Immigration and Asylum Bill
22 October 2026
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Committee House of Commons
00:08 - 00:12
Speaker 1
Order. Minister to conclude her speech.
00:12 - 01:47
Speaker 3
Thank you very much, Chair. It's a pleasure to see you back in the chair again today. And I appreciate all the discussion and debate we've had so far today. So I'm going to pick back up my response to various opposition amendments and starting with amendment 141 in the name of His Majesty's opposition. This would allow outstanding liabilities to be considered in immigration applications, including settlement.
The government is already considering the wider approach to settlement, as hopefully colleagues will have seen from some of the media discussion and debate. This is currently undergoing quite a lot of discussion. And so it wouldn't be appropriate to preempt that work through this amendment. For those building a life in the UK, making that contribution will form part of their wider contribution to society. And people with outstanding asylum support debt will be prevented from returning to the UK until that debt is repaid.
It is our intention that those who receive support will be expected to make contributions when they are financially able to do so. The detailed operation of the scheme will be set out in secondary legislation. We've already committed to sharing draft regulations, as I've mentioned to colleagues already today, during the passage of the bill, providing members with the opportunity to scrutinize the detail of the policy and how these provisions will operate in practice. This approach ensures appropriate parliamentary oversight whilst retaining the flexibility needed to develop the scheme in the light of wider decisions on settlement policy. These draft regulations will be subject to the affirmative procedure and will afford a further opportunity for parliamentary scrutiny before they're made.
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