Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department on Oct 18

1 Mrs Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall)
What steps her Department is taking to help prevent illegal protests. (903754)

2 Julian Sturdy (York Outer)
What steps her Department is taking to implement the findings of the Pet Theft Taskforce. (903755)

3 Ian Paisley (North Antrim)
What steps she is taking to help ensure that there are sufficient migrant workers for the needs of businesses in Northern Ireland. (903756)

4 Crispin Blunt (Reigate)
Whether her Department plans to take steps to reschedule psilocybin to Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. (903757)

5 Simon Baynes (Clwyd South)
What steps her Department is taking to implement the findings of the Pet Theft Taskforce. (903758)

6 Mrs Flick Drummond (Meon Valley)
What steps her Department is taking to support victims of domestic abuse. (903759)

7 Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West)
What steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of small boat Channel crossings.(903760)

8 Stuart Anderson (Wolverhampton South West)
What progress has been made on the delivery of the police uplift programme. (903761)

9 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East)
What recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of implementing drug safety testing for (a) festivals and (b) events in the night-time economy. (903762)

10 Laura Farris (Newbury)
What steps her Department is taking to work with the police in helping to reduce violence against women and girls. (903763)

11 Carla Lockhart (Upper Bann)
Whether she plans to take steps to amend immigration rules to help tackle labour shortages in the agri-food industry across the UK. (903764)

12 Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood)
What steps her Department is taking to tackle online fraud and scams. (903765)

13 Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge)
What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on preventing illegal practices in the rental sector. (903766)

14 Sarah Olney (Richmond Park)
If she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to support people with British National (Overseas) visas who are facing difficulties in applying for early withdrawal of their provident funds. (903767)

15 John Howell (Henley)
What steps her Department is taking to support victims of domestic abuse. (903768)

16 Aaron Bell (Newcastle-under-Lyme)
What steps her Department is taking to help ensure the effective implementation of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy. (903769)

17 Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford)
What steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of small boat Channel crossings.(903770)

18 Henry Smith (Crawley)
What steps her Department is taking to help ensure the effective implementation of the Beating Crime Plan. (903771)

19 Christian Wakeford (Bury South)
What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Government’s proscription of Hamas. (903772)

20 Steven Bonnar (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill)
If she will take steps with the Secretary of State for Justice to develop an overarching national strategy to improve the outcomes for neurodivergent people in the criminal justice system. (903773)

21 Olivia Blake (Sheffield, Hallam)
What assessment she has made of trends in the level of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic abuse and assaults faced by LGBTQ+ asylum seekers in processing centres (a) in the UK and (b) offshore. (903774)

22 Patrick Grady (Glasgow North)
What assessment she has made of the adequacy of her Department’s provision for Afghans seeking asylum in the UK following the Taliban’s resurgence in Afghanistan. (903775)

23 Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale)
What steps she is taking to support Afghan people who reach the UK by their own means after being unable to access safe routes. (903776)

24 Virginia Crosbie (Ynys Môn)
What steps her Department is taking to encourage scientists, engineers, academics and other highly skilled workers to the UK. (903777)

25 Kenny MacAskill (East Lothian)
What discussions she had with Police Scotland prior to the laying of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Designated Scottish Sites under Section 129) Order 2021. (903778)

At 3.15pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

T1 Kate Osborne (Jarrow)
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. (903744)

T2 Mark Fletcher (Bolsover) (903745)

T3 Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge) (903746)

T4 Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (903747)

T5 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South) (903748)

T6 Taiwo Owatemi (Coventry North West) (903749)

T7 Damien Moore (Southport) (903750)

T8 Neale Hanvey (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) (903751)

T9 Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) (903752)

T10 Kate Osamor (Edmonton) (903753)