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Tim Loughton

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Gender Male
Age 61
Date of birth May 30,1962
Zodiac sign Gemini
Born Eastbourne
United Kingdom
SpouseElizabeth Juliet MacLauchlan
Office Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Party Conservative Party
Job Politician
Banker
Education Clare College, University of Cambridge
University of Warwick
Priory School
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Timothy Paul Loughton, FSA is a British Conservative Party politician and former banker, who has been Member of Parliament for East Worthing and Shoreham since the 1997 general election. Loughton was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families from 2010–2012.

Asylum seekers: Home Office says more than 17,000 are missing

Asylum seekers: Home Office says more than 17,000 are missing
Nov 29,2023 10:01 am

... But Conservative MP Tim Loughton, who is on the select committee, said: " Is it strange, that conveniently, when faced with a very stiff target, there has been a three-fold increase for the undetermined reasons of people magically not going forward with their claims? " Officials are under pressure to reduce the backlog as the government continues with plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda...

UN refugee agency rejects Suella Braverman asylum comments

UN refugee agency rejects Suella Braverman asylum comments
Sep 26,2023 4:01 pm

... But Tim Loughton, a Conservative member of the Commons Home Affairs Committee, said Ms Braverman " had a point"...

Parliament researcher rejects China spying claims

Parliament researcher rejects China spying claims
Sep 11,2023 6:01 am

... Senior Tory backbenchers, including former leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith and MP Tim Loughton, have called for the government to officially designate China as a threat to the UK - a move so far resisted by ministers...

Government facing pressure to rethink China stance

Government facing pressure to rethink China stance
Sep 10,2023 9:41 pm

... Senior Tory backbenchers, including former leader Iain Duncan Smith and MP Tim Loughton, have called for the government to act...

Can the British Museum dig itself out of trouble?

Can the British Museum dig itself out of trouble?
Aug 25,2023 4:41 pm

... Tim Loughton MP, the Conservative chairman of the all party parliamentary group for the museum, has called that " opportunistic"...

British Museum boss Hartwig Fischer defends 2021 theft investigation

British Museum boss Hartwig Fischer defends 2021 theft investigation
Aug 23,2023 12:41 pm

... MP Tim Loughton, chair of the British Museum All-Party Parliamentary Group, called the remarks " blatant opportunism"...

British Museum safety claims 'opportunistic' - MP

British Museum safety claims 'opportunistic' - MP
Aug 23,2023 6:51 am

... MP Tim Loughton said it was " incredibly rare" for items to go missing and the institution was taking it " seriously"...

Are more small boats being stopped by French police?

Are more small boats being stopped by French police?
Aug 14,2023 12:31 pm

... Critics of the agreement, such as Conservative MP Tim Loughton, said it didn t go far enough...

Are more small boats being stopped by French police?

Jul 17,2023 6:21 pm

By Tamara Kovacevic and Lucy GilderBBC Verify

Health Secretary Steve Barclay has defended the government's progress in stopping small boats carrying migrants from crossing the English Channel .

He told Bbc Breakfast the government was working constructively with the French authorities and claimed: " there's been 40% more boats stopped by the French authorities this year than last year".

But that's not correct according to currently available figures.

How many boats have been stopped?

The UK and French governments have Not Yet published figures for the numbers of small boats stopped this year.

The Department of Health and Social Care told BBC Verify that Mr Barclay had actually been referring to Home Office figures comparing 2022 with 2021 and " misspoke on the year".

The Home Office in January 2023 and said that the French authorities prevented 33,000 crossings in 2022, which was an increase of More Than 40% on The Number of crossings prevented in 2021.

But the government told us that this data refers to individual people prevented from crossing the Channel, not boats as Mr Barclay stated.

The Home Office also confirmed to us that the French authorities intercepted 1,381 boats in 2022. We have asked for comparable figures for 2021, but have Not Yet seen them.

While The Number of interceptions increased between 2021 and 2022, the proportion of people stopped from crossing fell slightly: 43% of people who attempted to cross the Channel in small boats were stopped in 2022, compared with approximately 50% the year before, a Home Office official's evidence to MPs.

What agreement does the UK have with France?

The Two Countries have being Working Together to tackle illegal migration for years.

The UK has signed eight agreements with France since 2014.

, an agreement increased The Number of patrol officers in northern France by 40%.

The new agreement linked specialist officers from the UK and France to improve intelligence sharing.

Critics of the agreement, such as Conservative MP Tim Loughton , said it didn't go far enough.

How much has it cost?

The Border security agreements with France have cost about £232m, The House of Commons Library:

A further £87m has been paid to France since 2014 for border control purposes, according to the same briefing paper.

The UK committed to another £476m of funding in France between 2023 and 2026, in a joint on addressing illegal migration.

All of these figures are in cash terms and have not been adjusted for inflation.

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