Oral Question·Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
“What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support levelling up in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.”
Tabled: 19 September 2023Answered: 16 October 2023
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Kirsty McNeill)
Immigration is a reserved issue and the Home Secretary set out last week an asylum policy that will work for all parts of the United Kingdom. It contains the most sweeping asylum reforms in modern times, commensurate to the scale of the issues before us. These reforms will restore control, contribution and fairness to the system. I am proud that our country has always been fair, tolerant and compassionate, and this Government will always defend those values.