Home Affairs Committee to take evidence from Minister for Immigration

Tuesday 21 November 2017

Venue: Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster

Witnesses

At 9.30 am

Home Office

• ·         Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP, Minister of State for Immigration
• ·         Patsy Wilkinson, Second Permanent Secretary

This is the second evidence session for the inquiry examining the Home Office’s capacity to deliver post-Brexit immigration services. 

The issues which the session is likely to cover include:

• ·         Home Office staff capacity within the immigration directorates
• ·         Efficiency and effectiveness of immigration processes, including IT systems
• ·         Implications of current levels of backlogs and issues with decision-making
• ·         Effectiveness of immigration enforcement
• ·         Prospects for post-Brexit immigration arrangements.

The Committee may also raise other topical immigration issues with the Minister, including concerns around immigration detention.

Inquiry information: 
Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration services