Oral QuestionHome Office

What steps her Department is taking to tackle the backlog of asylum applications.

Tabled: 12 September 2023Answered: 18 September 2023

Asked by

Christine Jardine

Liberal DemocratEdinburgh West

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for the Home Department

Answer from Hansard

The Prime Minister

We are delivering a record crackdown on illegal working in the gig economy, and expanding right-to-work and facial recognition checks, which are really important. We are also introducing a new criminal offence of trespassing with intent to commit a crime through the Crime and Policing Bill.