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].
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Airbus Group UK Address of donor: Floor 2, Wellington House, 125-130 Strand, London WC2R 0AP Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: three tickets to the Royal International Air Tattoo plus hospitality, value £318 (£106 per person) Date received: 10 July 2016 Date accepted: 10 July 2016 Donor status: company, registration 02473840 (Registered 31 August 2016)
Name of donor: Airbus Group UK Address of donor: Floor 2, Wellington House, 125-130 Strand, London WC2R 0AP Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: three tickets to the Royal International Air Tattoo 2017, plus hospitality with a value of £510 (£170 per person), also an Airbus Pen (£43) and A400M Model (£43.99), total value £596.99 Date received: 16 July 2017 Date accepted: 16 July 2017 Donor status: company, registration 02473840 (Registered 18 July 2017)
8. Miscellaneous From August 2016, Honorary Patron (unremunerated), Moorland Day Centre, Cardiff. (Registered 16 December 2012; updated 31 August 2016) Patron of Penarth and District Lesotho Trust (Registered 01 May 2014) Vice-President (unremunerated) of the Cardiff and District United Nations Association (Registered 01 May 2014) Vice-President (unremunerated) of The Penarth Civic Society (Registered 04 June 2014)
Supplementary Declaration relevant to the work of the Home Affairs Committee
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Member of the GMB trade union.
Gill, Preet Kaur (Birmingham, Edgbaston)
1. Employment and earnings
5 July 2017, received £1,683 from Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, PO Box 2374, Oldbury B69 3DE, for allowances for my role as a Councillor and a Cabinet Member. Hours: 20 hrs. (Registered 05 July 2017)
June 2017 until further notice, Councillor for Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, PO Box 2374, Oldbury B69 3DE, for which I receive £892.02 a month from August 2017 onwards. Hours: 20 hrs a month. (Registered 05 July 2017)
8. Miscellaneous
Non Executive Unpaid Director for Spring Housing Association. (Registered 05 July 2017)
Supplementary Declaration relevant to the work of the Home Affairs Committee Member of Unison trade union.
Jones, Sarah (Croydon Central)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Name of donor: USDAW Address of donor: 188 Wilmslow Road, Manchester M14 6LJ Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Postal franking with a value of £2,500 Donor status: trade union (Registered 07 July 2017)
Name of donor: GMB Address of donor: 22 Stephenson Way, Euston NW1 2HD Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £6,000 Donor status: trade union (Registered 07 July 2017)
Name of donor: CWU Address of donor: 150 The Broadway, London SW19 1RX Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 Donor status: trade union (Registered 07 July 2017)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital Lloyd-Jones Communications; campaigns and communications. (Registered 07 July 2017)
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10. Family members engaged in lobbying the public sector on behalf of a third party or client My son, Joseph Jones, is employed by WA Communications as Senior Account Executive. (Registered 07 July 2017)
Supplementary Declaration relevant to the work of the Home Affairs Committee Member of GMB and Unite trade unions.
Loughton, Tim (East Worthing and Shoreham)
1. Employment and earnings From 8 April 2013, adviser to the National Fostering Agency, 71 Cowley Road, Uxbridge, UB8 2AE. From August 2015, paid £1,833.33 per month, until further notice. Hours: 3 hrs per month. (Registered 18 April 2013; updated 26 May 2013, 16 June 2015 and 28 August 2015) Payments from Cumberlege Eden & Partners Ltd, Snells Cottage, The Green, Newick, Lewes BN8 4LA: 23 November 2016, received £350 for training session for NHS professionals. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 28 November 2016) 10 January 2017, received £350 for training session for NHS professionals. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 17 January 2017) 4 November 2016, received £1,500 from Hat Trick Productions Ltd, 33 Oval Road, London NW1 7EA, for appearance on BBC ‘Have I Got News For You’. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 15 November 2016)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Channel 4 Address of donor: 124 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2TX Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Tickets for my wife and me to attend the BAFTA ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall followed by official dinner, total value of £1,840 (£920 per person) Date received: 12 February 2017 Date accepted: 12 February 2017 Donor status: company, registration 04106849 (Registered 08 March 2017)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Unicef UK Address of donor: 30A Great Sutton Street, London, EC1V 0DU Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Flights costing £392.79; hotel accommodation costing £255; a value of £647.79 in total Destination of visit: Athens, Greece Date of visit: 30 March – 1 April 2017 Purpose of visit: to see Unicef’s work in Athens, Greece and discuss the UK’s role in tackling the refugee crisis. (Registered 25 April 2017)
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Name of donor: Results UK Address of donor: 31-33 Bondway, London SW8 1SJ Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights £1,535.24 and hotel £320.20, total value £1,855.44 Destination of visit: Washington DC Dates of visit: 1-2 May 2017 (curtailed due to General Election announcement) Purpose of visit: Attended World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington DC as guest of the charity Results UK. (Registered 27 June 2017)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
Until 22 June 2017, Mindful Policy Group Trading Ltd. (Registered 20 May 2013; updated 27 June 2017)
8. Miscellaneous
Until 22 June 2017, Chairman of the Mindful Policy Group Trading Ltd, a commercial company with a charitable arm which aims to advance the science of attachment through training, conferences and publications. The role was unremunerated but I held an equity stake in the company. (Registered 26 May 2013; updated 27 June 2017) From 6 to 12 July 2016, an unremunerated board director and member of Leadsom4Leader Ltd, an organisation supporting Andrea Leadsom MP in the 2016 Conservative Party Leadership Election. (Registered 01 August 2016)
9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses I employ my wife, Elizabeth Loughton, as part-time Office Manager. (Updated 18 May 2015)
Supplementary Declaration relevant to the work of the Home Affairs Committee
Adviser to the Board of the National Fostering Agency (remunerated).
McDonald, Stewart Malcolm (Glasgow South)
Nil
Supplementary Declaration relevant to the work of the Home Affairs Committee Member of Amnesty International Member of Unite trade union
McVey, Esther (Tatton)
1. Employment and earnings
5 July 2017, £1,230 for consultancy carried out for Noel Gay, 2 Stephen St, Bloomsbury, London W1T 1AN. Paid direct to LYJ Ltd. Hours: none since my election. (Registered 07 July 2017)
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19 June 2017, £3,000 for consultancy carried out for the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, Dorset House, First Floor, 27-45 Stamford St, London SE1 9NT. Paid direct to LYJ Ltd. Hours: none since my election. (Registered 07 July 2017; updated 31 July 2017)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Name of donor: Boodle and Dunthorne Ltd Address of donor: 178 New Bond St, London W1S 4RH Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 Donor status: company, registration 472968 (Registered 07 July 2017)
Name of donor: J C Bamford Excavators Ltd Address of donor: Lakeside Works, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5JP Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,000 Donor status: company, registration 561597 (Registered 07 July 2017)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
LYJ Ltd; media, research and communications consultancy. (Registered 07 July 2017)
8. Miscellaneous
Director (unpaid) of LYJ Ltd. (Registered 07 July 2017) Trustee (Unpaid) of "If Chloe Can"; charity providing careers advice and support for young people. (Registered 07 July 2017)
Supplementary Declaration relevant to the work of the Home Affairs Committee
Former Chair, British Transport Police Authority
Quince, Will (Colchester)
1. Employment and earnings
Expected payment of £250 from Whitehall Resources, 350 The Crescent, Colchester CO4 9AT, after I opened their new office premises. Payment to be made directly to my community fund. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 05 December 2016) Payments from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for opinion surveys. All fees paid to my community fund. 30 March 2016, payment of £75 for a survey completed in January 2016. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 27 March 2017) 19 May 2016, payment of £100 for a survey completed in February 2016. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 27 March 2017) 19 July 2016, payment of £75 for a survey completed in April 2016. Hours: 20 mins. (Registered 27 March 2017)
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4 August 2016, payment of £75 for a survey completed in June 2016. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 27 March 2017) 27 October 2016, payment of £75 for a survey completed in September 2016. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 27 March 2017) 9 December 2016, payment of £75 for a survey completed in October 2016. Hours: 25 mins. (Registered 27 March 2017) Payments from Ipsos MORI 3 Thomas More Square, London E1W 1YW, for opinion surveys. All fees paid to my community fund. 13 July 2016, payment of £200 for a survey completed on 15 June 2016. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 27 March 2017) 27 February 2017, payment of £200 for a survey completed on 7 November 2016. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 27 March 2017)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Name of donor: Peter Cruddas Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 Donor status: individual (Registered 11 July 2017) Name of donor: Alan Halsall Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 Donor status: individual (Registered 11 July 2017)
Name of donor: Adrian Johnson Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 11 July 2017)
Name of donor: Neil Record Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,750 Donor status: individual (Registered 11 July 2017)
Name of donor: Think BDW Ltd Address of donor: 4 Wyncolls Road, Severalls Business Park, Colshester CO4 9HU Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 11 July 2017) 2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Name of donor: Spicer Haart Address of donor: Colwyn House, Sheepen Place, Colchester CO3 3LD Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: the printing leaflets to a value of £2,693 Date received: 8 September 2016 Date accepted: 8 September 2016 Donor status: company, registration 06034381 (Registered 14 September 2016)
Name of donor: Spicer Haart Address of donor: Colwyn House, Sheepen Place, Colchester CO3 3LD Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: the printing leaflets to a value of £482 Date received: 7 October 2016
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Date accepted: 10 October 2016 Donor status: company, registration 06034381 (Registered 31 October 2016)
Name of donor: Spicer Haart Address of donor: Colwyn House, Sheepen Place, Colchester CO3 3LD Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: report printing to a value of £1,925 Date received: 23 February 2017 Date accepted: 23 February 2017 Donor status: company, registration 06034381 (Registered 21 March 2017)
Name of donor: Spicer Haart Address of donor: Colwyn House, Sheepen Place, Colchester CO3 3LD Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: report printing to a value of £1,604.17 Date received: 21 April 2017 Date accepted: 21 April 2017 Donor status: company, registration 06034381 (Registered 09 June 2017)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: (1) The Great Britain China Centre with sponsorship by Prudential plc; (2) The All China Youth Federation Address of donor: (1) 15 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PS; (2) 10, Qianmen Dong Dajie, Beijing, 100051, People’s Republic of China Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Flights and local transport with a value of £642.50; (2) Flights and local transport £642.50, plus accommodation £889, food and drink £178 and meetings (inc. interpretation, venue hire, equipment) £1,333, total £3,042.50 Destination of visit: China Dates of visit: 5 – 9 December 2016 Purpose of visit: To attend the 2016 UK-China Young Leaders Roundtable and the UK-China People-to-People Dialogue, building UK-China partnership in youth, reform, innovation and entrepreneurship. (Registered 06 January 2017)
Name of donor: Australia Israel Cultural Exchange Limited (AICE) Address of donor: Suite 836, Level 8, 1 Queens Road, Melbourne 3004 VIC Australia Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): flights, food and accommodation with a value of £2,000 Destination of visit: Israel Dates of visit: 16-20 December 2016 Purpose of visit: Tripartite Australia Israel UK Leadership Dialogue conference. (Registered 20 January 2017)
8. Miscellaneous
On 8 July 2016, Haven Gateway Partnership paid the £1,440 invoice for a business networking event that I organised in my constituency. (Registered 14 September 2016) On 6 October 2016, Surya Hotel Ltd provided the venue, food and drink, with a total value of £603.20, for a business networking event that I organised in my constituency. (Registered 31 October 2016)
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On 2 December 2016, the East of England Co-op donated £200 worth of gift vouchers to pay for food and drink for a charity event that I organised in my constituency. (Registered 18 January 2017) On 24 March 2017, Firstsite Enterprises Ltd provided the use of a venue for an older persons information event that I organised in my constituency, value £1,110. (Registered 25 April 2017)
Shah, Naz (Bradford West)
1. Employment and earnings
Payments from the NHS Leadership Academy, The Embankment, Sovereign St, Leeds LS1 4GP: 8 February 2017, received £1,200 for delivering two leadership training and development sessions. Hours: 5 hrs including preparation. Travel and accommodation also provided. (Registered 17 March 2017) 22 March 2017, received £600 for delivering a leadership training and development session. Hours: 2.5 hrs including preparation. (Registered 23 March 2017)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Name of donor: May Shafi Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 06 July 2017)
Name of donor: Bespoke Events Specialists Address of donor: 44 Plungington Road, Preston, Lancs, PR1 7RB Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: company, registration 06639560 (Registered 06 July 2017)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: The Concordia Forum Address of donor: 11 Burford Road, Stratford E15 2ST Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation and subsistence with a value of £822.61 Destination of visit: Lisbon, Portugal Dates of visit: 13-16 October 2016 Purpose of visit: To attend a Concordia Forum event. (Registered 16 November 2016
Supplementary Declaration relevant to the work of the Home Affairs Committee Member of Unite trade union.
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Thursday 14 September 2017
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Christopher Chope Stuart C McDonald Stephen Doughty Esther McVey Sarah Jones Naz Shah
1. Travel in a representative capacity
Ordered, That the Chair have leave to visit Brussels to attend the meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on Europol from 9–10 October 2017, in a representative capacity.
2. Brook House Immigration Removal Centre
Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Brook House Immigration Removal Centre be reported to the House for publication:
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Reverend Nathan Ward, former Duty Director at Brook House and James Wilson, Director, Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group, gave oral evidence.
Peter Neden, Regional President, UK and Ireland, and Jerry Petherick, Managing Director, Custodial and Detention Centres, G4S, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 10 October at 2.00 pm.
Monday 9 October 2017 The Chair visited Brussels to attend the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on Europol on 9 October, in accordance with the Committee’s decision of 14 September.
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Tuesday 10 October 2017
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Christopher Chope Stuart C McDonald Stephen Doughty Esther McVey Preet Kaur Gill Will Quince Sarah Jones Naz Shah
Tim Loughton
1. Policing for the future
Ordered, That Mr Robert Atkins and Sir Peter Fahy be appointed Specialist Advisers to assist the Committee in matters related to policing. (For details of declarations of interests, see Appendix.)
2. Brook House Immigration Removal Centre
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Brook House Immigration Removal Centre be reported to the House for publication:
BRK0002 Detention Forum BRK0003 G4S (supplementary) BRK0004 Detention Action BRK0005 Campaign to Close Campsfield and End All Immigration Detention BRK0006 Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group BRK0007 Bail for Immigration Detainees BRK0008 UNHCR
3. Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration
John Vine CBE QPM, former Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, and David Wood, former Director General of Immigration Enforcement, Home Office, gave oral evidence.
Danielle Cohen, Danielle Cohen Immigration Law Solicitors, Ian Robinson, Partner, Fragomen LLP and Colin Yeo, Garden Court Chambers, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 17 October at 2.00 pm.
Appendix
DECLARATION OF SPECIALIST ADVISER’S INTERESTS
Robert Atkins (policing matters) Trustee & Finance Lead, Campus Educational Trust (Voluntary) Member of Investigations Committee, Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (Cipfa) (Voluntary) Non-stipendiary priest, Church of England (Bicester) (Voluntary) Member of the Finance Committee, University of West London (updated 24 October 2017)
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Sir Peter Fahy (policing matters) Chief Executive Officer of Retrak (a charity working with street children in developing countries, which has received an award from the Home Office’s Modern Slavery Innovation Fund) Member of the Irish Government Commission on the Future of Policing
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Tuesday 17 October 2017
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Tim Loughton Christopher Chope Stuart C McDonald Stephen Doughty Esther McVey Preet Kaur Gill Will Quince Sarah Jones Naz Shah
1. Declaration of interests
Rehman Chishti declared his interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix).
2. Brook House Immigration Removal Centre
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Brook House Immigration Removal Centre be reported to the House for publication:
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3. The work of the Home Secretary
Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP, Home Secretary and Philip Rutnam, Permanent Secretary, Home Office, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 24 October at 2.00 pm.
Appendix
DECLARATION OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS
Chishti, Rehman (Gillingham and Rainham)
Employment and earnings
From 1 March 2016, Adviser to the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, a think tank/NGO. Address: P.O. Box 51049, Riyadh 11543, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The role will involve providing advice to the centre on its work on international relations covering Europe and the Middle East, for which I will be paid £2,000 per month until further notice. Hours: 10 hrs per month. (Registered 24 February 2016)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organization
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Name of donor: Bestway Wholesale Ltd Address of donor: 2 Abbey Road, Park Royal, London NW10 7BW Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: company, registration 01207120 (Registered 05 July 2017)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Government of Pakistan Address of donor: c/o High Commission of Pakistan, 36 Lowdnes Square, London SW1X 9JN Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, meals and internal travel with an approx. value of £3,598 Destination of visit: Lahore, Islamabad, Muzaffarad, Karachi Dates of visit: 1-9 April 2017 Purpose of visit: Parliamentary delegation, as part of 70th anniversary of independence, to look at strengthening democratic institutions, security, trade, religious freedom and the work of DFID in Pakistan. (Registered 24 April 2017)
8. Miscellaneous
Councillor, Rainham Central Medway Council. Since my election to Parliament I draw no allowances. Non-practising barrister.
9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses
I employ my sister, Nusrat Ahmed, as Office Manager.
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Tuesday 24 October 2017
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Tim Loughton Christopher Chope Stuart C McDonald Stephen Doughty Esther McVey Preet Kaur Gill Will Quince Sarah Jones Naz Shah
1. Travel in a representative capacity
Ordered, That the Chair have leave to visit Washington to attend the Parliamentary Intelligence Security Forum on 7 December 2017, in a representative capacity.
2. Brook House Immigration Removal Centre
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Brook House Immigration Removal Centre be reported to the House for publication:
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3. Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration be reported to the House for publication:
CTD0001 Ms Inga Vesper CTD0002 Sarah Lee CTD0003 Mr Richard Chaplan CTD0004 Mrs Dominique Zaccari CTD0005 Mrs Petra Suckling CTD0006 Danielle Cohen Immigration Law Solicitors
4. Policing for the future
Dee Collins, Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police, Gareth Morgan, Chief Constable of Staffordshire Police, Dave Thompson, Chief Constable of West Midlands Police and National Police Chiefs’ Council Lead for Finance, and Sara Thornton, Chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, gave oral evidence.
Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, National Lead for Counter-Terrorism Policing, Metropolitan Police, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 31 October at 2.00 pm.
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Tuesday 31 October 2017
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Stuart C McDonald Christopher Chope Esther McVey Sarah Jones Will Quince Tim Loughton Naz Shah
1. Government Response: The work of the Immigration Directorates
Draft Special Report, (The work of the Immigration Directorates (Q1 2016)): Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2016-17), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the Sixth Report from the Committee of Session 2016-17 was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the First Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
2. Brook House Immigration Removal Centre
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Brook House Immigration Removal Centre be reported to the House for publication:
BRK0013 Home Office
3. Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration be reported to the House for publication:
CTD0007 Institute of Directors CTD0008 Professor Colin Talbot and Dr Carole Talbot
4. Immigration policy: principles for building consensus
Sunder Katwala, Director, and Jill Rutter, Director of Strategy and Relationships, British Future, Dr Alan Renwick, Deputy Director, Constitution Unit, University College London, and Robert Ford, Professor of Political Science, University of Manchester, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 7 November at 2.00 pm.
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Tuesday 7 November 2017
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Stephen Doughty Stuart C McDonald Sarah Jones Naz Shah
1. Government Response: Asylum accommodation
Draft Special Report, (Asylum accommodation: Government Response to the Committee’s Twelfth Report of Session 2016-17), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the Twelfth Report from the Committee of Session 2016-17 was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Second Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
2. Home Office delivery of Brexit: customs operations
Draft Report, (Home Office delivery of Brexit: customs operations), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report are published in the First Report of the Committee, HC 540.
3. Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration be reported to the House for publication:
CTD0009 Russel Group CTD0010 Bail for Immigration Detainees CTD0011 Unicef UK and Save the Children UK CTD0013 Coram Children’s Legal Centre CTD0014 Migration Watch UK CTD0015 MillionPlus CTD0016 Magrath Sheldrick LLP CTD0017 Council for Global Immigration CTD0018 British Medical Association CTD0019 Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants CTD0020 SAS CTD0021 Immigration Law Practitioners' Association CTD0022 Lewis Silkin LLP [Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]
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4. Immigration policy: principles for building consensus
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Immigration policy: principles for building consensus be reported to the House for publication:
IBC0001 Universities UK IBC0002 Bail for Immigration Detainees IBC0003 ASSIST Sheffield and South Yorkshire Refugee Law and Justice IBC0004 NASSCOM (National Association of Software & Services Companies) IBC0005 Mrs Jean Lambert IBC0006 Guglielmo Meardi IBC0007 Council for Global Immigration IBC0008 Detention Action IBC0009 Children's Brexit Coalition IBC0010 CIPD IBC0011 Immigration Law Practitioners' Association IBC0012 Asylum Matters IBC0013 Destination for Education IBC0014 Cavendish Coalition IBC0015 Freedom from Torture IBC0016 Bight Blue IBC0021 EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation
[Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]
5. Policing for the future
Cressida Dick, Commissioner, Metropolitan Police, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 14 November at 9.00 am.
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Tuesday 14 November 2017
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Tim Loughton Stephen Doughty Will Quince Sarah Jones Naz Shah
1. Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration be reported to the House for publication:
CTD0023 Pact CTD0024 Amnesty International CTD0025 Universities UK CTD0026 Medical Justice CTD0027 techUK
2. Immigration policy: principles for building consensus
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Immigration policy: principles for building consensus be reported to the House for publication:
IBC0017 Pact IBC0018 BIFM IBC0019 Medical Justice IBC0020 the3million
3. Policing for the future
David Lloyd, Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire, and Chair of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, Kathryn Holloway, Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire, Sue Mountstevens, Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset, and Paddy Tipping, Police and Crime Commissioner for Nottinghamshire, gave oral evidence.
Rt Hon Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 21 November at 9.15 am.
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Tuesday 21 November 2017
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Tim Loughton Preet Kaur Gill Stuart C McDonald Sarah Jones
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Brook House Immigration Removal Centre
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Brook House Immigration Removal Centre be reported to the House for publication:
BRK0014 G4S
3. Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration
Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP, Minister of State for Immigration and Patsy Wilkinson, Second Permanent Secretary, Home Office, gave oral evidence.
In the absence of the Chair, Stuart C McDonald was called to the chair.
Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP, Minister of State for Immigration and Patsy Wilkinson, Second Permanent Secretary, Home Office, gave further oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 29 November at 9.15 am.
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Wednesday 29 November 2017
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Christopher Chope Stuart C McDonald Stephen Doughty Will Quince Preet Kaur Gill Naz Shah Tim Loughton
1. Harassment and intimidation near abortion clinics
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Harassment and intimidation near abortion clinics.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Harassment and intimidation near abortion clinics be reported to the House for publication:
HIA0001 Home Office
2. Immigration policy: principles for building consensus
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Immigration policy: principles for building consensus be reported to the House for publication:
IBC0022 IPPR
3. Policing for the future
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Policing for the future be reported to the House for publication:
PFF0001 APCC
4. The work of the Home Secretary
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Home Secretary be reported to the House for publication:
THS0001 Home Office
5. Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration
Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration be reported to the House for publication:
CTD0029 PCS
David Bolt, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, gave oral evidence.
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Lucy Moreton, General Secretary, Immigration Services Union and Adrian Berry, Chair, Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association, gave oral evidence.
Helen Kenny, National Officer, FDA and Mike Jones, Group Secretary, Home Office group, Public and Commercial Services Union, gave further oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 5 December at 9.15 am.
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Tuesday 5 December 2017
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Tim Loughton Christopher Chope Stuart C McDonald Stephen Doughty Will Quince Preet Kaur Gill Douglas Ross Sarah Jones Naz Shah
1. Alcohol minimum unit pricing
Resolved, That the Committee agrees to meet concurrently with the Health Committee to take oral evidence on alcohol minimum unit pricing.
2. Declaration of interests
Douglas Ross declared his interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix).
3. Home Office delivery of Brexit: policing and security cooperation
Sir Alan Dashwood QC, Emeritus Professor of European Law, University of Cambridge, and Barrister, Henderson Chambers, Piet Eeckhout, Professor of EU Law, University College London, and Valsamis Mitsilegas, Professor of European Criminal Law, Queen Mary University of London, gave oral evidence.
Elizabeth Denham, Information Commissioner, Steve Wood, Deputy Information Commissioner – Policy, and Professor Lorna Woods, Director of Research, School of Law, University of Essex, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 December at 9.15 am.
Appendix
DECLARATION OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS
Ross, Douglas (Moray)
1. Employment and earnings 30 June 2017, received £1,735.70 as a Member of the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh EH99 1SP. Hours: none since my election to the House of Commons. (Registered 07 July 2017) Payments from The Scottish Football Association, Hampden Park, Glasgow G42 9AY, for serving as an assistant referee: 11 August 2017, received £97.50 for Buckie Thistle v Raith Rovers. Hours:1.5 hrs. (Registered 06 September 2017)
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11 August 2017, received £97.50 for Dundee v Dundee United. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 06 September 2017) 24 August 2017, received £425 for Hamilton Academical v Dundee. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 06 September 2017) 24 August 2017, received £130 for Livingston v Dunfermline Athletic. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 06 September 2017) 7 September 2017, received £130 for Caledonian Thistle v Greenock Morton. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 07 September 2017) 7 September 2017, received £425 for Celtic v St Johnstone. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 07 September 2017) 25 September 2017, received £425 for St Johnstone v Hibernian. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 12 October 2017) 6 October 2017, received £425 for Aberdeen v Kilmarnock. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 12 October 2017) 1 September 2017, for serving as an assistant referee, received £1,436.35 fromUEFA, Route de Genève 46, Case postale, CH-1260 Nyon 2, Switzerland, at NK Domzale v Olympique de Marseille. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 06 September 2017) 5 October 2017, for serving as an assistant referee, received £749.57 from FIFA, Strasse 20, P.O. Box 8044 Zurich, Switzerland, at Iceland v Ukraine. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 10 October 2017)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: Alasdair Laing Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 07 July 2017) Name of donor: Scottish Unionist Association Trust Address of donor: 570 Mosspark Boulevard, Glasgow G52 1SD Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,500 Donor status: friendly society (Registered 07 July 2017) Name of donor: Stalbury Trustees Address of donor: 31 Hill Street, London W1J 4LS Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 Donor status: company, registration 1430799 (Registered 07 July 2017) Name of donor: John Martin Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: individual
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(Registered 07 July 2017)
4. Visits outside the UK Name of donor: Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd Address of donor: PO Box 72288, London SW1P 9LB Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Travel and accommodation with a value of £2,000 Destination of visit: Israel and the West Bank Dates of visit: 31 July - 5 August 2016 Purpose of visit: Fact finding mission for Scottish Conservative MSPs. (Registered 07 July 2017)
Supplementary declaration relevant to the work of the Home Affairs Committee My wife is a serving police officer for Police Scotland.
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Tuesday 12 December 2017
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Christopher Chope Will Quince Preet Kaur Gill Douglas Ross Sarah Jones Naz Shah Tim Loughton
1. Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration, be reported to the House for publication:
CTD0030 PCS
2. Harassment and intimidation near abortion clinics
Councillor Julian Bell, Leader of the Council, and Councillor Binda Rai, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, Ealing Council, gave oral evidence.
Clare Murphy, Director of External Affairs, British Pregnancy Advisory Service, Clare McCullough, Director, Good Counsel Network, John Hansen-Brevetti, Clinical Operations Manager, West London Centre and Acting Clinical Governance and Quality Lead, Greater London & South East, Marie Stopes UK, and Antonia Tully, Head of Campaigning, Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 19 December at 9.15 am.
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Tuesday 19 December 2017
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Tim Loughton Christopher Chope Stuart C. McDonald Stephen Doughty Will Quince Preet Kaur Gill Douglas Ross Sarah Jones Naz Shah
1. Government Response: Unaccompanied child migrants
Draft Special Report, (Unaccompanied child migrants: Government Response to the Committee’s Thirteenth Report of Session 2016-17), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the Thirteenth Report from the Committee of Session 2016- 17 was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Third Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
2. Hate crime and its violent consequences
Dr Nicklas Berild Lundblad, Vice President Public Policy, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Google, Simon Milner, Director, Public Policy, Facebook, and Sinéad McSweeney, Vice President Public Policy and Communications, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Twitter, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 9 January at 2.15 pm.
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Tuesday 9 January 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Sir Christopher Chope Stuart C. McDonald Stephen Doughty Will Quince Preet Kaur Gill Douglas Ross Sarah Jones Naz Shah Tim Loughton
1. Formal Resolutions relating to Committee business
Ordered, That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, written evidence received between scheduled committee meetings, over the period to 1 May 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 of publication.
2. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee visit the National Crime Agency in Vauxhall, London.
3. Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration, be reported to the House for publication:
CTD0031 Daniel Schofield
4. Immigration policy: principles for building consensus
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into immigration policy: principles for building consensus, be reported to the House for publication:
IBC0023 Emilio Marcos Sierra
5. Policing for the future
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into immigration policy: principles for building consensus, be reported to the House for publication:
PFF0002 PCC Kathryn Holloway
T/Commander David Clark, National Co-ordinator for Economic Crime, City of London Police, Richard Piggin, Campaign Manager, Which?, Detective Superintendent Nicky Porter, Financial Investigations Unit, Serious Crime Division, Greater Manchester Police, and Katy Worobec, Managing Director, Economic Crime, UK Finance, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 10 January at 9.30 am.
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Wednesday 10 January 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Stephen Doughty Douglas Ross Sarah Jones Naz Shah Stuart C. McDonald
1. Immigration policy
Draft Report, (Immigration policy: basis for building consensus), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Second Report of the Committee, HC 500.
[Adjourned till Monday 22 January at 2.00 pm.
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Monday 22 January 2018
[The Committee met concurrently with the Health Committee]
Members present:
Tim Loughton Stuart C McDonald Douglas Ross
The following members of the Health Committee were also present (Standing Order No. 137A):
Ben Bradshaw Dr Paul Williams Rosie Cooper Dr Sarah Wollaston
Andrew Selous
Dr Sarah Wollaston was called to the Chair (Standing Order No.137A (1)(d)).
1. Alcohol minimum unit pricing
Tim Loughton declared a non-pecuniary interest in relation to the evidence session as the Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Wine and Spirits, whose secretariat is provided by the Wine & Spirits Trade Association.
Rosanna O’Connor, Director of Tobacco, Drugs and Alcohol, and Professor Nick Sheron, Academic Clinical Alcohol Advisor, Public Health England, Sgt Mick Urwin, Durham Constabulary’s Harm Reduction Unit and Co-Chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council Licensing Sub-group, Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, Chair, Alcohol Health Alliance, and Professor Amandine Garde, Director of Law and NCD Unit, School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool, gave oral evidence.
Miles Beale, Chief Executive, Wine and Spirits Trade Association, Brigid Simmonds OBE, Chief Executive, British Beer and Pub Association and Kate Smith, Senior Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 23 January at 2.15 pm.
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Tuesday 23 January 2018 The Chair, Sarah Jones, Tim Loughton, Stuart C. McDonald and Douglas Ross visited the National Crime Agency in Vauxhall, London, in accordance with the Committee’s decision of 9 January 2018.
Tuesday 23 January 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Stuart C. McDonald Stephen Doughty Douglas Ross Sarah Jones Naz Shah
Tim Loughton
1. Government Response: Home Office delivery of Brexit: customs operations
Draft Special Report, (Home Office delivery of Brexit: customs operations: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the First Report from the Committee of Session 2017-19, was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fourth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
2. Hate crime and its violent consequences
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Home Office delivery of Brexit: policing and security cooperation
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Home Office delivery of Brexit: policing and security cooperation, be reported to the House for publication:
PCS0002 Daniel Schofield PCS0003 ADS Group PCS0004 City of London Police PCS0005 Anti-Slavery International PCS0006 Security Institute PCS0007 Home Office
Rt Hon Nick Hurd MP, Minister of State for Policing and Fire Service, Home Office, and Shona Riach, Europe Director, Home Office, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 30 January at 2.15 pm.
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Tuesday 30 January 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Tim Loughton Sir Christopher Chope Douglas Ross Stephen Doughty Naz Shah
1. Hate crime and its violent consequences
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Hate Crime and its violent consequences, be reported to the House for publication:
OHC0001 Network of Sikh Organisations
2. Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration, be reported to the House for publication:
CTD0032 the3million
3. Policing for the future
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Policing for the future, be reported to the House for publication:
PFF0003 City of London Police PFF0004 Metropolitan Police Service
4. Commission for Countering Extremism
The Committee considered this matter.
5. Counter-terrorism
David Anderson QC, former Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 6 February at 2.45 pm.
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Tuesday 6 February 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Stuart C. McDonald Sir Christopher Chope Naz Shah Sarah Jones John Woodcock Tim Loughton
1. Brook House Immigration Removal Centre
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Brook House Immigration Removal Centre, be reported to the House for publication:
BRK0015 G4S
2. Declaration of interests
John Woodcock declared his interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix).
3. Home Office delivery of Brexit: policing and security cooperation
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Home Office delivery of Brexit: policing and security cooperation, be reported to the House for publication:
PSC0008 Home Office
4. Orgreave
The Committee considered this matter.
5. Policing for the future
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Policing for the future, be reported to the House for publication:
PFF0005 UK Finance PFF0006 Greater Manchester Police
6. Hate crime and its violent consequences
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Hate Crime and its violent consequences, be reported to the House for publication:
OHC0002 Sikh Network OHC0003 Facebook OHC0004 Twitter
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OHC0005 Google
Professor Neil Chakraborti, Director of the Centre for Hate Studies, University of Leicester, Sam Smethers, Chief Executive, The Fawcett Society, Dr Loretta Trickett, Centre for the Study and Reduction of Hate Crimes, Bias and Prejudice, Nottingham Trent University, and Professor Mark Walters, Co-investigator of the Sussex Hate Crime Project, University of Sussex, gave oral evidence.
Dr Jelena Dzakula, Fellow, and Professor Damian Tambini, Research Director, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, Dr Martyn Frampton, Reader in Modern History at Queen Mary University of London and Co-Head of the Security and Extremism Unit at Policy Exchange, and Dr Martin Moore, Director of the Centre for the Study of Media, Communication and Power, King’s College London, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till tomorrow at 2.00 pm.
Appendix
DECLARATION OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS
Woodcock, John (Barrow and Furness)
1. Employment and earnings 26 October 2016, received payment of £600 from Associated Newspapers Ltd, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT, for an article. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 20 March 2017)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: GMB Northern Region Address of donor: 1 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1YE Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: trade union (Registered 07 July 2017) Name of donor: More United Address of donor: 32 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2DB Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,500 Donor status: company, registration 10285790 (Registered 07 July 2017) Name of donor: GMB Northern Region Address of donor: 1 Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1YE Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 Donor status: trade union (Registered 07 July 2017) 4. Visits outside the UK Name of donor: (1) The Great Britain China Centre with sponsorship by Prudential plc; (2) The All China Youth Federation
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Address of donor: (1) 15 Belgrave Square, London SWIX 8PS; (2) 10, Qianmen, Dong Dajie, Beijing, 100051, People’s Republic of China Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Flights and local transport with a value of £642.50; (2) Flights and local transport £642.50, plus accommodation £889, food and drink £178 and meetings (inc. interpretation, venue hire, equipment) £1,333, total £3,042.50 Destination of visit: China Dates of visit: 5 – 9 December 2016 Purpose of visit: To attend the 2016 UK-China Young Leaders Roundtable and the UK-China People- to-People Dialogue, building UK-China partnership in youth, reform, innovation and entrepreneurship. (Registered 05 January 2017) Name of donor: Bosphorus Centre for Global Affairs Address of donor: Kuzguncuk, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation (four nights) £3,636.93; flights (including internal) £304.15; total value £3,941.08 Destination of visit: Istanbul, Izmir and Antep Dates of visit: 14-19 December 2017 Purpose of visit: Fact-finding delegation to meet officials and activists, to learn more about Islamist radicalisation, ISIS and Turkey-Syria regional dynamics. Visited camps for internally displaced people. (Registered 16 January 2018)
Supplementary declaration relevant to the work of the Home Affairs Committee I am a member of Unite and Unison trade unions which organise in certain workplaces under the Committee’s remit.
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Wednesday 7 February 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Stephen Doughty Naz Shah Tim Loughton John Woodcock Stuart C. McDonald
1. Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration
Draft Report, (Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Third Report of the Committee, HC 421.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 20 February at 2.15 pm.
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Tuesday 20 February 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Stephen Doughty Stuart C. McDonald Sarah Jones Naz Shah
1. Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration, be reported to the House for publication:
CTD0033 Home Office CTD0034 Home Office
2. Home Office delivery of Brexit: policing and security cooperation
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Home Office delivery of Brexit: policing and security cooperation, be reported to the House for publication:
PSC0009 National Crime Agency
3. Home Office Supplementary Estimates 2017-19
Ordered, That the Home Office Supplementary Estimate 2017-18 Memorandum be reported to the House for publication.
4. European Parliament Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on refugees and migrants
Ordered, That Sarah Jones have leave to visit Brussels on 27 February to attend the EP ICM on the UN Global Compacts on refugees and migrants and the role of parliaments, in a representative capacity, and that the Chair seek the approval of the Chair of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the visit.
5. Post-Brexit migration policy
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Post-Brexit migration policy
Resolved, That the Committee visit Switzerland in March 2018 in connection with its inquiry into Post-Brexit migration policy, and that the Chair seek the approval of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the visit.
6. Hate crime and its violent consequences
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Hate Crime and its violent consequences, be reported to the House for publication:
OHC0006 Professor Mark Walters
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The Rt Hon. the Baroness Warsi, and Professor Chris Frost, Chair of the Ethics Council, National Union of Journalists, gave oral evidence.
Nazir Afzal OBE, Member of the Complaints Committee, Anne Lapping, Board Member and Rt Hon Sir Alan Moses, Chairman, Independent Press Standards Organisation, gave oral evidence.
Jonathan Heawood, Chief Executive Officer, IMPRESS, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 27 February at 2.15 pm.
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Tuesday 27 February 2018
Sarah Jones visited Brussels to attend the EP ICM on the UN Global Compacts on refugees and migrants and the role of parliaments, in a representative capacity, in accordance with the Committee’s decision of 20 February.
Tuesday 27 February 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Christopher Chope Tim Loughton Stephen Doughty Stuart C. McDonald Kristene Hair Douglas Ross
1. Declaration of interests
Kirstene Hair declared her interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix).
2. Harassment and intimidation near abortion clinics
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Harassment and intimidation near abortion clinics, be reported to the House for publication:
HIA0002 The Good Counsel Network
3. Hate crime and its violent consequences
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Hate crime and its violent consequences, be reported to the House for publication:
OHC0007 Antisemitism UK
4. Policing for the future
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Policing for the future, be reported to the House for publication:
PFF0007 National Crime Agency
5. Post-Brexit migration policy
The Committee considered this matter.
Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union Law, University of Cambridge, Zsolt Darvas, Senior Fellow, Bruegel, and Mats Persson, Head of International Trade, Ernst and Young, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned till Tuesday 6 March at 2.15 pm.
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Appendix
DECLARATION OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS
Hair, Kirstene (Angus)
2. Employment and earnings 14 June 2017, received £1,162.67 for working in the Chief Executive's Office at DC Thomson, 2 Albert Square, Dundee DD1 1DD. Hours: no hours since my election. (Registered 21 June 2017)
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Tuesday 6 March 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Stuart C. McDonald Stephen Doughty Douglas Ross Kirstene Hair Naz Shah Tim Loughton John Woodcock
1. Immigration detention
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Immigration detention.
2. Domestic abuse
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Post-Brexit migration policy
The Committee considered this matter.
4. Hate crime and its violent consequences
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Hate crime and its violent consequences, be reported to the House for publication:
OHC0008 Independent Press Standards Organisation OHC0009 Rachel Elgy
Alison Saunders CB, Director of Public Prosecutions, Crown Prosecution Service, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 13 March at 2.45 pm.
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Tuesday 13 March 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Douglas Ross Stephen Doughty Naz Shah Kirstene Hair John Woodcock Sarah Jones
1. Evidence reported to the House for publication on 7 March 2018 (Order of the Committee, 9 January 2018)
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following correspondence published under the Chair’s discretion (Order of the Committee on 9 January 2018) be reported to the House for publication: letter to the Home Secretary of 6 March 2018 about reviewing deaths with allegations of state responsibility; and letter to Google of 7 March 2018 relating to the inquiry into hate crime and its violent consequences.
2. Hate crime and its violent consequences
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Hate crime and its violent consequences, be reported to the House for publication:
OHC0010 Google
William McCants, Global Policy Lead for Counterterrorism, YouTube, Google, gave oral evidence.
3. Policing for the future
Dr Helen Beckett, Director, The International Centre: Researching Child Sexual Exploitation, Violence and Trafficking, University of Bedfordshire, Cassandra Harrison, Director, Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse, Elaine McConnell, CEO, The Lucy Faithfull Foundation, and Adam Pemberton, Corporate Director of Strategy & Performance, Barnardo’s, gave oral evidence.
Chief Constable Simon Bailey, Lead for Child Protection, National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), Will Kerr, Director of Vulnerabilities, National Crime Agency (NCA), and Chief Inspector Ronnie Egan, District Commander – Chelmsford and Maldon District Policing Area, Essex Police, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 14 March at 2.00 pm.
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Wednesday 14 March 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Kirstene Hair Stuart C McDonald Sarah Jones Douglas Ross Tim Loughton John Woodcock
1. Hate crime and its violent consequences
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Child sexual exploitation and abuse
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Immigration detention
The Committee considered this matter.
4. Post-Brexit migration policy
The Committee considered this matter.
5. UK-EU security cooperation after Brexit
Draft Report (UK-EU security cooperation after Brexit), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Fourth Report of the Committee, HC 635.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 20 March at 2.15 pm.
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Tuesday 20 March 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Sarah Jones Christopher Chope Tim Loughton Stephen Doughty Douglas Ross Kirstene Hair John Woodcock
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Immigration detention
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Immigration detention, be reported to the House for publication:
IDD0001 Women for Refugee Women IDD0002 Bail for Immigration Detainees
Resolved, That the Committee take part of the evidence to be given at this day’s sitting in private.
Janahan, a former detainee in Harmondsworth and Morton Hall, Voke, a former Yarl’s Wood detainee and Afiya, a former Yarl’s Wood detainee, gave oral evidence.
Ordered, That the public be now admitted.
Kris Harris, Policy & Research Worker, Medical Justice, Gemma Lousley, Policy and Research Coordinator, Women for Refugee Women, and Tom Nunn, Legal Manager, Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID), gave oral evidence.
Rupert Soames, CEO, and Julia Rogers, MD Justice and Immigration, Prison Service, Serco Group; and Phil Wragg, Prisons Group Director for Kent, Essex, Immigration Removal Centres and foreign national prisoners, and Karen Head, Morton Hall Centre Manager, HM Prisons and Probation Service, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 28 March at 9.15 am.
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Wednesday 28 March 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Tim Loughton Christopher Chope Stuart C. McDonald Stephen Doughty Douglas Ross Kirstene Hair Naz Shah Sarah Jones John Woodcock
1. Evidence reported to the House for publication on 22 March 2018 (Order of the Committee, 9 January 2018)
Ordered, That the following correspondence published under the Chair’s discretion (Order of the Committee on 9 January 2018) be reported to the House for publication: letter from the Home Secretary of 7 March 2018 about files held by police forces relating to Orgreave.
2. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Hate crime and its violent consequences
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Hate crime and its violent consequences, be reported to the House for publication:
OHC0011 Ken Mafham OHC0012 Antisemitism Policy Trust OHC0013 Google
4. Policing for the future
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Policing for the future, be reported to the House of publication:
PFF0008 Barnardo’s
5. Work of the Home Secretary
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Hate crime and its violent consequences, be reported to the House for publication:
THS0002 Home Office THS0003 Home Office
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Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP, Home Secretary and Sir Philip Rutnam MP, Permanent Secretary, Home Office, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned till Tuesday 17 April at 2.15 pm.
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Wednesday 18 April 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Stephen Doughty Stuart C. McDonald Kirstene Hair Douglas Ross Sarah Jones Naz Shah Tim Loughton John Woodcock
1. Evidence reported to the House for publication on 17 April 2018 (Order of the Committee, 9 January 2018)
Ordered, That the following correspondence published under the Chair’s discretion (Order of the Committee on 9 January 2018) be reported to the House for publication: letter from the Home Secretary of 17 April 2018 regarding Windrush children.
2. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Hate crime and its violent consequences
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Hate crime and its violent consequences, be reported to the House for publication:
OHC0014 Crown Prosecution Service
4. Home Office Supplementary Estimate
Ordered, That supplementary correspondence with the Home Office relating to the Supplementary Estimates 2017-18 – Memorandum, be reported to the House for publication.
5. Immigration detention
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Immigration detention, be reported to the House for publication:
IDD0003 Carolyn Burch and Richard Raggett IDD0004 SYMAAG
6. Immigration policy: basis for building consensus
Draft Special Report, (Immigration Policy: basis for building consensus: Government and Office for National Statistics Responses to the Committee’s Second Report), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
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The Government and Office for National Statistics’ responses to the Second Report from the Committee of 2017–19, were appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifth Special Report from the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
7. Policing for the future
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Policing for the future, be reported to the House of publication:
PFF0009 The Lucy Faithful Foundation PFF0010 The Children’s Society
8. Windrush Children
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Windrush children.
9. Post-Brexit migration policy
The Committee considered this matter.
Professor Alan Manning, Chair of the Migration Advisory Committee, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 24 April at 2.15 pm.
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Tuesday 24 April 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Stephen Doughty Stuart C. McDonald Kirstene Hair Douglas Ross Sarah Jones Naz Shah Tim Loughton John Woodcock
1. Correspondence with the Home Secretary
Ordered, That correspondence between the Chair and the Home Secretary, regarding port security following the Salisbury incident, be reported to the House for publication.
2. Immigration detention
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Immigration detention, be reported to the House for publication:
IDD0005 Lifeline Options CIC IDD0006 Detention Action IDD0007 Campaign to Close Campsfield and End All Immigration Detention IDD0008 Professor Nick Gill, Dr Daniel Fisher, Jennifer Smith and Andrew Burridge IDD0009 Scottish Detainee Visitors IDD0010 Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group IDD0011 Freedom from Torture IDD0012 Quakers in Britain and Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network IDD0013 Medact IDD0014 Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law IDD0015 Liberty IDD0016 NAT (National AIDS Trust) IDD0017 Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees
3. Hate crime and its violent consequences
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Hate crime and its violent consequences, be reported to the House for publication:
OHC0015 IMPRESS OHC0016 The Times OHC0017 The Sun OHC0018 Guardian News & Media
The Committee considered this matter.
Paul Clarkson, Managing Editor, The Sun, Lloyd Embley, Group Editor-in-Chief, Trinity Mirror, Gary Jones, Editor-in-Chief, Daily and Sunday Express, and Peter Wright, Editor Emeritus, Associated Newspapers, gave oral evidence.
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Ian Brunskill, Assistant Editor, The Times, Ian MacGregor, Editor Emeritus, Telegraph Media Group and President, Society of Editors, and Ted Young, Editor, Metro, gave oral evidence.
Neil Benson, Chair, Editors’ Code Committee, and Ian Murray, Executive Director, Society of Editors, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 25 April at 3.15 pm.
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Wednesday 25 April 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Stuart C. McDonald Stephen Doughty Douglas Ross Kirstene Hair Naz Shah Sarah Jones John Woodcock Tim Loughton
1. Windrush children
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Windrush children submitted by the Home Secretary be reported to the House for publication.
Adrian Berry, Chair, Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association, Lucy Moreton, General Secretary, The ISU, and Satbir Singh, Chief Executive, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, gave oral evidence.
Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP, Home Secretary, and Glyn Williams, Director General responsible for Border, Immigration and Citizenship, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 1 May at 2.15 pm.
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Tuesday 1 May 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Tim Loughton Stephen Doughty Stuart C. McDonald Kirstene Hair Douglas Ross Sarah Jones Naz Shah
1. Evidence reported to the House for publication on 28 April 2018 (Order of the Committee, 9 January 2018)
Ordered, That the following correspondence published under the Chair’s discretion (Order of the Committee on 9 January 2018) be reported to the House for publication: letter to the Home Secretary of 27 April 2018 concerning Windrush children and clarification on oral evidence given to the committee.
2. Formal Resolutions relating to Committee business
Ordered, That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, written evidence received between scheduled meetings, over the period to 9 October 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.
3. Hate Crime and its violent consequences
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Hate crime and its violent consequences, be reported to the House for publication:
OHC0019 Trans Media Watch
4. Immigration detention
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Immigration detention, be reported to the House for publication:
IDD0018 UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency IDD0019 British Medical Association (BMA) IDD0020 Medical Justice IDD0021 Manchester community submission IDD0022 Bar Council IDD0023 Black Women’s Rape Action project and Women Against Rape IDD0024 Movement for Justice By Any Means Necessary IDD0025 Quakers in Britain and the Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network IDD0026 UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group IDD0027 G4S Health Services IDD0028 G4S Custodial & Detention Services IDD0029 Amnesty International
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IDD0030 Equality and Human Rights Commission IDD0031 NUJ
5. Serious violence
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Serious Violence.
6. Policing for the future
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Policing for the future submitted by the Home Secretary be reported to the House for publication:
PFF0011 National Crime Agency PFF0012 Liberty
The Committee considered this matter.
Dame Vera Baird DBE QC, Lead for Victims, Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, Chief Inspector Michael Brown OBE, Mental Health Coordinator for the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the College of Policing, Sophie Corlett, Director of External Relations at Mind, Mike Veale, Chief Constable of Cleveland Police and NPCC Lead for Missing Persons, gave oral evidence.
Chief Supt Jeff Boothe, Commander – South Area Basic Command Unit, Metropolitan Police, Alison Hernandez, PCC for Devon and Cornwall and Deputy APCC Lead for Local Partnerships and Policing, Andy Higgins, Research Director, Police Foundation, Garry Shewan, former Assistant Chief Constable, Greater Manchester Police, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 May at 2.15 pm.
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Tuesday 8 May 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Stephen Doughty Stuart C. McDonald Kirstene Hair Douglas Ross Sarah Jones Naz Shah Tim Loughton John Woodcock
1. Immigration detention
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Immigration detention, be reported to the House for publication:
IDD0032 Freed Voices IDD0033 Detention Forum IDD0034 Ms Colleen Molloy IDD0035 Law Society of Scotland's Immigration and Asylum Sub-committee IDD0036 Prisons and Probation Ombudsman IDD0037 Home Office
2. Windrush children
Resolved, That the Committee visit the UKVI head offices in Croydon in connection with its inquiry into Windrush children.
3. Policing for the future
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Policing for the future submitted by the Home Secretary be reported to the House for publication:
PFF0013 National Police Chiefs’ Council PFF0014 The International Centre: Researching child sexual exploitation, violence and trafficking PFF0015 National Police Chiefs’ Council
The Committee considered this matter.
Peter Clarke CVO OBE QPM, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, and Hindpal Singh Bhui, Inspection Team Leader (Immigration), HMI Prisons, gave oral evidence.
Rt Hon Caroline Nokes MP, Minister for Immigration, Home Office, Hugh Ind, Director General of Immigration Enforcement, Home Office, and Sir Philip Rutnam, Permanent Secretary, Home Office, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 15 May at 3.30 pm.
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Tuesday 15 May 2018 The Chair, Rehman Chishti, Stephen Doughty, Sarah Jones, Tim Loughton and Naz Shah visited the UKVI head offices in Croydon in connection with the Committee’s inquiry into Immigration detention, in accordance with the Committee’s decision of 8 May.
Tuesday 15 May 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Tim Loughton Christopher Chope Stuart C. McDonald Stephen Doughty Douglas Ross Kirstene Hair Naz Shah
1. Immigration detention
Ordered, That the Chair and Stephen Doughty have leave to visit Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre in connection with the Committee’s inquiry into Immigration detention, in a representative capacity.
2. Policing for the future
Ordered, That written evidence relating to Policing for the future submitted by the Home Secretary be reported to the House for publication:
PFF0016 Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA)
Resolved, That the Committee visit the Counter-Terrorism Internet Referral Unit in Hammersmith in connection with its inquiry into Policing for the future.
3. Windrush children
Ordered, That the following written evidence, relating to the inquiry into Windrush children, be reported to the House for publication:
Letter from the Home Secretary to the Chair of the Committee, 14 May Letter from the Permanent Secretary to the Chair of the Committee, 14 May
The considered this matter.
Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, Home Secretary, and Glyn Williams, Director General responsible for Border, Immigration and Citizenship, Home Office, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 22 May at 2.15 pm.
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Monday 21 May 2018 The Chair and Stephen Doughty visited Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre on 21 May, in accordance with the Committee’s decision of 15 May.
Tuesday 22 May 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Stephen Doughty Stuart C. McDonald Kirstene Hair Douglas Ross Tim Loughton
1. Travel in a representative capacity
Ordered, That Rehman Chishti have leave to visit Berlin to attend the Parliamentary Security and Intelligence Forum on 2 July 2018, in a representative capacity, and that the Chair seek the approval of the Chair of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the visit.
2. Hate crime and its violent consequences
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Hate crime and its violent consequences, be reported to the House for publication:
OHC0020 Dr Jagbir Jhutti-Johal
3. Government Response: Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration
Draft Special Report, (Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the Third Report from the Committee was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Sixth Special Report from the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
4. Post-Brexit migration policy
Matthew Fell, Chief UK Policy Director, CBI, Sunder Katwala, Director, British Future, and Dr Heather Rolfe, Associate Research Director for Employment and Social Policy, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, gave oral evidence.
Rosa Crawford, Policy Officer, EU and International Relations, Trade Union Congress, and Professor Guglielmo Meardi, Professor of Industrial Relations, University of Warwick, gave oral evidence.
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[Adjourned till Tuesday 5 June at 9.15 am. Tuesday 5 June 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Douglas Ross Stephen Doughty Naz Shah Kirstene Hair John Woodcock Tim Loughton
1. Declaration of interests
Yvette Cooper and Stephen Doughty amended their declaration of interests of 12 September 2017 (see appendix).
2. Evidence reported to the House for publication on 4 June 2018 (Order of the Committee, 1 May 2018)
Ordered, That the following correspondence published under the Chair’s discretion (Order of the Committee 1 May 2018) be reported to the House for publication: letter from the Home Secretary of 25 May 2018 regarding Windrush and Tier 1 refusals; letter to the Home Secretary of 24 May 2018 regarding the Home Secretary’s oral evidence and Windrush.
3. Hate crime and its violent consequences
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Hate crime and its violent consequences, be reported to the House for publication:
OHC0021 Inclusion London
4. Immigration Detention
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Immigration detention, be reported to the House for publication:
IDD0038 Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
5. Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration
Ordered, That the Chair write to the Home Secretary regarding the cap on Tier 1 visas.
6. Policing for the future
Cressida Dick CBE QPM, Commissioner, Metropolitan Police, Lynne Owens CBE QPM, Director General, National Crime Agency, and CC Sara Thornton CBE QPM, Chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 June at 10.15 am.
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Appendix
DECLARATION OF MEMBERS INTERESTS
Cooper, Yvette (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford) Supplementary declaration
I am Chair of the Labour Towns Group.
Doughty, Stephen (Cardiff South and Penarth) Supplementary declaration
I am Director of the Labour Campaign for the Single Market.
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Tuesday 12 June 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Stuart C. McDonald Stephen Doughty Douglas Ross Tim Loughton Naz Shah
1. Evidence reported to the House for publication on 6 June 2018 (Order of the Committee, 1 May 2018)
Ordered, That the following correspondence published under the Chair’s discretion (Order of the Committee 1 May 2018) be reported to the House for publication: letter to the Home Secretary of 6 June 2018 regarding the Tier 2 visa cap.
2. Domestic abuse
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Hate crime and its violent consequences
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Hate crime and its violent consequences, be reported to the House for publication:
OHC0022 The Times OHC0023 Associated Newspapers
4. Immigration Detention
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Immigration detention, be reported to the House for publication:
IDD0039 Women for Refugee Women and Detention Action IDD0040 Independent Monitoring Boards
5. Windrush: the need for a hardship fund
Draft Report (Windrush: the need for a hardship fund), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Fifth Report of the Committee, HC1200.
6. Post-Brexit migration policy
The Committee considered this matter.
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Professor Michael Ambühl, former Swiss State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Pauline Mathewson, Managing Partner, Europe Middle East and Africa, Fragomen LLP, gave oral evidence.
Sir Ivan Rogers KCMG, former Permanent Representative of the UK to the European Union, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 19 June at 2.15 pm.
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Tuesday 19 June 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Alex Norris Stephen Doughty Douglas Ross Tim Loughton John Woodcock
1. Declaration of interests
Alex Norris declared his interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the house of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix).
2. Hate crime and its violent consequences
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Hate crime and its violent consequences, be reported to the House for publication:
OHC0023 Director of Public Prosecutions
3. Policing for the future
The Committee considered this matter.
Rt Hon Nick Hurd MP, Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service, and Scott McPherson, Director General of the Crime, Policing and Fire Group, Home Office, gave oral evidence.
Mike Cunningham QPM, CEO of the College of Policing, and Sir Thomas Winsor, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 20 June at 2.15 pm.
Appendix
DECLARATION OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS
Norris, Alex (Nottingham North)
3. Employment and earnings 27 June 2017, received £300 from Nottingham City Council, Station Street, Nottingham NG2 2NG, for my role as a Councillor. Hours: no hours since my election. (Registered 05 July 2017) Payments from ComRes, ComRes, 4 Millbank, London SW19 3JA, for surveys: 5 June 2017, payment of £75. Hours: 30 mins. Fee paid direct to charity. (Registered 10 January 2018) 5 July 2017, payment of £75. Hours: 30 mins. Fee paid direct to charity.
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(Registered 10 January 2018) 5 September 2017, payment of £75. Hours: 30 mins. Fee paid direct to charity. (Registered 10 January 2018) 5 October 2017, payment of £75. Hours: 30 mins. Fee paid direct to charity. (Registered 10 January 2018) 5 November 2017, payment of £100. Hours: 30 mins. Fee paid direct to charity. (Registered 10 January 2018) 19 January 2018, received £100. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 24 April 2018) 7 February 2018, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 24 April 2018) 26 March 2018, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 24 April 2018) 24 April 2018, received £75. Hours: 30 mins. Fee donated to charity. (Registered 24 April 2018) 1 September 2017, payment of £200 from Ipsos MORI, 3 Thomas More Square, London E1W 1YW, for a survey. Hours: 1 hr. Fee paid direct to charity. (Registered 10 January 2018)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: Communication Workers' Union Address of donor: 46-48 Summer Lane, Birmingham B19 3TH Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,110 to buy leaflets Donor status: trade union (Registered 05 July 2017) Name of donor: GMB Address of donor: 542 Woodborough Road, Nottingham NG3 5EJ Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 Donor status: trade union (Registered 05 July 2017) Name of donor: UNISON Address of donor: 130 Euston Rd, Kings Cross, London NW1 2AY Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: trade union (Registered 06 July 2017)
8. Miscellaneous Councillor, Nottingham City Council. Since my election, I receive no allowances. (Registered 05 July 2017)
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Wednesday 20 June 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Tim Loughton Douglas Ross Stuart C. McDonald
1. Post-Brexit migration policy
The Committee considered this matter.
Guy Verhofstadt MEP, Brexit Coordinator and Chair, Brexit Steering Group, European Parliament, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 26 June at 2.15 pm.
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Tuesday 26 June 2018
The Chair, Kirstene Hair, Stuart C. McDonald, Douglas Ross and John Woodcock visited the Counter- Terrorism Internet Referral Unit in London, in accordance with the Committee decision of 15 May.
Tuesday 26 June 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Kirstene Hair Alex Norris Stuart C. McDonald Douglas Ross
1. Hate crime and its violent consequences
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Hate crime and its violent consequences, be reported to the House for publication:
OHC0025 The Sun
2. The work of the Home Office
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into The work of the Home Office, be reported to the House for publication:
THS0004 Home Office
3. Post-Brexit migration policy
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Post-Brexit migration policy, be reported to the House for publication:
PBM0002 Professor Jonathan Portes
Stephen Clarke, Senior Economic Analyst, Resolution Foundation, Phoebe Griffith, Associate Director for Migration, Integration and Communities, IPPR and Professor Jonathan Portes, Economics and Public Policy, King's College London and Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe, gave oral evidence.
David Goodhart, Head of Demography, Immigration & Integration, Policy Exchange and Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman, Migration Watch UK, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 27 June at 3.00 pm.
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Wednesday 27 June 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Stuart C. McDonald Stephen Doughty Alex Norris Tim Loughton John Woodcock
1. Windrush children
The Committee considered the matter.
Resolved, That the Committee write to the Permanent Secretary at the Home Office regarding the Alex Allan review.
Draft Report (The Windrush generation), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Sixth Report of the Committee, HC 990.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 3 July at 2.15 pm.
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Sunday 1 July - Tuesday 3 July 2018
Rehman Chishti visited Berlin to attend the Parliamentary Security and Intelligence Forum in a representative capacity, in accordance with the Committee’s decision of 22 May.
Tuesday 3 July 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Tim Loughton Alex Norris Stuart C. McDonald
1. Evidence reported to the House for publication on 2 July 2018 (Order of the Committee, 1 May 2018)
Ordered, That the following correspondence published under the Chair’s discretion (Order of the Committee 1 May 2018) be reported to the House for publication: letter from the Home Secretary of 28 June 2018 responding to the Committee’s Report on Windrush: the need for a hardship fund.
2. Domestic abuse
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Domestic abuse, be reported to the House for publication:
DVA0001 UK Finance DVA0002 British Transport Police DVA0003 Women on Web
3. Modern slavery
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Modern slavery.
4. Policing for the future
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Policing for the future, be reported to the House for publication:
PFF0017 Big Brother Watch
5. Post-Brexit migration policy
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Post-Brexit migration policy, be reported to the House for publication:
PBM0004 Campaign for Science and Engineering
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6. The work of the Home Secretary
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into The work of the Home Secretary be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Home Secretary regarding seasonal agricultural workers, 26 June 2018.
7. EU policing and security cooperation
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Post-Brexit migration policy, be reported to the House for publication:
BSP0001 Department for Exiting the European Union
Sir Rob Wainwright, former Executive Director of Europol and Senior Cyber Partner at Deloitte, gave oral evidence.
Claude Moraes MEP, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and Camino Mortera-Martinez, Research Fellow and Brussels Representative, Centre for European Reform, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 10 July at 10.15 am.
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Tuesday 10 July 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Alex Norris Stephen Doughty Douglas Ross Kirstene Hair John Woodcock Stuart C. McDonald
1. Domestic abuse
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Domestic abuse, be reported to the House for publication:
DVA0006 Kayliegh Richardson and Claire Bessant DVA0008 The London Borough of Hackney DVA0010 Agenda DVA0011 The Local Government Association DVA0013 Professor Jackie Jones DVA0014 Ms Jan Rooney DVA0022 The Institute of Alcohol Studies DVA0024 Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales DVA0025 Rochdale Connections Trust DVA0030 Cafcass DVA0032 Clinks DVA0033 the nia project DVA0035 Anonymous DVA0036 Refugee Council and Asylum Support Appeals Project DVA0037 Dr Charlotte Barlow, Dr Kelly Johnson and Professor Sandra Walklate DVA0038 Magistrates Association DVA0039 Liberty DVA0040 End Violence Against Women Coalition DVA0042 Centre for Gender and Violence Research, University of Bristol DVA0045 Alcohol Monitoring Systems Ltd DVA0046 The ManKind Initiative DVA0047 Transform Justice DVA0050 Surviving Economic Abuse DVA0052 Dr Robert Dover DVA0056 Women's Aid Federation of England DVA0057 Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Board and Stoke-on-Trent Safeguarding Children Board DVA0058 Victim Support DVA0061 Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria DVA0062 Association of Directors of Public Health DVA0063 Public Services People Managers Association DVA0064 Fawcett Society DVA0065 Imkaan & London Black Women’s Project DVA0067 British Association of Social Workers DVA0068 Galop, LGBT+ Anti Violence Charity
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DVA0070 Welsh Women's Aid DVA0071 Standing Committee for Youth Justice DVA0072 Standing Together Against Domestic Violence DVA0073 Refuge DVA0079 Equality and Human Rights Commission DVA0080 Crown Prosecution Service DVA0083 SafeLives DVA0087 Rights of Women DVA0090 Amnesty International UK DVA0095 Respect DVA0098 Sisters for Change DVA0100 Women Against Rape/Black Women's Rape Action Project DVA0103 Rape Crisis England and Wales
2. Policing for the future
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Policing for the future, be reported to the House for publication:
PFF0018 ADS
3. Post-Brexit migration policy
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Post-Brexit migration policy, be reported to the House for publication:
PBM0005 British Beer & Pub Association PBM0006 Association of Dental Groups PBM0007 Migration Watch UK PBM0008 Scottish Government PBM0009 Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford PBM0010 Reunite Families UK PBM0011 English UK PBM0012 Immigration Law Practitioners' Association PBM0013 Association of Professional Staffing Companies (Global) Ltd PBM0014 Association of Professional Staffing Companies (Global) Ltd PBM0015 The Russell Group PBM0016 Engineers Professors' Council PBM0017 Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry and UK BioIndustry Association PBM0018 UK Hospitality PBM0019 Royal College of Nursing PBM0020 The British Takeaway Campaign PBM0021 British Veterinary Association PBM0022 Textile Services Association PBM0023 techUK PBM0024 Advertising Association PBM0025 Law Society of Scotland PBM0026 Cavendish Coalition PBM0027 British Dietetic Association
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PBM0028 Universities Scotland PBM0029 The Publishers Association PBM0030 University of Sheffield PBM0031 Institute of Directors PBM0032 Focus on Labour Exploitation PBM0033 British Horseracing Authority PBM0034 The Law Society PBM0035 University and College Union PBM0036 Professor Sir David Metcalfe CBE PBM0037 New Zealand High Commission PBM0038 London First
4. The work of the Home Secretary
Rt Hon Sajid Javid, Home Secretary and Sir Philip Rutnam, Permanent Secretary at the Home Office, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 17 July at 9.15 am.
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Tuesday 17 July 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Stuart C. McDonald Christopher Chope Alex Norris Stephen Doughty John Woodcock Tim Loughton
1. Evidence reported to the House for publication on 2 July 2018 (Order of the Committee, 1 May 2018)
Ordered, That the following correspondence published under the Chair’s discretion (Order of the Committee 1 May 2018) be reported to the House for publication: letter from the Home Secretary of 28 June 2018 responding to the Committee’s Report on Windrush: the need for a hardship fund; letter from the Immigration Minister of 13 July regarding procurement of asylum accommodation.
2. Domestic abuse
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Domestic abuse, be reported to the House for publication:
DVA0089 Cambridge City Council DVA0105 Action for Children DVA0107 Home Office, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government DVA0108 National Housing and DVA Policy and Practice Group DVA0109 Trent Chambers DVA0112 Anne Greig DVA0113 National Police Chiefs’ Council DVA0114 Family Planning Association and Amnesty International DVA0115 Barnado’s
3. Hate crime and its violent consequences
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Hate crime and its violent consequences, be reported to the House for publication:
OHC0026 Why me? Victims for Restorative Justice
4. Immigration detention
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Immigration detention, be reported to the House for publication:
IDD0041 Jesuit Refugee Service UK
5. Policing for the future
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Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Policing for the future, be reported to the House for publication:
PFF0019 Home Office
6. Post-Brexit migration policy
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Post-Brexit migration policy, be reported to the House for publication:
PBM0003 Mr Thomas Shelton PBM0039 Downs Solicitors
7. Domestic abuse
Councillor Simon Blackburn, Chairman, LGA Safer and Stronger Communities Board, Local Government Association, Siân Hawkins, Head of Campaigns and Public Affairs, Women's Aid and Pragna Patel, Southall Black Sisters, gave oral evidence.
Professor Jane Callaghan, Stirling University, Jane Gordon, Sisters for Change and Deputy Chief Constable Louisa Rolfe, National Police Chiefs' Council, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 18 July at 5.00 pm.
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Wednesday 18 July 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Christopher Chope Alex Norris Stephen Doughty John Woodcock Stuart C. McDonald
1. Correspondence with the Immigration Minister
Ordered, That the following correspondence be reported to the House for publication: letter to the Immigration Minister of 9 July 2018 regarding the procurement of asylum accommodation; letter to the Immigration Minister of 9 July 2018 regarding DNA testing in immigration and asylum cases; response from the Immigration Minister of 17 July 2018 regarding DNA testing in immigration and asylum cases.
2. The Windrush generation
The Committee considered the matter.
Draft Report (Policy options for future migration from the European Union: Interim report), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Eighth Report of the Committee, HC 1356.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 4 September at 2.00 pm.
Tuesday 24 July 2018
The following correspondence was reported to the House for publication on the internet under the power given to the Chair by the resolution of the Committee of 1 May 2018 (Order made under the provisions of Standing Order No. 137 and reported to the House on Tuesday 4 September):
Letter from the Chair to the Home Secretary, dated 24 July 2018, regarding foreign fighters and the death penalty.
Thursday 2 August 2018
The following correspondence was reported to the House for publication on the internet under the power given to the Chair by the resolution of the Committee of 1 May 2018 (Order made under the provisions of Standing Order No. 137 and reported to the House on Tuesday 4 September):
Letter from the Chair to the Home Secretary, dated 2 August 2018, regarding forced marriage abroad and spousal visas.
Tuesday 4 September 2018
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Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Christopher Chope Stuart C. McDonald Stephen Doughty Alex Norris Kate Green Douglas Ross Kirstene Hair John Woodcock Tim Loughton
1. Declaration of interests
Kate Green declared her interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 12 July 1992 (see Appendix).
Stephen Doughty amended his declaration of interests of 12 September and 5 June (see Appendix).
2. Correspondence with the Home Secretary
Ordered, That the following correspondence be reported to the House for publication: letter from the Home Secretary regarding the review of deaths with allegations of state responsibility, 23 August 2018.
3. Domestic abuse
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Domestic abuse be reported to the House for publication:
DVA0029 Dr Roger Patrick DVA0123 Southall Black Sisters DVA0126 Marissa Dunn DVA0127 Emlyn Jones DVA0128 Anonymous
4. Government Response: The Windrush generation
Draft Special Report, (The Windrush generation: Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2017-19), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the Sixth Report from the Committee of Session 2017-19, was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Seventh Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
5. Immigration detention
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Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Immigration detention be reported to the House for publication:
IDD0042 Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association IDD0043 Home Office
6. Policing for the future
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Policing for the future be reported to the House for publication:
PFF0020 Police Now PFF0021 National Police Chiefs’ Council, National Crime Agency and Metropolitan Police
7. Windrush children
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Windrush children be reported to the House for publication: letter from the Home Secretary of 21 August regarding Windrush: July update.
8. Domestic abuse
Rachel Griffin, CEO, Suzy Lamplugh Trust, Dr Nicola Sharp-Jeffs, Founder & Director, Surviving Economic Abuse, Laura Richards, Founder, Paladin National Stalking Advocacy Service, and Andrea Simon, Public Affairs Manager, End Violence Against Women Coalition, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 11 September at 2.15 pm.
Appendix
DECLARATION OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS
Green, Kate (Stretford and Urmston) 2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a) Name of donor: Good Faith Partnership LLP Address of donor: 77 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2EZ Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: the services of a Policy Adviser for two days per week from 5 February 2018 to 31 December 2018; approx. value £16,880 Date received: 5 February 2018 - 31 December 2018 Date accepted: 5 February 2018 Donor status: company, registration OC412989 (Registered 01 March 2018) Name of donor: Good Faith Partnership LLP Address of donor: 77 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2EZ Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: the services of a
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Policy Adviser for 1 day per week from 1 August 2018 to 31 July 2019; approx. value £8,400 Date received: 1 August 2018 - 31 July 2019 Date accepted: 1 August 2018 Donor status: company, registration OC412989 (Registered 01 August 2018) 8. Miscellaneous Until 7 February 2018, trustee of the Webb Memorial Trust (now closed), which worked for social and economic justice. (Registered 17 April 2014; updated 9 February 2018) From 6 December 2016, chair of the Fabian Society, 61 Petty France, Westminster, London SW1H 9EU. The Fabian Society is a think tank affiliated to the Labour Party. (Registered 15 November 2017)
Doughty, Stephen (Cardiff South and Penarth) I am participating in the Police Service Parliamentary Scheme.
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Tuesday 11 September 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Stuart C. McDonald Stephen Doughty Alex Norris Kate Green Douglas Ross Kirstene Hair John Woodcock Tim Loughton
1. Government Response: Windrush: the need for a hardship fund
Draft Special Report, (Windrush: the need for a hardship fund: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2017-19), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the Fifth Report from the Committee of Session 2017-19, was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Eighth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
2. Government Response: UK-EU security cooperation after Brexit
Draft Special Report, (UK-EU security cooperation after Brexit: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2017-19), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the Fourth Report from the Committee of Session 2017-19, was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Ninth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
3. Domestic abuse
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Domestic abuse be reported to the House for publication:
DVA0021 Anonymous
4. Immigration detention
Stephen Shaw CBE, author of the follow-up report to the Home Office on the assessment of government progress on the welfare in detention of vulnerable persons, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 09 October at 2.00 pm.
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Tuesday 9 October 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Tim Loughton Stephen Doughty Stuart C. McDonald Kate Green
1. Correspondence
Ordered, That the following correspondence be reported to the House for publication: (i) correspondence regarding the Government’s Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report: Policy options for future migration from the European Economic Area: Interim report: a. Letter from the Home Secretary to the Chair, 17 September 2018 b. Letter from the Chair to the Home Secretary, 19 September 2018 (ii) letter from the Home Secretary of 19 September 2018, regarding forced marriage abroad and spousal visas; (iii) letter from the Chair to the Home Secretary of 4 October 2018 regarding asylum accommodation;
2. Formal Resolutions relating to Committee business
Ordered, That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, written evidence received between scheduled meetings, over the period to 19 March 2019, 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.
3. Government Response: UK-EU security cooperation after Brexit: Follow-up report
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the Government’s Response to the UK-EU security cooperation: Follow-up report, be reported to the House for publication: letter from the Chair to the Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service of 5 October.
Draft Special Report, (UK-EU security cooperation after Brexit: Follow-up report: Government Response to the Committee’s Seventh Report of Session 2017-19), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the Seventh Report from the Committee of Session 2017-19, was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Tenth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
4. Domestic abuse
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Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Domestic abuse be reported to the House for publication:
DVA0017 Anonymous DVA0020 Anonymous DVA0027 Anonymous DVA0041 Dr Elizabeth Bates DVA0053 Anonymous DVA0059 Axon Public Safety UK DVA0060 Professor Catherine Donovan DVA0076 Laura Richards, Founder of Paladin National Stalking Advocacy Service DVA0081 Lloyds Banking Group DVA0082 Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner for Merseyside DVA0084 British Pregnancy Advisory Service DVA0097 Latin American Women’s Rights Service DVA0119 London Councils DVA0125 Hestia – UK SAYS NO MORE DVA0129 FNF Both Parents Matter DVA0130 Families Need Fathers DVA0131 Professor Jane Callaghan DVA0132 Local Government Association DVA0136 Surviving Economic Abuse DVA0137 Suzy Lamplugh Trust DVA0138 Paladin National Stalking Advocacy Service DVA0139 Gender and Internet of Things Research Team DVA0140 Anonymous
5. Windrush children
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Windrush children be reported to the House for publication: letter from the Home Secretary of 24 September regarding Windrush: August update; letter from the Chair to the Home Secretary requesting further information on Windrush, 5 October 2018.
6. Post Brexit migration
Professor Alan Manning, Chair of the Migration Advisory Committee and Madeleine Sumption, Director of Migration Observatory, University of Oxford, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 16 October at 2.15 pm.
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Tuesday 16 October 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Alex Norris Kirstene Hair Douglas Ross Tim Loughton John Woodcock Stuart C. McDonald
1. Domestic abuse
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Domestic abuse be reported to the House for publication:
DVA0015 Anonymous DVA0023 Anonymous DVA0026 Anonymous DVA0028 Miss Geraldine Lafferty DVA0048 Anonymous DVA0055 Anonymous DVA0066 Anonymous DVA0069 Christine McKnight DVA0078 Nordic Model Now! DVA0085 Anonymous DVA0091 Anonymous DVA0092 Anonymous DVA0094 Alliance for Choice DVA0096 Anonymous DVA0099 Anonymous DVA0101 Professor Shazia Choudhry DVA0104 Anonymous DVA0110 Anonymous DVA0111 Anonymous DVA0117 Anonymous DVA0118 Anonymous DVA0121 Anonymous DVA0122 Anonymous DVA0124 Anonymous DVA0133 Anonymous DVA0134 Amnesty International DVA0135 London Assembly DVA0141 College of Policing
2. Modern Slavery
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Modern slavery be reported to the House for publication:
MSA0001 Unseen UK
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MSA0002 Anonymous MSA0004 Mr Andrew Phillips MSA0006 Dr Rose Broad and Professor David Gadd MSA0007 Professor Garry Craig MSA0008 York University Students Union Anti-Trafficking Society MSA0009 British Medical Association MSA0011 Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) MSA0012 UKPAC Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland MSA0013 South Yorkshire PCC MSA0015 British Retail Consortium MSA0016 CARE MSA0017 Crown Prosecution Service MSA0018 Mr Michael O Sullivan MSA0019 René Cassin MSA0020 Birmingham Methodist District Adavu Project MSA0021 Gwent PCC and Gwent Police MSA0022 Food and Drink Federation MSA0023 ECPAT UK (Every Child Protected Against Trafficking) MSA0024 Lord Ian McColl MSA0025 Local Government Association MSA0026 Ardea International MSA0027 Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) MSA0028 Housing for Women MSA0029 Streetlight UK MSA0030 APPG on Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade MSA0031 Amnesty International UK MSA0032 Welsh Women’s Aid MSA0033 Nordic Model Now! MSA0034 Institute for Human Rights and Business MSA0035 Gloucestershire Anti-Slavery Partnership MSA0036 Gillian Rivers and Chris Syder MSA0037 Wales Anti-Slavery Leadership Group MSA0038 Let’s Make It Work MSA0039 Humberside Police & Crime Commissioner's Office MSA0040 Chartered Institute of Environmental Health MSA0041 Just for Kids Law and Children's Rights Alliance for England MSA0042 University of Sheffield MSA0043 Human Trafficking Foundation MSA0044 Christine Beddoe MSA0045 Kathryn van Doore MSA0046 UK Feminista MSA0047 Walk Free Foundation MSA0048 Sophie Hayes Foundation MSA0049 Food Network for Ethical Trade (FNET) MSA0050 Dr Aiden McQuade MSA0051 Professor Louise Waite MSA0052 Royal Holloway, University of London MSA0053 Centre for the Study of Modern Slavery, St Mary’s University MSA0054 Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office MSA0055 Equality Now
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MSA0056 Business and Human Rights Resource Centre MSA0058 Home for Good MSA0059 The Ethical Trading Initiative MSA0060 FiLiA MSA0061 Trades Union Congress MSA0062 Institute of Our Lady of Mercy MSA0063 women@thewell MSA0064 Lumos MSA0065 National Board of Catholic women MSA0066 Marshalls plc MSA0067 University College London MSA0068 Black Women's Rape Action Project and Women Against Rape MSA0069 Hope for Justice MSA0070 National Crime Agency MSA0071 Corporate Responsibility Coalition (CORE) MSA0072 National Anti-Trafficking and Modern Slavery Network MSA0073 West Yorkshire Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner MSA0074 The Centre for the Study of Modern Slavery MSA0075 Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group - Anti-Slavery International MSA0077 The Jesuit Refugee Service UK MSA0078 Solace Women’s Aid MSA0079 NRPG Network MSA0080 Better Care Network, Home for Good, Hope and Homes for Children, Lumos Foundation and Save the Children MSA0081 National Alliance of Women’s Organisations MSA0083 City of London Corporation MSA0084 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP MSA0085 Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales / Santa Marta Group MSA0086 Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority MSA0087 Freedom United MSA0088 Hope and Homes for Children MSA0089 UN Global Compact Network UK MSA0090 International Learning Lab on Public Procurement and Human Rights MSA0091 Stronger Together MSA0092 Dr Hinrich Voss, Dr Matthew Davis, Prof Louise Waite, Dr Mark Sumner and Dr Ilse A. Ras MSA0093 Detention Action MSA0094 British Standards Institution MSA0095 The British Red Cross MSA0096 Mr James Robottom MSA0097 Shiva Foundation MSA0098 Mr Alan Caton MSA0099 The Rights Lab, University of Nottingham MSA0100 ATLEU MSA0101 Medaille Trust MSA0102 English Collective of Prostitutes MSA0103 Professor Stefan Machura MSA0104 Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria MSA0105 PCC Alison Hernandez
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MSA0106 Prison Reform Trust MSA0107 Glasgow Psychological Trauma Service MSA0108 West Yorkshire Police MSA0109 Chief Constable Sean Sawyer MSA0110 Kalayaan MSA0111 International Organization for Migration MSA0112 Home Office MSA0113 Dr Michal Carrington, Prof Andreas Chatzidakis and Prof Deirdre Shaw MSA0114 Co-op Group MSA0115 Unicef UK MSA0116 techUK MSA0117 APPG on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking MSA0118 Barnardo’s MSA0119 The Salvation Army MSA0120 the Law Society of Scotland MSA0121 CCLA Investment Management and the Church Investors Group MSA0122 The Children's Society MSA0123 UNISON MSA0124 Refuge MSA0125 Anti-Slavery International MSA0126 Deighton Pierce Glynn Solicitors MSA0127 Wilson Solicitors LLP MSA0128 Hestia
3. Policing for the future
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Policing for the future be reported to the House for publication:
PFF0022 Greater Manchester Police, Rochdale District
4. Serious Violence
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee visit the Violence Reduction Unit in Glasgow, in connection with its inquiry into Serious Violence.
Philippa Addai, Darren Laville, Yvonne Lawson and Caroline Shearer, relatives of victims of serious violence, gave oral evidence.
Duncan Bew, Consultant Trauma & Acute Surgeon at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Maggie Clarke, Assistant Director of Universal Services at Compass, and Dr Magnus Nelson, Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust and Assistant Medical Director of the South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 17 October at 2.00pm.
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Wednesday 17 October 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Sir Christopher Chope Stuart C. McDonald Stephen Doughty Douglas Ross Kirstene Hair John Woodcock Tim Loughton
1. Domestic abuse
Draft report (Domestic abuse), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Ninth Report of the Committee, HC 1015.
2. UK-EU security cooperation after Brexit: Follow-up report
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into UK-EU security cooperation after Brexit: Follow-up report, be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service, 15 October 2018.
[Adjourned till Monday 22 October at 2.00pm.
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Monday 22 October 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Stephen Doughty Stuart C. McDonald Kate Green Alex Norris Tim Loughton Douglas Ross
1. Policing for the future
Draft Report (Policing for the future), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Tenth Report of the Committee, HC 515.
2. Government Response: Policy options for future migration from the European Economic Area
Draft Report (Policy options for future migration from the European Economic Area: Interim report: Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Eleventh Report of the Committee, HC 1663.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 23 October at 2.15pm.
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Tuesday 23 October 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Stephen Doughty Alex Norris Kate Green John Woodcock Tim Loughton
1. The Macpherson Report: twenty years on
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into the Macpherson Report: twenty years on.
2. Modern slavery
Kate Roberts, Head of Office, Human Trafficking Foundation, Philippa Roberts, Director of Legal Policy, Hope for Justice, and Klara Skrivankova, UK and Europe Programme Manager, Anti-Slavery International, gave oral evidence.
Kevin Hyland, former Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 24 October at 2.15pm.
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Wednesday 24 October 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Stuart C. McDonald Stephen Doughty Douglas Ross Kate Green John Woodcock
1. Counter terrorism
AC Neil Basu, National Lead for Counter Terrorism Policing, gave oral evidence.
Sara Khan, Chief of Commission for Countering Extremism, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 30 October at 1.15pm.
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Tuesday 30 October 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Sir Christopher Chope Stuart C. McDonald Stephen Doughty Alex Norris Kate Green Douglas Ross Tim Loughton John Woodcock
1. Modern slavery
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That Anthony Steen CBE be appointed as a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters related to modern slavery. (For details of declaration of interests, see Appendix).
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Modern slavery be reported to the House for publication:
MSA0002 Anonymous MSA0130 Arco
2. Serious violence
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Serious violence be reported to the House for publication:
SVC0001 Hackney CVS SVC0002 Violence and Vulnerability Unit SVC0003 Gian A. Ameri SVC0004 North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner SVC0005 The Institute of Alcohol Studies SVC0006 Home Office SVC0008 Cybersecurity and Criminology Centre, University of West London, University of West London SVC0009 Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner SVC0010 Arun District Council, Adur & Worthing Councils and Chichester District Council SVC0011 Office of the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex SVC0013 Faculty of Public Health, London SVC0014 British Shooting Sports Council SVC0015 Mr Andrew Boff SVC0016 Mr Shaun Bailey SVC0017 Southwark Council SVC0019 NPCC CYP Portfolio SVC0020 Police and Crime Commissioner West Midlands SVC0021 Professor Peter Squires SVC0022 The Children's Society
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SVC0023 National Crime Agency SVC0024 StopWatch SVC0025 The Magistrates Association SVC0026 Heritage Arms Study Group SVC0027 The British Association for Shooting and Conservation SVC0028 The Local Government Association SVC0029 Community Links SVC0030 Criminal Justice Alliance
3. Government preparations for Brexit: border and security operations
Rt Hon Caroline Nokes MP, Minister of State for Immigration, Shona Dunn, Second Permanent Secretary at the Home Office, Paul Lincoln, Director General, Border Force and Jon Thompson, Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive, HM Revenue and Customs, gave oral evidence.
Lynne Owens, Director General, National Crime Agency and Deputy Assistant Commissioner Richard Martin, Metropolitan Police Service, National Police Chiefs Council, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 6 November at 2.15pm.
Appendix
DECLARATIONS OF SPECIALIST ADVISER’S INTERESTS
Steen, Anthony
• Chairman of the Human Trafficking Foundation • Adviser to the APPG on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking • Adviser to the ongoing independent review of the Modern Slavery Act
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Tuesday 6 November 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Alex Norris Stuart C. McDonald
1. Asylum accommodation
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Asylum accommodation, be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Minister of State for Immigration, 1 November 2018.
2. Policing for the future
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Policing for the future be reported to the House for publication:
PFF0023 Home Affairs Committee
3. Serious violence
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Serious violence be reported to the House for publication:
SVC0031 Standing Committee for Youth Justice SVC0032 Project Future SVC0033 Transition to Adulthood T2A Alliance SVC0034 Prison Reform Trust SVC0035 Greater Manchester Combined Authority SVC0036 London Youth SVC0037 MACUK SVC0038 West Sussex County Council SVC0039 Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria SVC0040 Mayor of London SVC0041 West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner SVC0042 NPCC SVC0043 Youth Justice Board SVC0044 Release SVC0045 Youth Justice Board SVC0046 Barnardo’s SVC0047 British Psychological Society SVC0048 APCC SVC0049 NPCC Independent Advisory Group for Criminal Use of Firearms SVC0050 Amnesty International
4. Modern slavery
The Committee considered this matter.
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Resolved, That the Committee take part of the evidence to be given at this day’s sitting in private.
Witness A, a victim of modern slavery, Witness B, a victim of modern slavery, Witness C, sister of a victim of modern slavery, Witness D, mother of a victim of modern slavery, Witness E, supporting Witness A and Witness F, supporting Witness B, gave oral evidence.
Ordered, That the public be now admitted.
Major Kathy Betteridge, Director of Anti-Trafficking and Modern Slavery, The Salvation Army, Lara Bundock, CEO, Snowdrop Project, Garry Smith, Chief Executive, The Medaille Trust and Stephen Rimmer, Director for Impact and Learning, Barnardo’s, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 13 November at 2.15pm.
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Tuesday 13 November 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Tim Loughton Stephen Doughty Stuart C. McDonald Kate Green Douglas Ross
1. Correspondence
Ordered, That the following correspondence be reported to the House for publication:
(i) letter from the Home Secretary of 2 November 2018, regarding the Sir Alex Allan review; (ii) letter from the Immigration Minister of 9 November 2018, regarding the closure of Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre.
2. Immigration detention
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Immigration detention be reported to the House for publication:
IDD0044 Home Office
3. The work of the Home Office
The Committee considered this matter.
Charu Gorasia, Director General of Capabilities and Resources, Sir Philip Rutnam, Permanent Secretary, Home Office and Mark Thomson, Director General of Her Majesty's Passport Office, gave oral evidence
[Adjourned till Wednesday 14 November at 9.15am.
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Wednesday 14 November 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Tim Loughton Douglas Ross Stuart C. McDonald John Woodcock Alex Norris
1. Government preparations for Brexit
The Committee considered this matter.
Rt Hon Nick Hurd MP, Minister of State for Policing and Fire Service, Home Office, Rebecca Ellis, European Directorate, Home Office and Scott McPherson, Director General, Crime, Policing and Fire Group, Home Office. gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 20 November at 2.15pm.
Tuesday 20 November 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Stuart C. McDonald Christopher Chope Alex Norris Stephen Doughty Douglas Ross Kate Green John Woodcock
1. Interpol
Ordered, That correspondence relating to Interpol’s leadership: joint letter from the Chair and the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee to the Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary, 19 November 2018, be reported to the House for publication.
2. Islamophobia
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, that the Committee inquire into Islamophobia.
3. Hate Crime
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Hate crime and its violent consequences be reported to the House for publication: letters from the Chair to Facebook and Twitter regarding National Action videos, 19 November 2018.
Chloe Colliver, Project Manager, Jacob Davey, Research Manager, Institute for Strategic Dialogue and Alex Krasodomski-Jones, Researcher, Centre for the Analysis of Social Media, Demos, gave oral evidence.
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4. Asylum accommodation
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into Asylum accommodation be reported to the House for publication:
ASY0002 Barnsley Council and Local Authorities in Yorkshire & Humber
Councillor Susan Aitken, Leader of Glasgow City Council, Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, Councillor Roger Lawrence, Leader of the City of Wolverhampton Council, and Councillor David Simmonds CBE, Deputy Leader of Hillingdon Council and Chairman of the Local Government Association's Asylum, Refugee and Migration Task Group, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 21 November at 2.15pm.
Wednesday 21 November 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Sir Christopher Chope Stuart C. McDonald Stephen Doughty Alex Norris Kate Green John Woodcock Tim Loughton
1. Islamophobia
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee inquire into Islamophobia.
2. Asylum accommodation
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into Asylum accommodation, be reported to the House for publication:
ASY0001 Newcastle City Council
Rt Hon Caroline Nokes MP, Minister of State for Immigration, Paul Morrison, Director, Resettlement, Asylum Support and Integration at the Home Office and Sean Palmer, Acting Director of Immigration and Protection and SRO for Asylum Accommodation and Support Transformation at the Home Office, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 27 November at 3.15pm.
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Tuesday 27 November 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Tim Loughton Sir Christopher Chope Stuart C. McDonald Stephen Doughty Alex Norris Chris Green Douglas Ross Kate Green John Woodcock
1. Declaration of interests
Chris Green declared his interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix).
2. Government preparations for Brexit
The Committee considered this matter.
3. The work of the Home Secretary
Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, Home Secretary, and Sir Philip Rutnam, Permanent Secretary, Home Office, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 5 December at 10.00am.
Appendix
DECLARATION OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS
Green, Chris (Bolton West)
1. Employment and earnings Payments from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for completing surveys: 3 January 2017, received £50. Hours: approx. 45 mins. (Registered 19 December 2017) 19 June 2017, received £75. Hours: approx. 45 mins. (Registered 19 December 2017) 21 September 2017, received £75. Hours: approx. 45 mins. (Registered 19 December 2017) 12 October 2017, received £75. Hours: approx. 45 mins. (Registered 19 December 2017) 12 November 2017, received £75. Hours: approx. 45 mins. (Registered 19 December 2017)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a) Name of donor: Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales Address of donor: 39 Eccleston Square, London SW1V 1BX Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: for an intern in my parliamentary office for 10 months: October 2018 – July 2019, an educational allowance of
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£5,546 paid directly to the intern, and accommodation provided for the intern with a value of £6,720; total £12,266 Date received: 8 October 2018 – 9 July 2019 Date accepted: 8 October 2018 Donor status: unincorporated association (Registered 16 October 2018)
4. Visits outside the UK Name of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka Address of donor: Republic Building, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, meals and accommodation with an approx. value of £7,750 Destination of visit: Sri Lanka (Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, Kandy) Dates of visit: 2-8 January 2018 Purpose of visit: As a member of the Sri Lanka APPG, participation in a study tour (Anglo-Sri Lankan relations, international trade, port city reconstruction, endangered species). (Registered 01 February 2018) Name of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Address of donor: 2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8919, Japan Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, meals and accommodation with a value of £12,200.82 Destination of visit: Japan (Tokyo and Kyoto) Dates of visit: 5–10 August 2018 Purpose of visit: Fact finding visit concerning British-Japanese relations, particularly over cooperation in trade and security matters. (Registered 31 August 2018)
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Wednesday 5 December 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Kate Green Douglas Ross Tim Loughton John Woodcock Stuart C. McDonald
1. Home Office preparations for the UK exiting the EU
Draft Report (Home Office preparations for the UK exiting the EU), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Twelfth Report of the Committee, HC 1674.
2. Correspondence with the Immigration Minister
Ordered, That the following correspondence be reported to the House for publication: letter from the Immigration Minister of 26 November 2018 regarding DNA testing in immigration and asylum cases.
3. Immigration detention
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into Immigration detention be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Immigration Minister regarding immigration detention, 3 December 2018.
4. Windrush children
Ordered, That written evidence relating to the inquiry into Windrush children be reported to the House for publication: letter from the Home Secretary of 12 November regarding Windrush: September update.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 11 December at 11.00am.
Thursday 6 December 2018
The following correspondence was reported to the House for publication on the internet under the power given to the Chair by the resolution of the Committee of 9 October 2018 (Order made under the provisions of Standing Order No. 137 and reported to the House on Thursday 6 December):
Letter from the Policing Minister, dated 6 December 2018, regarding Government preparations for Brexit.
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Tuesday 11 December 2018
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Sir Christopher Chope Stuart C. McDonald Stephen Doughty Alex Norris Kate Green Douglas Ross Tim Loughton
1. Asylum accommodation
Draft Report (Asylum accommodation: replacing COMPASS), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Thirteenth Report of the Committee, HC 1758.
2. Counter-terrorism
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into Counter-terrorism, be reported to the House for publication:
CTR0001 Metropolitan Police
3. Hate crime and its violent consequences
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into Hate crime and its violent consequences, be reported to the House for publication:
OHC0027 Institute for Strategic Dialogue and the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media OHC0028 Facebook OHC0029 Twitter
[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 January at 2.00pm.
The following correspondence was reported to the House for publication on the internet under the power given to the Chair by the resolution of the Committee of 9 October 2018 (Order made under the provisions of Standing Order No. 137):
Joint correspondence from the Home Secretary and the Foreign Secretary relating to Interpol leadership, 13 December 2018 (reported to the House on Thursday 19 December 2018);
Letter from the Home Secretary regarding Windrush: October update, 17 December 2018 (reported to the House on 17 December 2018);
Letter from the Home Secretary regarding the Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act: Interim Report, 17 December 2018 (reported to the House on 17 December 2018).
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Tuesday 8 January 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Tim Loughton Stephen Doughty Stuart C. McDonald Chris Green Alex Norris Kate Green Douglas Ross
1. The Macpherson Report: twenty years on
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That Dr Nicola Rollock be appointed as a Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters related to the Macpherson report (For details of declaration of interests, see Appendix).
2. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
In the absence of the Chair, Tim Loughton was called to the Chair.
3. Windrush children
The Committee considered the NAO’s report on this matter: Handling of the Windrush situation, published in December 2018.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 15 January at 9.45am.
Appendix
DECLARATION OF SPECIALIST ADVISER’S INTERESTS
Dr Nicola Rollock (Macpherson Report matters) Member of the Diversity & Inclusion Steering Group, Wellcome Trust (remunerated position) My partner is part of the Digital Comms Team at the Cabinet Office supporting Downing Street’s media and communications content
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Tuesday 15 January 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Chris Green Douglas Ross Stuart C. McDonald John Woodcock
1. Hate crime and its violent consequences
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into Modern slavery be reported to the House for publication:
OHC0031 Demos OHC0032 Community Security Trust (CST)
2. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence on English Channel migrant crossings.
3. Modern slavery
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into Modern slavery be reported to the House for publication:
MSA0003 Adrian Venditti MSA0005 Anonymous MSA0133 Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group MSA0134 Human Trafficking Foundation et al.
Mark Burns-Williamson OBE, Police and Crime Commissioner, West Yorkshire and Chair of the National Anti-Trafficking and Modern Slavery Network, Rob Jones, Lead on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking, National Crime Agency, Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer, Devon and Cornwall Police and Lead for Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking, National Police Chiefs Council and Baljit Ubhey, Director of Prosecution Policy and Inclusion, Crown Prosecution Service, gave oral evidence.
Victoria Marks, Director, Anti-Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit, James Robottom, Barrister, 7 Bedford Row, Philippa Southwell, Consultant Solicitor - Advocate, Birds Solicitors and Nusrat Uddin, Solicitor, Wilson Solicitors LLP, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 22 January at 10.15am.
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Tuesday 22 January 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Kate Green Christopher Chope Tim Loughton Stephen Doughty Stuart C. McDonald Chris Green Douglas Ross
1. The work of the Home Office
Ordered, That the following correspondence be reported to the House for publication: letter from the Permanent Secretary regarding the work of the Home Office, 18 December 2018.
2. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee take oral evidence on the EU Settlement Scheme.
3. English Channel migrant crossings
Maddy Allen, Field Manager, Olivia Long, Project Coordinator, Help Refugees, Judith Dennis, Policy Manager, Refugee Council and Clare Moseley, Founder, Care4Calais, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 29 January at 9.45am.
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Tuesday 29 January 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Christopher Chope Stuart C. McDonald Kate Green Alex Norris Tim Loughton John Woodcock
1. English Channel migrant crossings
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into English Channel migrant crossings be reported to the House for publication:
Help Refugees (ECM0001) Letter from the Chair to the Home Secretary regarding unaccompanied asylum- seeking children in France, 25 January 2019
2. Modern slavery
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into Modern slavery be reported to the House for publication:
MSA0014 Anonymous MSA0076 Anonymous MSA0132 Anonymous MSA0135 Anonymous MSA0136 Anonymous MSA0137 Anonymous MSA0139 Anonymous MSA0140 Anonymous
3. Serious Violence
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Duncan Ball, Lead for Gangs, National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC), Nikki Holland, Director of Investigations, National Crime Agency and Assistant Chief Constable Jacqueline Sebire, Bedfordshire Police and NPCC Serious Violence Co-ordinator, gave oral evidence.
In the absence of the Chair, Tim Loughton was called to the Chair.
Councillor Simon Blackburn, Chair - Safer and Stronger Communities Board, Local Government Association, Lucy Dacey, National Programme Manager, Disrupting Exploitation Programme, The Children's Society, Simon Ford, Director, Violence and Vulnerability Unit and Evan Jones, Head of Community Services, St Giles Trust, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 5 February at 9.30am.
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Tuesday 5 February 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Kate Green Alex Norris Tim Loughton John Woodcock Stuart McDonald
2. The Macpherson Report: Twenty Years On
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into The Macpherson Report: Twenty Years On be reported to the House for publication:
MPR0001 Dr Pete Jones MPR0004 National Black Police Association MPR0010 Lincolnshire Police MPR0013 UNISON MPR0016 MPS Association of Muslim Police MPR0020 Volunteer Police Cadets MPR0021 Release MPR0022 Independent Office for Police Conduct MPR0023 Police Now MPR0024 Race Equality Matters MPR0029 Home Office MPR0032 Metropolitan Black Police Association MPR0033 Police Federation MPR0034 Association of Police and Crime Commissioners
Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon OBE, gave oral evidence.
Detective Sergeant Janet Hills, Chair, Metropolitan Black Police Association (MetBPA), Inspector Mustafa Mohammed QPM, President, National Association of Muslim Police (NAMP), Police Sergeant Tola Munro, President, National Black Police Association (NBPA) and Bevan Powell MBE, former Chair of the MetBPA and founding member of the NBPA, gave oral evidence
[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 February at 9.45am.
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Tuesday 12 February 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Chris Green Stephen Doughty Douglas Ross
1. The Macpherson Report: twenty years on
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into The Macpherson Report: twenty years on be reported to the House for publication:
MPR0008 Dr Denis Wong MPR0012 June Alison Durant MPR0015 Criminal Justice Alliance MPR0017 Dr Sarah Fox MPR0025 Equality and Human Rights Commission MPR0026 Kingston Race and Equalities Council MPR0035 Black Resilience and Development (BRaD) CIC
2. Supplementary estimates
Ordered, That the National Crime Agency Supplementary Estimate 2018-19, be reported to the House for publication.
3. EU Settlement Scheme
Abigail Adieze, Head of Service, Families and Home Directorate, Waltham Forest Borough Council, Marianne Lagrue, Policy Manager – Migrant Children’s Project, Coram Children’s Legal Centre, Nicole Masri, Legal Officer (Immigration & Asylum), Rights of Women and Danny Mortimer, Co-Convenor, Cavendish Coalition and Chief Executive, NHS Employers, gave oral evidence.
Luke Piper, Solicitor, South West Law and Adviser, the3million, Jill Rutter, Director of Strategy and Relationships, British Future, Colin Yeo, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers and Founder and Editor, Free Movement and Dr Adrienne Yong, Lecturer in Law, City University of London, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 19 February at 10.00am.
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Tuesday 19 February 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Kate Green Douglas Ross Tim Loughton John Woodcock Alex Norris
1. Modern slavery
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into modern slavery be reported to the House for publication:
MSA0141 Hestia
2. Supplementary estimates
Ordered, That the Home Office Supplementary Estimate 2018-19 and accompanying memoranda be reported to the House for publication.
3. The Macpherson Report: twenty years on
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into The Macpherson Report: twenty years on be reported to the House for publication:
MPR0003 Mr Chris Hobbs MPR0028 Dr Lisa Long MPR0030 Liberty MPR0036 National Police Chiefs’ Council MPR0037 Solicitors on behalf of Dr Neville Lawrence OBE MPR0038 HM Inspectorate of Prisons and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services MPR0039 National Association of Muslim Police
[Adjourned till Tuesday 26 February at 9.45am.
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Tuesday 26 February 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Alex Norris Chris Green Douglas Ross Tim Loughton John Woodcock
1. Government Response
Draft Special Report, (Home Office preparations for the UK exiting the EU: Government Response to the Committee’s Twelfth Report of Session 2017-19), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the Twelfth Report of Session 2017-19, was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Eleventh Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
2. EU Settlement Scheme
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into the EU Settlement Scheme be reported to the House for publication:
ESS0001 the3million
3. The Macpherson Report: twenty years on
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into The Macpherson Report: Twenty Years On be reported to the House for publication:
MPR0009 Granta Publications on behalf of Kevin Maxwell MPR0014 United Families and Friends Campaign MPR0040 StopWatch
4. Serious violence
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into Serious violence be reported to the House for publication:
SVC0051 Local Government Association
5. English Channel crossings
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into English Channel crossings be reported to the House for publication:
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ECM0002 Care4Calais
Alan Pughsley QPM, Chief Constable of Kent Police, Steve Rodhouse, Director General of Operations, National Crime Agency and Julie-Anne Wood, Head of Maritime Operations, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 27 February at 9.45am.
Wednesday 27 February 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Alex Norris Stephen Doughty Douglas Ross Kate Green John Woodcock Stuart C. McDonald
1. EU Settlement Scheme
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into the EU Settlement Scheme be reported to the House for publication:
ESS0003 Home Office
2. English Channel crossings
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into English Channel crossings be reported to the House for publication:
ECM0003 National Crime Agency
3. The work of the Home Secretary
Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, Home Secretary and Sir Philip Rutnam, Permanent Secretary, Home Office, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 6 March at 14.30pm.
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Wednesday 6 March 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Stephen Doughty Stuart C. McDonald Kate Green Douglas Ross Tim Loughton
1. Government Response: Asylum accommodation: replacing COMPASS
Draft Special Report, (Asylum accommodation: Replacing COMPASS: Government Response to the Committee’s Thirteenth Report of Session 2017-19), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the Thirteenth Report from the Committee of Session 2017- 19, was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Twelfth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
2. Serious violence
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into Serious Violence be reported to the House for publication:
SVC0052 His Honour Nic Madge, Dr John Crichton, Mr Duncan Bew and Mr Martin Griffiths
3. The Macpherson Report: twenty years on
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into The Macpherson Report: twenty years on be reported to the House for publication:
MPR0041 Mayor of London
[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 March at 9.30am.
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Tuesday 12 March 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Kate Green Stuart C. McDonald Tim Loughton John Woodcock
1. Immigration detention
Draft Report, (Immigration Detention) proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Fourteenth Report of the Committee, HC 913.
2. EU Settlement Scheme
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into the EU Settlement Scheme be reported to the House for publication:
Letter from the Immigration Minister, dated 7 March 2019 ESS0004 Coram Children’s Legal Centre
3. Formal Resolutions relating to Committee business
Ordered, That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, written evidence received between scheduled committee meetings, over the period to 16 September 2019, shall be reported to the House for publication where the material is directly related to a current inquiry or is otherwise judged to be of an urgent nature.
4. Serious violence
Chief Constable Sara Thornton CBE QPM, Chair, National Police Chiefs' Council, gave oral evidence in public.
5. The Macpherson Report: twenty years on
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into The Macpherson Report: twenty years on be reported to the House for publication:
MPR0007 Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services MPR0018 West Yorkshire Police
John Azah OBE, Chief Executive, Kingston Racial Equality Council, Melanie Field, Executive Director of Corporate Strategy and Policy, Equality and Human Rights Commission and Chief Constable Sara Thornton CBE QPM, Chair, National Police Chiefs' Council, gave oral evidence in public.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 19 March at 9.45am.
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Tuesday 19 March 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Stuart C. McDonald Chris Green John Woodcock Tim Loughton
1. Correspondence with the Immigration Minister
Ordered, That the following correspondence be reported to the House for publication: letter from the Immigration Minister regarding the Asylum Operations Service Standard, 15 March 2019.
2. EU Settlement Scheme
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into the EU Settlement Scheme be reported to the House for publication:
Letter from the Immigration Minister, dated 18 January 2019 Letter from the Immigration Minister, dated 14 March 2019
3. Serious violence
Dr Carlene Firmin MBE, Principal Research Fellow, University of Bedfordshire, Dr Simon Harding, Professor in Criminology, University of West London and Junior Smart, Business Development Manager, St Giles Trust, gave oral evidence.
Sir Denis O’Connor CBE QPM, former Chief Inspector of Constabulary, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 26 March at 9.45am.
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Tuesday 26 March 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Christopher Chope Stuart C. McDonald Stephen Doughty Tim Loughton Kate Green
1. English Channel crossings
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into the English Channel Crossings be reported to the House for publication:
ECM0005 NCA ECM0006 UNHCR
2. The Macpherson Report: twenty years on
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into The Macpherson Report: twenty years on be reported to the House for publication:
MPR0043 NPCC MPR0044 NPCC
3. Windrush children
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into Windrush children be reported to the House for publication: letter from the Home Secretary of 19 March regarding Windrush: January update.
4. Correspondence with the Immigration Minister
Ordered, That the following correspondence be reported to the House for publication: letter from the Immigration Minister regarding the Asylum Operations Service Standard, 15 March 2019
5. EU Settlement Scheme
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into the EU Settlement Scheme be reported to the House for publication:
Letter from the Immigration Minister, dated 18 January 2019 Letter from the Immigration Minister, dated 14 March 2019
6. Serious violence
Professor Fiona Measham, Professor of Criminology, University of Durham, Steve Rodhouse, Director General (Operations), NCA, Harry Shapiro, Director, Drugwise and Dr Michael
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Shiner, Associate Professor, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics, gave oral evidence.
Cressida Dick CBE QPM, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service, and Dave Thompson QPM, Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 2 April at 10.10am.
Tuesday 2 April 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Tim Loughton Douglas Ross Stuart McDonald John Woodcock
1. Modern slavery
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into Modern slavery be reported to the House for publication:
MSA0142 Survivor Alliance MSA0143 Crown Prosecution Service
2. Correspondence with the Home Secretary
Ordered, That the following correspondence be reported to the House for publication: letter from the Home Secretary regarding the French Sea Marshals, 29 March 2019.
3. Serious violence
Dr Suchi Bhandari, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and partner in the launch and development of Project Future, Dr Fatima Bibi, Clinical Psychologist and Project Lead, Project Future, Dr Hannah Stringer, Clinical Psychologist, Deputy Project Lead, Project Future, Dr Lucy Gore, Clinical Psychologist, Deputy Project Lead, Project Future, gave oral evidence in private.
RN, Community Consultant, Project Future and SC, Community Consultant, Project Future, gave oral evidence in private.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 24 April at 9.45am.
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Wednesday 24 April 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Stephen Doughty Stuart C. McDonald Chris Green John Woodcock Tim Loughton
1. Correspondence with the Permanent Secretary
Ordered, That the following correspondence be reported to the House for publication: letter from the Permanent Secretary regarding the Home Office Supplementary Estimate 2018-19, 11 April 2019.
2. The Macpherson Report: twenty years on
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into The Macpherson Report: twenty years on be reported to the House for publication:
MPR0031 Anonymous MPR0045 NPCC MPR0046 Department for Education MPR0047 Local Government Association MPR0048 Equality and Human Rights Commission MPR0049 Independent Office for Police Conduct MPR0050 College of Policing
3. Modern slavery
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into Modern Slavery be reported to the House for publication:
MSA0144 The Salvation Army
4. Serious violence
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Serious Violence be reported to the House for publication:
SVC0053 Mr Jerome Jackson
5. Hate crime and its violent consequences Neil Potts, Public Policy Director, Facebook, Katy Minshall, Head of UK Government, Public Policy & Philanthropy, Twitter and Marco Pancini, Director of Public Policy, YouTube, Google, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 30 April at 9.45am.
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Tuesday 30 April 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Douglas Ross Tim Loughton John Woodcock
1. Hate crime and its violent consequences
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Hate crime and its serious consequences be reported to the House for publication:
OHC0034 Stonewall
2. Serious violence
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Serious Violence be reported to the House for publication:
SVC0053 Children’s Commissioner for England
Mark Burns-Williamson OBE, Chair and Serious Violence Lead, Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, and PCC for West Yorkshire, Vicky Foxcroft MP, Youth Violence Commission and David Lloyd, Police and Crime Commissioner for Hertfordshire, gave oral evidence.
Dame Louise Casey DBE CB, former Director General of the Troubled Families programme and former Victims’ Commissioner and Anne Longfield OBE, Children’s Commissioner for England, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 7 May at 1.30 pm.
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Tuesday 7 May 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Stephen Doughty Stuart C McDonald Kate Green Douglas Ross
1. Government Response
Draft Special Report (Domestic Abuse: Government Response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2017-19), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the Ninth Report from the Committee of Session 2017-19, was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Thirteenth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
2. EU Settlement Scheme
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into the EU Settlement Scheme be reported to the House for publication:
Letter from the Immigration Minister, dated 2 May 2019
3. Islamophobia
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Islamophobia be reported to the House for publication:
HCL0002 Husain Akhtar HCL0003 Greater Manchester Mosques Council HCL0004 Professor Imran Awan & Dr Irene Zempi HCL0005 West Yorkshire Police HCL0006 Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right HCL0007 Newcastle University HCL0008 Quilliam International HCL0009 National Secular Society HCL0010 Professor Matthew Feldman and Dr William Allchorn HCL0011 Henry Jackson Society HCL0012 Mr Richard Jameson HCL0014 Anonymous HCL0015 Council of Ex Muslims of Britain HCL0016 Mr Richard Brown HCL0017 Dr David Green HCL0018 Anonymous HCL0019 Dr Paula Boddington
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HCL0020 Dr David Reid HCL0022 Baroness Kishwer Falkner of Margravine HCL0023 Dr Madeline-Sophie Abbas HCL0025 Muslim Council of Britain HCL0026 Anonymous HCL0027 Ed Husain HCL0028 Network of Sikh Organisations (NSO) HCL0029 Humanists UK HCL0030 Anonymous HCL0032 Dr Nafeez Ahmed HCL0034 Independent Members of Cross Government Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group HCL0035 Scott Robertson HCL0036 Nottinghamshire Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner HCL0037 De Montfort University and University of Sussex HCL0038 Policy Exchange HCL0039 British Future HCL0040 Gush Bhumbra HCL0041 Anonymous HCL0042 MEND HCL0043 Civitas: institute for the Study of Civil Society HCL0044 Anonymous HCL0045 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government HCL0046 Association of Police and Crime Commissioners HCL0048 West Yorkshire Association of Muslim Police HCL0049 Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain
[Adjourned till Wednesday 8 May at 9.45 am.
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Wednesday 8 May 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Stephen Doughty Douglas Ross Kate Green John Woodcock
1. EU Settlement Scheme
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into the EU Settlement Scheme be reported to the House for publication:
Letter from the Home Secretary, dated 1 May 2019
2. Serious violence
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Serious Violence be reported to the House for publication:
Letter from the Chair to the Home Secretary, dated 23 April 2019 Letter from the Home Secretary, dated 1 May 2019
Victoria Atkins MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability and Dan Greaves, Crime Director for the Crime, Policing and Fire Group, Home Office, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 14 May at 2.00 pm.
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Tuesday 14 May 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Janet Daby Stuart McDonald Stephen Doughty Toby Perkins Kate Green Douglas Ross Tim Loughton
1. Declaration of Interests
Janet Daby and Toby Perkins declared their interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix).
2. EU Settlement Scheme
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into the EU Settlement Scheme be reported to the House for publication:
Letter from the Chair to the Home Secretary, dated 8 May 2019 Letter from the Home Secretary, dated 14 May 2019
Draft Report (EU Settlement Scheme), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Fifteenth Report of the Committee, HC 1945.
3. Correspondence with the Immigration Minister
Ordered, That the following correspondence be reported to the House for publication: letter from the Immigration Minister regarding the Home Office review of funding for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, 8 May 2019.
4. English Channel crossings
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into English Channel crossings be reported to the House for publication:
Letter from the Permanent Secretary, dated 5 March 2019 Letter to the Home Secretary, dated 8 May 2019
5. Islamophobia
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into Islamophobia be reported to the House for publication:
HCL0047 British Pakistani Christian Association
6. Main Estimate
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Ordered, That memoranda relating to the Home Office Main Estimate 2019/20 be reported to the House for publication.
7. The Macpherson Report: twenty years on
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into The Macpherson Report: twenty years on be reported to the House for publication:
MPR0051 Traveller Movement and the Gypsy Roma Traveller Police Association MPR0052 Amnesty International UK
[Adjourned till Tuesday 15 May at 4.45 pm.
Appendix
DECLARATION OF MEMBERS’ INTERESTS
Daby, Janet (Lewisham East)
1. Employment and earnings Until 20 March 2019, Councillor, Lewisham Council, Civic Suite, Catford, London SE6 4RU. From November 2018, I received an annual allowance of £10,008 (previously £9,812), paid monthly. Hours: 5-8 hrs a week. (Registered 11 July 2018; updated 16 January 2019 and 12 April 2019) 16 June 2018, received £817.66. Hours: 18-24 hrs since my election to Parliament. (Registered 16 July 2018) 23 August 2018, received £200 from Help Me Grow Fostering, Anerley Road, London SE20 8BD, for chairing their annual foster care review in June 2018. Hours: no hours since my election to Parliament. (Registered 11 September 2018)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a) Name of donor: UNISON Address of donor: 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,610 reimbursement of printing costs Date received: 5 July 2018 Date accepted: 5 July 2018 Donor status: trade union (Registered 11 July 2018)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital Until 20 January 2019, Yellow Road Media (not trading), a media, design and filming company. (Registered 11 July 2018; updated 14 January 2019 and 22 February 2019)
8. Miscellaneous
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Until 14 July 2018, unpaid Director and Chair of Whitefoot and Downham Community Food Plus Project. (Registered 11 July 2018; updated 16 July 2018)
Supplementary Declaration relevant to the work of the Home Affairs Committee
Member of Unison trade union.
Perkins, Toby (Chesterfield)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources Name of donor: William Hill Address of donor: 50 Station Road, Wood Green, London N22 7TP Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to St Leger at Doncaster and associated hospitality, with a value of £560 Date received: 14 September 2018 Date accepted: 14 September 2018 Donor status: company, registration 04212563 (Registered 01 November 2018)
Supplementary Declaration relevant to the work of the Home Affairs Committee
Member of Unite trade union.
Wednesday 15 May 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Kate Green Stuart McDonald Tim Loughton Douglas Ross
1. The Macpherson Report: twenty years on
Witnesses A–N, representatives of youth organisations, gave oral evidence in private.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 21 May at 9.45 am.
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Thursday 16 May 2019
The following correspondence was reported to the House for publication on the internet under the power given to the Chair by the resolution of the Committee of 12 March 2019 (Order made under the provisions of Standing Order No. 137 and reported to the House on Thursday 16 May):
Letters from the Chair to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, dated 14 May 2019, requesting further information following oral evidence.
Tuesday 21 May 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Tim Loughton Janet Daby Stuart C McDonald Chris Green Toby Perkins Kate Green
1. Serious violence
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Serious Violence be reported to the House for publication:
SVC0055 Metropolitan Police Service
2. Islamophobia
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Islamophobia be reported to the House for publication:
HCL0050 MEND
AC Neil Basu, National Lead for Counter Terrorism Policing, AC Martin Hewitt, Chair, National Police Chiefs’ Council, Baroness Kishwer Falkner of Margravine and Trevor Phillips, Chairman, Index on Censorship and Senior Fellow, Policy Exchange, gave oral evidence.
Dr Omar Khan, Director, Runnymede Trust, Rt Hon Anna Soubry MP, Co-Chair of the All- Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims and Wes Streeting MP, Co-Chair of the All- Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 11 June at 1.45pm.
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Tuesday 11 June 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Janet Daby Tim Loughton Kate Green Toby Perkins
1. Hate crime
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Hate crime be reported to the House for publication:
OHC0035 Twitter OHC0036 YouTube
2. Modern slavery
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Modern slavery be reported to the House for publication:
MSA0145 Lumos
3. Serious violence
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Serious Violence be reported to the House for publication:
SVC0056 Professor Susan Hodgett SVC0057 The Ben Kinsella Trust
4. Islamophobia
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Islamophobia be reported to the House for publication:
HCL0052 AVOW HCL0053 Ria Ivandic, Professor Tom Kirchmaier and Professor Stephen Machin
Iman Atta, Director, Tell MAMA and Miqdaad Versi, Head of Public Affairs, Muslim Council of Britain, gave oral evidence. Rt Hon Sir Vince Cable MP, Leader, Liberal Democrat Party and The Baroness Brinton, President, Liberal Democrat Party, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 12 June at 9.45am.
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Wednesday 12 June 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Janet Daby Tim Loughton Kate Green Toby Perkins
1. The Macpherson Report: twenty years on
Oliver Feeley-Sprague, Military, Security and Police Program Director, Amnesty International UK, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 18 June at 1.45pm.
Tuesday 18 June 2019 Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Janet Daby Tim Loughton Stephen Doughty Stuart McDonald Chris Green Toby Perkins Kate Green Douglas Ross
1. Serious violence
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Serious violence be reported to the House for publication:
SVC0058 Home Office
2. Windrush children
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the inquiry into Windrush children be reported to the House for publication: letter from the Home Secretary of 10 June regarding Windrush: April update.
3. The Macpherson Report: twenty years on
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Macpherson be reported to the House for publication:
MPR0054 Metropolitan Police Service MPR0055 Serena Lander, SPG MPR0056 Metropolitan Black Police Association MPR0057 Bevan Powell, former Chair of the Metropolitan Black Police Association
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Jane Deighton, Senior Consultant, Deighton Pierce Glynn Solicitors, Imran Khan QC, Imran Khan and Partners, and Matthew Ryder QC, Matrix Chambers, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 25 June at 1.45pm.
Tuesday 25 June 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Stephen Doughty Stuart McDonald Kate Green Toby Perkins Tim Loughton Douglas Ross
1. Islamophobia
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Macpherson be reported to the House for publication:
HCL0054 Christian Concern
Professor Tariq Modood, Director, University of Bristol Research Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, Raheel Mohammed, Director, Maslaha and Professor Jacqueline Stevenson, Head of Research, Sheffield Institute of Education, Sheffield Hallam University, gave oral evidence.
Rt Hon Ian Blackford MP, Leader, Scottish National Party Westminster Group, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 2 July at 1.45pm.
Tuesday 2 July 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Janet Daby Stuart McDonald Chris Green Toby Perkins Kate Green Douglas Ross Tim Loughton
1. Modern slavery
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Modern slavery be reported to the House for publication:
Letter from the Chair to the Home Secretary regarding modern slavery guidance, 21 May 2019
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Letter from the Home Secretary regarding modern slavery guidance, 27 June 2019
Ahmed Aydeed, Director and Solicitor, Duncan Lewis Solicitors, Sarah Teather, Director, Jesuit Refugee Service UK, and James Wilson, Deputy Director, Detention Action, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 9 July at 1.45pm.
Tuesday 9 July 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Tim Loughton Janet Daby Toby Perkins Stephen Doughty Douglas Ross Kate Green
1. Islamophobia
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Islamophobia be reported to the House for publication:
HCL0055 Dr Abida Malik
2. The Macpherson Report: twenty years on
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into the Macpherson report be reported to the House for publication:
MPR0058 Rebekah Delsol MOR0059 Open Society Foundations
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Duncan Ball, the Metropolitan Police Service, gave oral evidence.
Michael Lockwood, Director General, Independent Office for Police Conduct, Jo Noakes, temporary Director of Workforce Development, College of Policing and HMI Matt Parr, CB, Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 10 July at 2.15pm.
Wednesday 10 July 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Tim Loughton Christopher Chope Stuart McDonald Janet Daby Toby Perkins
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Stephen Doughty Douglas Ross Kate Green
1. Hate crime and its violent consequences
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Hate crime be reported to the House for publication:
HCL0037 Facebook
2. Islamophobia
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Islamophobia be reported to the House for publication:
HCL0055 Dr Abida Malik
3. The Macpherson Report: twenty years on
Cressida Dick CBE QPM, Commissioner, Metropolitan Police Service, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 16 July at 1.45pm.
Tuesday 16 July 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Christopher Chope Toby Perkins Kate Green Douglas Ross Tim Loughton
1. Correspondence by Peter Clark and John McDonald (2012 inquiry into Private Investigators)
The Committee considered this matter (Kate Green was absent for this item).
2. The Macpherson Report: twenty years on
Rt Hon Nick Hurd MP, Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service and Minister for London and Scott McPherson, Director General of the Crime, Policing and Fire Group, Home Office, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 17 July at 10.00am.
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Wednesday 17 July 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Kate Green Toby Perkins Tim Loughton
1. Brook House Immigration Removal Centre
Ordered, That written evidence to the inquiry into Brook House be reported to the House for publication:
Memorandum from the National Audit Office, July 2019
[Adjourned till Thursday 18 July at 10.30am.
Thursday 18 July 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Janet Daby Tim Loughton Chris Green Toby Perkins Kate Green Douglas Ross
1. Serious violence
Draft Report (Serious youth violence), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the report are published in the Sixteenth Report of the Committee, HC 2592.
2. Islamophobia
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Islamophobia be reported to the House:
HCL0021 Mr Suja El-Taher HCL0024 The For Britain Movement HCL0031 Lord Malcolm Pearson of Rannoch
3. The Macpherson Report: twenty years on
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Macpherson be reported to the House for publication:
MPR0027 Sir Peter Bottomley MPR0053 National Black Police Association MPR0060 Home Office
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MPR0061 Cleveland Police MPR0062 Ministry of Justice MPR0063 IOPC
Ordered, That part of the following written evidence to the inquiry into Macpherson be reported to the House for publication:
MPR0006 Equal Justice Ltd
[Adjourned till Monday 22 July at 1.45pm.
Monday 22 July 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Stuart McDonald Janet Daby Toby Perkins Kate Green Douglas Ross Tim Loughton
1. EU Settlement Scheme
Draft Special Report (EU Settlement Scheme: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifteenth Report of Session 2017–19), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the Fifteenth Report from the Committee of Session 2017-19, was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fourteenth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
2. The Work of the Home Secretary
Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, Home Secretary, and Sir Philip Rutnam, Permanent Secretary, Home Office, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 4 September at 9.45am.
Thursday 25 July 2019
The following correspondence was reported to the House for publication on the internet under the power given to the Chair by the resolution of the Committee of 12 March 2019:
Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Education, dated 23 July, relating to the Government Response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2017-19
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Correspondence from the Home Secretary, dated 23 July, relating to Windrush
Tuesday 3 September 2019
The following correspondence was reported to the House for publication on the internet under the power given to the Chair by the resolution of the Committee of 12 March 2019:
Correspondence with the Home Secretary, dated 20 August, relating to the future immigration system
Correspondence with the Home Secretary, dated 29 August, relating to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in France
Wednesday 4 September 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Rehman Chishti Tim Loughton Janet Daby Stuart McDonald Kate Green Douglas Ross
1. Home Office preparations for Brexit
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Home Office preparations for Brexit be reported to the House for publication:
PFB0001 Age UK PFB0002 The British Shooting Sports Council PFB0003 Russell Group PFB0006 Incorporated Society of Musicians PFB0007 British Medical Association PFB0008 University of Liverpool PFB0009 Heathrow Airport Limited PFB0010 Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Ltd.
2. The Macpherson Report: Twenty Years On
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into the Macpherson Report be reported to the House for publication:
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MPR0064 Metropolitan Police MPR0065 Association of Police and Crime Commissioners MPR0066 Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Sussex MPR0067 HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services MPR0068 Anonymous
3. Islamophobia
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Islamophobia be reported to the House for publication:
HCL0056 Professor Tariq Modood HCL0057 Professor Tariq Modood HCL0058 Runnymede Trust
4. Formal Resolutions relating to Committee business
Ordered, That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, written evidence received between scheduled committee meetings, over the period to 2 March 2020, 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.
5. Immigration detention
Draft Special Report (Immigration detention: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourteenth Report of Session 2017–19), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government’s response to the Fourteenth Report from the Committee of Session 2017–19 was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifteenth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
6. Inter-parliamentary Conference on Asylum and Immigration Issues
Ordered, That Toby Perkins have leave to visit Helsinki on 8–9 September to attend the Inter-parliamentary Conference on Asylum and Immigration Issues, in a representative capacity, and that the Chair seek the approval of the Chair of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the visit.
7. Home Office preparations for Brexit
DAC Richard Martin, National Police Chief’s Council, and Steve Rodhouse, Director General (Operations), National Crime Agency, gave oral evidence.
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Deputy Chief Constable Stephen Martin, Police Service of Northern Ireland, Peter May, Permanent Secretary, Department of Justice (Northern Ireland), Dr Andrew McCormick, Permanent Secretary, and Karen Pearson, Head of EU Relations, The Executive Office (Northern Ireland), gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 10 September at 9.45am.
Friday 6 September 2019
The following correspondence was reported to the House for publication on the internet under the power given to the Chair by the resolution of the Committee of 4 September 2019 (Order made under the provisions of Standing Order No. 137 and reported to the House on Friday 6 September):
Correspondence, dated 6 September, to Sir Mark Sedwill, Cabinet Secretary, relating to association of the police with political activity.
Monday 9 September 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Janet Daby Stuart C McDonald
1. Home Office preparations for Brexit
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Home Office preparations for Brexit be reported to the House for publication:
PFB0004 Residential Landlords’ Association PFB0011 Professor Thom Brooks
2. The Macpherson Report: Twenty Years On
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into the Macpherson Report be reported to the House for publication:
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MPR0069 Attorney General’s Office MPR0071 National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) MPR0072 Metropolitan Police Service MPR0073 Race Disparity Unit
3. Hate crime and its violent consequences
Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to the inquiry into Hate crime and its violent consequences be reported to the House for publication:
Correspondence, dated 30 August 2019, from Rebecca Stimson, Head of Public Policy, Facebook relating to oral evidence given before the Committee on 29 April 2019.
4. Meeting of the Committee on 10 September 2019
Resolved, That, on 10 September 2019, the Committee would hold informal discussions with Pauline Bastidon, Head of Brexit Policy, Freight Transport Association, David Bolt, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, Colin Yeo, Barrister, Garden Court chambers and Founder and Editor, Free Movement, Luke Piper, Solicitor, South West Law and Adviser, the3million, and Maria Llorente, Outreach Coordinator, Settled, in connection with the inquiry into Home Office preparations for Brexit.
Resolved, That the public be admitted to the Committee’s informal meeting on 10 September 2019.
[The Committee adjourned.
Wednesday 2 October 2019
The following evidence was reported to the House for publication on the internet under the power given to the Chair by the resolution of the Committee of 4 September 2019:
Correspondence from the Home Secretary, dated 25 September 2019, concerning immigration arrangements in the event of exiting the European Union without a withdrawal agreement
Correspondence to the Home Secretary, dated 2 October 2019, in response to the letter dated 25 September 2019, concerning no-deal immigration arrangements
PFB0014 Transcript of informal meeting on 10 September 2019
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Tuesday 8 October 2019
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper, in the Chair
Janet Daby Stuart C McDonald Kate Green Toby Perkins Tim Loughton Douglas Ross
1. Correspondence reported to the House
Ordered, That the following correspondence be reported to the House for publication:
Correspondence from the Minister of State for Security, dated 3 October, concerning UK/US Bilateral Data Agreement;
Correspondence from the Minister of State for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service, dated 7 October, relating to revisions to PACE Codes C and H.
2. The Macpherson Report: Twenty Years On
Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into the Macpherson Report: Twenty Years On be reported to the House for publication:
MPR0075 Association of Police and Crime Commissioners MPR0076 Clerk of the House of Commons MPR0077 Clerk of the Parliaments MPR0078 Imran Khan
3. Work of the Home Secretary
Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to the inquiry into the Work of the Home Secretary be reported to the House for publication:
Correspondence from the Home Secretary, dated 4 October, relating to Oral Evidence provided to the Committee on 22 July 2019;
Correspondence from the Permanent Secretary, Home Office, dated 4 October, relating to the Emergency Services Network.
4. Home Office preparations for Brexit
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Ordered, That the following written evidence to the inquiry into Home Office preparations for Brexit be reported to the House for publication:
PFB0012 Dr Rachael Dickson, University of Birmingham, and Dr Amanda Kramer, Queen’s University Belfast
Shanker Singham, Chair, Technical Panel, and Tony Smith CBE, Alternative Arrangements Commission, gave oral evidence.
Dr Anna Jerzewska, independent trade and customs consultant, and Sam Lowe, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Reform, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 15 October at 9.45 am.