Shabana Mahmood: “This approach means those in need of protection arrive with the consent of communities and with the financial support of…”

My goal as Home Secretary is to rebuild the public's confidence and thereby ensure we can continue providing protection to those in need today and for generations to come.

A little over two years into office and the asylum backlog is down, the number of asylum seekers in hotels is falling, illegal working arrests are at record levels, and deportations and returns are up markedly.

It has been settled government policy since last summer, in fact, that the qualifying period will rise from five years to ten.

Our amendment will provide the home secretary with a new power to disapply Section 7 of the Immigration Act 1971 for serious criminals.