Parliamentary Activity - Dame Angela Eagle MP

Angela Eagle MP speaking in the House of Commons chamber

Angela is active in Parliament, taking part in debates in the Chamber.

As a Government Minister, many of her Parliamentary Speeches relate to her Ministerial brief.

Below are Angela’s latest contributions in Parliament –

Asylum: Northern Ireland

Angela Eagle received a response to a question they put to the government

The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and subsistence support whilst their application for asylum is being considered. The Home Office...

Immigration Removal Centres

Angela Eagle received a response to a question they put to the government

Detention plays a key role in maintaining effective immigration controls and securing the UK’s borders, particularly in connection with the removal of people who have no right to remain in...

Asylum and Undocumented Migrants: Housing

Angela Eagle received a response to a question they put to the government

There are currently no such Government-backed voluntary schemes for housing asylum seekers for any households in the UK, regardless of whether that household contains an MP. It is up to MPs to...

Undocumented Migrants: Crimes of Violence

Angela Eagle received a response to a question they put to the government

As has been the case during successive administrations, this data is not routinely published. We will take every measure possible to keep Home Office employees safe at work, and any criminality...

Asylum: Travel

Angela Eagle received a response to a question they put to the government

Claimants whose asylum claim has not been decided are not permitted to leave the UK without permission, for example to visit their country of origin, until their claim has been concluded. If they...

Undocumented Migrants

Angela Eagle received a response to a question they put to the government

I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave on 27 November to his Question UIN 15076.

Undocumented Migrants: Age Assurance

Angela Eagle received a response to a question they put to the government

Where an individual claims to be a child without any documentary evidence, and where there is reason to doubt their claimed age, immigration officers are required to make an initial age decision...

Asylum

Angela Eagle received a response to a question they put to the government

The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on initial decisions on asylum claims by nationality is published in table...

Undocumented Migrants: Crimes of Violence

Angela Eagle received a response to a question they put to the government

I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 27 November to question UIN 15076.

Construction: Undocumented Migrants

Angela Eagle received a response to a question they put to the government

The government takes illegal working very seriously, and we are determined to clamp down on the employment of individuals with no right to work in the UK, including the sectors highlighted by the...

Undocumented Migrants: Great Yarmouth

Angela Eagle received a response to a question they put to the government

This data is not held centrally, and could only be at disproportionate cost.

Sham Marriage

Angela Eagle received a response to a question they put to the government

The Government takes abuse of the spouse and partner immigration routes very seriously. Family migration must be based on a genuine and subsisting marriage or...

Undocumented Migrants: Age Assurance

Angela Eagle received a response to a question they put to the government

I refer the Honourable member to the answer I gave on 22nd October to question UIN 9190.

Asylum

Angela Eagle received a response to a question they put to the government

If any individual Is found not to require the protection for which they have claimed asylum, then their claim will be refused.

Undocumented Migrants: Temporary Accommodation

Angela Eagle received a response to a question they put to the government

Data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, by local authority and accommodation type, can be found within the Asy_D11 tab for our most recent stats release: Immigration...

Undocumented Migrants: Pupils

Angela Eagle received a response to a question they put to the government

Asylum

Angela Eagle received a response to a question they put to the government

The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on initial and latest outcomes of asylum claims is published annually in table...

Asylum: Hotels

Angela Eagle received a response to a question they put to the government

The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and subsistence support whilst their application for asylum is being considered. This Government...

Undocumented Migrants

Angela Eagle received a response to a question they put to the government

Information about contracts worth over £12,000 (including VAT) agreed by the Government and its agencies is available at: Contracts Finder - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The Home Office publishes...

Migrants: Detainees

Angela Eagle received a response to a question they put to the government

We will be engaging with NGOs as part of the review at the appropriate time, to ensure that they have the opportunity to share their views and experiences of working with those who have been in...