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Written questions by Atkinson.

Every parliamentary written question tabled by Lewis Atkinson this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.

Department:All (23)Department of Health and Social Care (6)Home Office (4)Department for Transport (4)Ministry of Justice (3)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (2)Department for Culture, Media and Sport (1)Ministry of Defence (1)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (1)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1)

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10 Jun 2026·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Answered
Asked

Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) respect for human rights and (b) the independence of the rule of law in Bangladesh in the past three months.

Reply

I met Prime Minister Rahman on 17 February and reinforced the UK's commitment to working with the Government of Bangladesh to advance democratic, economic and social reforms. I welcomed the peaceful and credible parliamentary elections held earlier that m...

26 Aug 2025·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Answered
Asked

Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with international partners to help tackle irregular migration to the UK.

Reply

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office are taking on the serious, hard work needed to tackle the global problem of irregular migration. We are getting ready to return the first set of small boat arrivals under our groundbreaking returns deal with France. We have signed a landmark agreement with Iraq to tackle illegal migration at source, and we have introduced the world’s first sanctions regime to target the people smuggling gangs and dismantle their funding and networks. Since coming to office, we’ve removed over 35,000 people with no right to be here, up 13 per cent year on year.

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