Siân Berry

Immigration and Asylum Bill (Fourteenth sitting)

My new clause 22 asks for a report on decision making in relation to asylum applications. My amendment 62 is intended to prevent the Bill from being brought into force until the report set out in new clause 22 is published. The new clause would require the Home Office to publish a report on decision making in the asylum system. Making asylum decisions as efficiently as possible, so that they are right the first time, should be the main function of the asylum system. It is noteworthy that there i

Spoke in debate: Immigration and Asylum Bill (Fourteenth sitting)

Parliamentary appearance by Siân Berry

Spoke in debate: Immigration and Asylum Bill (Thirteenth sitting)

Parliamentary appearance by Siân Berry

Immigration and Asylum Bill (Thirteenth sitting)

It is a pleasure to have you overseeing proceedings this morning, Mr Stuart. I will abstain on new clause 8, but I absolutely appreciate the sentiments behind it. I will not back it in full because the Green party has been thinking about this issue for some time, and we have our own alternative proposal. I will speak a little about the ways in which breaking up the Home Office—along the lines set out in new clause 8—would be a good idea. I refer in particular to the “No Way Home?” report, which