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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Immigration detention inquiry

Inquiry by the Home Affairs Committee, 14 March 2018 to 14 March 2018. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 20 March 2018: Janahan, a former detainee in Harmondsworth and Morton Hall who now has refugee status, Voke, a former Yarl’s Wood detainee who is currently seeking asylum, and Afiya, a former Yarl’s Wood detainee who is currently seeking asylum, Kris Harris, Policy & Research Worker, Medical Justice, Gemma Lousley, Policy and Research Coordinator, Women for Refugee Women, Tom Nunn, Legal Manager, Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID), Serco Group: Rupert Soames, CEO, and Julia Rogers, MD Justice and Immigration, Prison Service: Phil Wragg, HMPPS Prisons Group Director for Kent, Essex, IRCs and FNPs, Karen Head, Morton Hall Centre Manager
  • 8 May 2018: Peter Clarke CVO OBE QPM, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, Hindpal Singh Bhui, Inspection Team Leader (Immigration), HMI PrisonsRt Hon Caroline Nokes MP, Minister for Immigration, Home Office, Hugh Ind, Director General of Immigration Enforcement, Home Office, Sir Philip Rutnam, Permanent Secretary, Home Office
  • 11 September 2018: Stephen Shaw CBE, author of the follow-up report to the Home Office on the assessment of government progress on the welfare in detention of vulnerable persons