Immigration
Commons · Question 82108 · Tabled 14 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to ensure the supremacy of domestic law in all immigration and asylum matters.
Answer
Answered by Jake Richards, 22 Oct 2025
There is no need to do so: the UK’s immigration and asylum system operates within domestic law, over which Parliament is sovereign.We will legislate to reform our approach to the application of Article 8 ECHR in the immigration system, as set out in the I...