Helen Grant

Helen Grant

Conservative — Maidstone and Malling

Speaking in the House of Commons on 4 September 2025

Debate

People Smuggling

Contribution

I completely disagree with what the Solicitor General has said about the previous Government’s record in this area, and it is a bit rich in view of her Government’s record over the past 12 months. Reports reveal that Ministers will soon replace immigration judges with professionally trained adjudicators. We are told that is to tackle the 51,000 case appeal backlog, which will of course involve cases of people smugglers. Can she please confirm how long it will take to put that in place and whether it will require primary legislation?

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