Parliamentary activity - Paul Blomfield MP

Deportation: Zimbabwe

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Zimbabwe in relation to the deportation of Zimbabwean nationals.

Immigration: EEA Nationals

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EEA nationals and their family members who arrive in the UK after 29 March 2019 will have access to healthcare and public funds as...

Immigration: EEA Nationals

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EEA nationals and their family members who are granted (a) settled status and (b) pre-settled status will have restricted access to...

Immigration: EEA Nationals

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EEA nationals and their family members who are granted settled status will have restricted access to healthcare and public funds as...

Immigration: EEA Nationals

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EEA nationals and their family members who are granted pre-settled status will have restricted access to healthcare and public funds...

Examination of Witness

Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Critical issues such as the tier 2 salary cap have deliberately gone out to consultation, however, because there is no agreement within the Cabinet about what that should look like.

Examination of Witness

Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q I have a more general question on the issue, given your wider brief. When the Home Secretary introduced the Bill to the House, he said that it sought to address people’s concerns about...

Examination of Witness

Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q May I move to a different area—the right of appeal? You expressed concern about it earlier, and I assume that you also expressed your views about it fairly robustly in consultation with...

Examination of Witness

Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q Did you hear any convincing argument from the Home Office as to why that should not be provided?

Examination of Witness

Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

That exchange anticipated my next question, which was going to be about the physical documents. In that discussion, you made the point that you were consulted. You have made a very powerful case...

Examination of Witnesses

Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q I want to return to a different point, which Mr Valdez-Symonds mentioned, reflecting our discussion with Professor Ryan about the way in which this Bill switches off rights without setting out...

Examination of Witnesses

Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q Can I pick up on a point that you touched on earlier, Ms Blackstock, and which we talked about with earlier witnesses—the right of appeal for settled status? The Government have...

Examination of Witnesses

Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q May I return to the question of academic staff? I asked vice-chancellors in Sheffield how many early career academics could not be here if they were subject to the non-EEA immigration rules....

Examination of Witnesses

Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q Vice-chancellors I have talked to across the sector suggest that universities might be planning to lose up to 80% of EU students. Is that a figure that strikes a chord with you?

Examination of Witnesses

Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

On that theme, I think I am right in saying there are around 450,000 international students in the UK. What proportion of those are from the EUQ ?

Examination of Witness

Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q How confident are you that the option offered by the Home Office of administrative review, and ultimately judicial review, provides any real opportunities for challenge within the system?

Examination of Witness

Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Q The question that I was going to ask about appeal rights has been largely covered, but may I ask whether you feel that it is rather exceptional within our immigration system to deny any appeal...

Young Carers Support

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Funding

Paul Blomfield made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

I am delighted by the number of hon. Members from both sides of the House who have contributed, and I thank them for that—I am sure the young carers they represent will be grateful too. I...

Young Carers Support

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Funding

Paul Blomfield made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

I agree with my hon. Friend, and I thank her for sharing her personal experience and for the work that she has previously done with Sheffield Young Carers. Our young carers also have some fairly...

Young Carers Support

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Funding

Paul Blomfield made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

The hon. Gentleman anticipates my very next point. We will never see consistently good practice across schools until they are measured and assessed on it, and Ofsted’s role in that is...