradford West) John Woodcock MP (Independent, Barrow and Furness) Powers The Committee is one of the departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No 152. These are available on the Internet via www.parliament.uk. Publication The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet at www.parliament.uk/homeaffairscom. Committee staff The current staff of the Committee are Elizabeth Hunt, (Clerk), Dominic Stockbridge (Second Clerk), Simon Armitage (Committee Specialist), Penny McClean (Committee Specialist), Robert Sabbarton (Committee Specialist), Paul Simpkin (Senior Committee Assistant), Melissa Bailey (Committee Assistant) and George Perry (Select Committee Media Officer). Contacts All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Home Affairs Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 6856; the Committee’s email address is [email protected]. Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session 2017-19 3 Proceedings of the Home Affairs Committee Tuesday 12 September 2017 Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair Mr Christopher Chope Stuart C McDonald Stephen Doughty Esther McVey Preet Kaur Gill Will Quince Sarah Jones Naz Shah Tim Loughton 1. Declaration of interests Members declared their interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix). 2. Formal Resolutions relating to the Committee’s business Ordered, That the Committee examine witnesses in public unless it otherwise orders. Ordered, That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, written evidence received between scheduled committee meetings, over the period to 8 January 2018, where the material is directly related to a current inquiry or is otherwise judged to be of an urgent nature, shall be reported to the House for publication. Resolved, That witnesses who submit written evidence to the Committee are authorized to publish it on their own account in accordance with Standing Order No. 135, subject always to the discretion of the Chair or where the Committee orders otherwise. Resolved, That the Committee shall not consider individual cases. 3. Future programme Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence on Brook House Immigration Removal Centre. Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence from the Home Secretary. Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence from the Metropolitan Police Commissioner. Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence on the delivery of Home Office immigration services. [Adjourned till Thursday 14 September at 9.30am. 4 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session 2017-19 Appendix DECLARATIONS OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS Cooper, Yvette (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation (2.a)) Name of donor: GMB Address of donor: Grove Hall, 60 College Grove Road, Wakefield WF1 3RN Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 Donor status: trade union (Registered 07 July 2017) Name of donor: Sir David Garrard Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £15,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 07 July 2017) Any other support not included in Category 2(a) Name of donor: David Garrard Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value of donation in kind: Donation of £25,000 to pay for a member of staff. Date received: 17 May 2016 Date accepted: 20 May 2016 Donor status: individual (Registered 21 June 2016; updated 25 October 2016) Name of donor: Ken Follett Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value of donation in kind: £4,600 for staffing costs. Date received: 9 August 2016 Date accepted: 9 August 2016 Donor status: individual (Registered 06 September 2016) Name of donor: Barbara Follett Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value of donation in kind: £4,600 Date received: 9 November 2016 Date accepted: 9 November 2016 Donor status: individual (Registered 21 December 2016) Name of donor: Peter Hearn Address of donor: private Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session 2017-19 5 Amount of donation or nature and value of donation in kind: £27,294 to hire a member of staff. Date received: 24 November 2016 Date accepted: 24 November 2016 Donor status: individual (Registered 19 January 2017) Name of donor: Peter Hearn Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value of donation in kind: £13,647.75 to hire a member of staff. Date received: 19 January 2017 Date accepted: 19 January 2017 Donor status: individual (Registered 10 February 2017) Name of donor: Barbara Follett Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,600 for staffing costs Date received: 19 July 2017 Date accepted: 19 July 2017 Donor status: individual (Registered 21 July 2017) Name of donor: Barbara Follett Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: second donation of £4,600 for staffing costs Date received: 26 July2017 Date accepted: 26 July 2017 Donor status: individual (Registered 26 July 2017) Name of donor: Barbara Follett Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: third donation of £4,600 for staffing costs Date received: 26 July 2017 Date accepted: 26 July 2017 Donor status: individual (Registered 26 July 2017) Visits outside the UK Name of donor: Franco-British Colloque Address of donor: Station House, Station Approach, East Horsley, Surrey KT24 6QX Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation valued at £592.08 Destination of visit: Versailles Date of visit: 26-27 January 2017 6 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session 2017-19 Purpose of visit: to attend the Franco-British Colloque’s 2017 Conference. (Registered 23 February 2017) Supplementary Declaration relevant to the work of the Home Affairs Committee Chair of Reclaim the Internet – cross-party campaign on online abuse. Chair of Fabian Commission for Work. Member of GMB and Unite trade unions. Chope, Mr Christopher (Christchurch) 1. Employment and earnings Director of Carclew Limited; small private company which provides business consultancy services but excludes advice on parliamentary or public affairs. (Updated 20 June 2017) 3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources Name of donor: L3 Communications Address of donor: 23 King Street, St James', London SW1Y 8QY Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hospitality for myself and my wife at Fairford Air Tattoo, total estimated value £350 Date received: 8 July 2016 Date accepted: 8 July 2016 Donor status: company, registration number 04507278 (Registered 31 August 2016) (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital Carclew Limited. (Updated 20 June 2017) Miscellaneous Retired barrister. (Updated 1 June 2015) Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses I employ my wife, Christine Chope, as Secretary. Doughty, Stephen (Cardiff South and Penarth) 2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a) Name of donor: GMB Union Address of donor: 17 Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0TB Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,677.84 (total donations in kind, including office rental and a percentage of staff time) Date received: 3 May 2017 Date accepted: 3 May 2017 Donor status: trade union (Registered 07 July 2017) Name of donor: GMB Union Address of donor: 17 Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0TB Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £793.82 (donation in kind of mailing and postage for direct mail) Date received: 26 April 2017 Home Affairs Committee Formal Minutes Session 2017-19 7 Date accepted: 26 April 2017 Donor status: trade union (Registered 07 July 2017) Name of donor: Community Union Address of donor: 465c Caledonian Road, London, N7 9GX Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000 Date received: 4 May 2017 Date accepted: 4 May 2017 Donor status: trade union (Registered 07 July 2017) Name of donor: Musicians Union Address of donor: 60-62 Clapham Road, London, SW9 OJJ Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Date received: 4 May 2017 Date accepted: 4 May 2017 Donor status: trade union (Registered 07 July 2017) Name of donor: BM Creative Management Ltd. Address of donor: 4th Floor York House, 23 Kingsway, London WC2B 6UJ Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000 Date received: 4 May 2017 Date accepted: 4 May 2017 Donor status: company, registration 05635995 (Registered 07 July 2017) 2.