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Asylum Seekers

Volume 268: debated on Tuesday 5 December 1995

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To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what representations he has received concerning his proposals to limit benefits to people seeking asylum in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. [3972]

Proposals on social security payments to asylum seekers and other persons from abroad were presented to the Social Security Advisory Committee on 11 October. The committee has carried out a public consultation on these proposals and is now evaluating the responses to that consultation and we expect to receive its report during December. We have also received a number of items of correspondence, both from Members of Parliament and from the public.