All articles written by Baroness Hamwee on PoliticsHome.com

18 Oct Foreign affairs

My call to widen family reunion rights for refugees

The UK’s response to asylum-seekers and refugees is politically sensitive, partly because it is often conflated with immigration. What is not contentious is the importance – to society and at an individual level - of family. Most cultures recognise it; ours does - politicians in the UK often make a point of saying so.

08 Jun 2023 Home affairs

AI can help fight crime – but not if there’s a cost to civil liberties and the rule of law

If a week is a long time in politics, what is a year in the development of advanced technology?

01 Mar 2023 Home affairs

Migration policies are failing families and society

It is heartening to hear Rishi Sunak say “strong, supportive families make for more stable communities” – but the United Kingdom’s migration policies do not implement that statement.

22 Oct 2018 Home affairs

Baroness Hamwee: The UK should never be complicit with the death penalty being used anywhere in the world

Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson on Immigration, Baroness Hamwee, writes about the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Bill, which has its report stage in the House of Lords today and which Labour & the Liberal Democrats seek to amend.

08 May 2018 Home affairs

Baroness Hamwee: Support my bill to help reunite more refugee families

It is time to widen the definition of ‘family’ so child refugees in the UK can sponsor their closest relations to join them, argues Baroness Hamwee

26 Apr 2016

Baroness Hamwee: Government must make concessions on Immigration Bill

Lib Dem peer Baroness Hamwee calls on the Government to concede some key points on the Immigration Bill as it goes through the Lords.

24 Feb 2016 Communities

Housing legislation 'turns landlords & estate agents into immigration officers'

Baroness Hamwee writes ahead of an attempt to halt the Government's ‘right to rent’ legislation today in the Lords. She calls on Labour peers to support it and not to 'sit on their hands'.

21 Jul 2015 Health

'It is time to legalise cannabis for medicinal purposes'

The Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Home Affairs, Baroness Hamwee, argues that the Government missed an opportunity to reclassify cannabis for medical purposes as part of the Psychoactive Substances Bill.