Home Affairs

Thank you for writing about the Downing Street parties. I am responding with a single reply to everyone who wrote, as I have had some hundreds of emails on this topic. Please be assured I have read them all.

I have unsurprisingly received a very large number of emails about the parties (or not-parties) at 10 Downing Street last Christmas, and about the introduction of new restrictions affecting public gatherings and workplaces.  I stuck up for Dominic Cummings last year when he made his controvers

Many thanks to those who have contacted me about fire safety. Ensuring everyone has a safe and high-quality home must be a top priority. A great deal of progress has been made to improve our housing, with the share of non-decent and unsafe homes seeing decline in the last decade.

Many thanks to those who have contacted me about Asylum accommodation conditions in particular the Napier and Penally Barracks. As you may be aware, the Government provides safe, warm and secure accommodation at Napier Barracks, which has previously accommodated army personnel in the same condition

Many thanks to those who have contacted me about the Planning White Paper.  At the heart of planning are the homes we live in, the schools our children go to and the parks and green spaces we visit.

Many thanks to those who have contacted me about tackling homelessness and rough sleeping.  I am pleased to tell you 15,000 rough sleepers and those at risk of doing so have been offered safe accommodation since the start of the pandemic.  There needs to be a long-term solution

I have recently received a number of emails in relation to the increasing number of migrants crossing the Channel. I too have watched with growing alarm as the number willing to attempt this dangerous crossing has skyrocketed in recent weeks.

Many thanks to those who have contacted me about immigration detention as the Coronavirus outbreak continues.  At the end of March the High Court ruled that the Government's approach to detention and coronavirus was sensible and the appropriate precautionary measures were i

The Labour MP Yvette Cooper and the Conservative MP Tim Loughton wrote to me asking for support for their amendment which would have continued the current family reunion provisions for unaccompanied child refugees. This is the answer I gave them.

I agree, it is vitally important that the most vulnerable members of our society are protected.   The Home Office also shares this commitment with regard to those seeking asylum and has sought to adjust processes where necessary.    Addressing the House of Commons on Monday 29th June, Ch