This afternoon the Minister has sought to assure Members that the changes to this regime will protect applicants from destitution, but the Joseph Rowntree Foundation estimates that the level of destitution in the UK, among UK citizens, is set to double to 2 million families. Can he explain how he expects Members to accept that the Government will protect asylum seekers from destitution, when they cannot protect 2 million UK nationals?
Immigration Rules: Supported Accommodation
Proceeding contribution from
Dave Doogan
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 16 December 2020.
It occurred during Urgent question on Immigration Rules: Supported Accommodation.
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