Oral Question·Home Office
“What assessment she has made of the potential merits of the UK joining the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. ”
Tabled: 20 October 2026Answered: 26 October 2026
Asked by
Mr Joshua Reynolds
Liberal Democrat — Maidenhead
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Shabana Mahmood)
I have an excellent working relationship with EU partners, particularly with France, which has helped prevent over 50,000 crossings since the election. The EU asylum pact has yet to resolve the challenges of returns within Europe, and currently those returns are not happening at scale, so the pact is not a silver bullet.