Sentences with phrase «home affairs committee for»

Clegg previously backed calls by the home affairs committee for a royal commission on UK drug laws, but the idea was shot down by the prime minister.

While today's initiative - the first of its kind - is not a direct reflection of that, Mr Ferguson admitted that the impact of crime on young people was inevitably a factor in the decision to choose the home affairs committee for the trial.

Christopher Graham, giving evidence to the Commons» home affairs committee for its inquiry into phone - hacking allegations, said his role was «frankly pretty limited».

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«I feel it is necessary to do so because I inadvertently misled the Home Affairs Select Committee over targets for removal of illegal immigrants,» Rudd told May.

Search engine giant reveals plans for pilot scheme to home affairs committee hearing, with Facebook and Twitter also probed over extremism policies

The Green Party Member of European Parliament, a German citizen who looks even younger than his tender 35 years, shepherded the legislation through as vice chair for the parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

«We're also so hopeful that this is just the beginning, that other councils are watching and taking note, that Parliament itself, the Home Affairs Select Committee, will continue to look at this issue and find a solution that works not just for Ealing but for the whole of the UK.»

Should the Home Affairs Committee be concerned instead with the fact that a large number of migrants are kept in uncertainty and destitution for a long time because a significant number of UKBA's initial decisions are wrong?

The UK's largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has submitted three sets of supplemental evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee's enquiry into firearms law.

14:31 - Time to zip away now from the home affairs committee, for just around the corner we're gearing up for the Murdochs» appearance.

The Liberal Democrats and the home affairs committee have called for a royal commission on drug policy and for more thorough assessments of experiments with legalisation overseas, including in various US states.

In a humiliating move for the home secretary, the home affairs committee recommended that the government halt plans to ban the drug.

«If Theresa May thinks Mr Vine's report would imperil national security or provide ammunition for illegal migrants, she should share the full report with the home affairs select committee and ourselves and explain why the full report can not be published without masses of redactions.

This week, Tim Farron suggested that the battle between Caroline Flint, Yvette Cooper and Chuka Umunna to chair the home affairs select committee was one of premier league politicians «jostling for position in a side show».

A ten - month inquiry by the home affairs committee called for a dedicated state of the art espionage response team for e-crime, to deal with the glaring hole in the government's crime strategy.

Special mention has to be given to the Met's own «dodgy geezer», John Yates, whose utter inability to realise he was dropping himself in it provided a jaw - dropping three hours for incredulous MPs on the home affairs committee.

A recent home affairs committee report showed that the granting of asylum often turned out to be poisoned chalice for those fleeing persecution, with the approval decision activating a period of financial uncertainty which lasted up to four months.

Theresa May's reputation for competence took a hammer blow today, after she was subject to a hostile interrogation by the home affairs committee.

6,000 emails to MPs from supporters calling for a Home Affairs Committee inquiry, to make sure that the Home Office follow through on their promises.

After becoming the member of parliament for Redcar at the May 2015 general election, Turley was appointed as a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee in July 2015.

The passport backlog is another obvious one for him to go on following the appearance of Paul Pugh in front of the Home Affairs committee yesterday.

The former chair of the home affairs select committee has been at the centre of a long - running inquiry by the parliamentary commissioner for standards.

And the Commons home affairs committee called for a royal commission into drug law late last year.

Today's damning report by the home affairs committee informs the prime minister in no uncertain terms that she doesn't have the time or capacity to set up a registration system for existing EU nationals, let alone one for them and then a second for new arrivals.

Amid a growing international consensus that the war on drugs has failed, the home affairs committee called for the prime minister to set up a royal commission on current policy and to pay particular attention to experiments in Portugal decriminalising drug use.

Appearing in front of the home affairs committee, Paul Pugh said «of course» he was sorry for delays to families getting their passports.

The report comes weeks after a home affairs committee demand for a royal commission into whether Britain's drug laws should be overturned.

Keith Vaz, the Labour chair of the home affairs committee, says he will be voting for Dominic Raab's amendment.

Speaking at his home in Abuja while receiving a report from the Strategy Review and Inter-Party Affairs Committee of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), he said that he had the strong belief that for a nation to grow, -LSB-...]

«We are astounded at the length of time it has taken for News International to cooperate with the police but we are appalled that this is advanced as a reason for failing to mount a robust investigation,» wrote members of the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee in the report.

Mr Reid was giving evidence to the home affairs select committee just two weeks after taking over from Charles Clarke, who was sacked following the revelation that more than 1,000 foreign prisoners were released without being considered for deportation.

The home affairs committee will look at the government's proposed safeguards - police would have to argue their case for further detention before a senior judge at regular intervals - and also at alternatives to this detention.

The comments come amid an unprecedented push for liberalisation in parliament, with a home affairs committee report calling for a deeper look into the consequences of decriminalisation of drugs.

He told MPs: «The government will conduct further consultations on the arrangements for this vote, in particular with the European scrutiny committees, and the Commons and Lords home affairs and justice select committees and a further announcement will be made in due course.»

The home affairs committee report comes amid sea - changes in the international outlook for drug liberalisation.

The comments from the deputy prime minister will be music to the ears of Keith Vaz, chair of the home affairs committee, who has long campaigned for a stronger political response to video game violence.

Mr Cameron's insistence that the home affairs committee is the best vehicle for inquiries reflects the views of those who wish to view the riots as being simple examples of criminality.

In 2014 I attended a home affairs select committee meeting about Yarl's Wood where I discovered that 10 members of staff had been dismissed by Serco for improper sexual contact with female detainees.

The Campaign Against Anti-Semitism also called for her to step down from the Home Affairs Committee's anti-semitism inquiry.

Read the full report by the home affairs committee criticising the police for their original investigation into phone - hacking.

Writing in the Guardian the day after the home affairs select committee tore into Jacqui Smith's plans to extend the period for pre-charge detention, Jack Straw insisted Labour had a strong record on protecting civil liberties.

The Home Affairs Select Committee has today published a report, «Policing and mental health», which says that NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups are failing to provide enough health - based places of safety for people going through a mental health crisis.

His comments are revealed in an email to Keith Vaz, chair of the home affairs select committee which has been hearing evidence on the case for extending detention without charge.

In a humiliating move for the home secretary, the home affairs committee recommended that the government halt plans to ban the drug, which is popular among some African communities.

«Under the Labour government, hard won rights and liberties that have been a fundamental part of British life for centuries were eroded or simply cast aside,» said Tom Brake, co-chair of the Liberal Democrat parliamentary committee for home affairs.

The UK's largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has submitted evidence to the influential Home Affairs Select Committee.

Rebekah Brooks, who edited the Sun 2003 - 9 and who is now chief executive of News International, already admitted to this over-cosy relationship when she told the Home Affairs Select Committee that the Sun had paid police officers for information.

Among Labour MPs voting for the Liberal Democrat motion were home affairs committee chairman Keith Vaz, ministerial aide Stephen Pound and former cabinet minister Andrew Smith.

The party will call for all papers, correspondence and advice between senior officials and special advisers on decisions relating to the Windrush generation to be handed to the Home Affairs Select committee.

The Tories are under a three - line whip to block the call for all Government papers surrounding the issue - including case studies - to be handed to the Home Affairs Select Committee.