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Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 13 January 2025

Debate

Immigration: Human Rights

Contribution

My Lords, in developing the helpful answer he just gave, can the Minister tell us what is the backlog of the outstanding number of cases? How long does it take to clear them on average? Rather than expecting people to subsist on around £7 a day, should we not look again at the opportunity to work while those claims are being considered?

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