Question follow-through · 123904
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help implement the recommendations of the Cranston inquiry to help prevent avoidable deaths in the channel.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 17 Apr 2026 · 23 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help implement the recommendations of the Cranston inquiry to help prevent avoidable deaths in the channel.
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Apr 2026
Answer published
The loss of life from the fatal incident of 23/24 November 2021 was an appalling tragedy, and our thoughts remain with the survivors, the victims and loved ones who suffered as a result.The response to the Cranston Inquiry report is being led by the Depar...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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