Home Secretary faces questions on immigration and policing

From 2.30pm: 

• Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, Secretary of State for the Home Department 

• Dame Antonia Romeo DCB, Permanent Secretary, Home Office 

• Simon Ridley, Second Permanent Secretary, Home Office 

The Home Affairs Committee will take evidence from Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper MP, and Permanent Secretary at the Home Office, Antonia Romeo. The wide-ranging session will examine a number of key issues within the remit of the Home Office. 

The Committee will question the Home Secretary on the Government plans for immigration and asylum. With net migration falling, but still above what the Government views as sustainable, the Committee will examine the potential impact of the Immigration White Paper on migration and the economy. The session will also examine what progress has been made in reducing illegal migration, in particular tackling the people smuggling networks profiting from small boat crossings. 

Other areas of questioning are likely to include neighbourhood policing and policing reform, counter-extremism, violence against women and girls, and child exploitation.