Martin Linton asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Somalian nationals have claimed asylum at Heathrow arriving on flights from (a) Nairobi and (b) Addis Ababa in the last five years.
Andy Burnham replied that 58 Somalian nationals had claimed asylum when arriving at Heathrow from Nairobi over the last five years and 44 had done it when arriving from Addis Ababa over the same period.
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Martin Linton asked Alistair Darling if he had considered a London orbital network that could join the north, south, east and west London lines and enable commuters to avoid the centre of London, unlike Thameslink.
Alistair Darling replied that he was always willing to look at proposals, but that he would not want to raise false hopes. He pointed out that funding would be the limiting factor.
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Martin Linton asked Andy Burnham what the average length of time is now for an initial decision on asylum cases and the time that it takes for removal, pointing out that previously people had come to his surgery who had been waiting seven or eight years for an initial interview.
Andy Burnham replied that when the Government first came to power the average time that a case took to be processed was two years but that now the majority of cases were handled in two months.
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Martin Linton clarified comments made by Nick Harvey about the Welsh Assembly's communications department.
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Martin Linton spoke in this debate giving reasons why he felt that that number of days that a suspect can be held without charge needed to be increased.
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