Question follow-through · 50874

Undocumented Migrants: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK's membership of the ECHR on its capacity to summarily deport illegal migrants; and if she will make it her policy to amend the Human Righ

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
8 May 2025
Target answer date
12 May 2025
Answer
16 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK's membership of the ECHR on its capacity to summarily deport illegal migrants; and if she will make it her policy to amend the Human Righ

  2. 12 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 May 2025

    Answer published

    On the 12 May 2025, the Government set out its plans to reform the Immigration system in the Immigration White Paper. This includes reforming the framework for assessing appeals to stay in the UK on the basis of Article 8 of the Human Rights Act. The new ...

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