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HANSARDArtist VisasIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I thank the hon. Member for Edinburgh North and Leith (Deidre Brock) for securing the debate and all those who have…04 Sept 2019HANSARDEU Settlement Scheme: Looked-after Children and Care LeaversIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I, too, congratulate the Minister on her post and look forward to working constructively with her. I thank my hon.…03 Sept 2019HANSARD TOEIC: Overseas StudentsI thank my right hon. Friend the Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms) for securing this urgent question and making a powerful case. His work and commitment on this issue has been…24 Jul 2019HANSARD NationalityThe good character requirement has wrongly blocked children from registering for their right to British citizenship. We support the statutory instrument because it corrects a…23 Jul 2019HANSARDSocial Care Services: AccessibilityGiven that the Government have promised a spending increase for the NHS in the regions, is the Minister aware that at the current funding levels, Greater Manchester Health and…23 Jul 2019HANSARD NationalityI agree with my hon. Friend. Denying someone their right to citizenship of the only country they have ever known is a heinous overreaction to a policy caution, especially for…23 Jul 2019HANSARDSocial Care Services: Accessibility7. What recent estimate he has made of the number of people unable to access social care services.23 Jul 2019HANSARDPolice Surveillance of JournalistsPress freedom is an integral part of democracy. We do not have too much freedom of the press in this country; we have too little. Can it be right that the press is threatened for…17 Jul 2019HANSARDImmigration PoliciesThe Windrush crisis did not fall from the sky but was a direct result of the hostile environment, which the High Court has found directly causes discrimination. The Windrush…15 Jul 2019HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill (Thirty Second sitting)I beg to move, That the Committee do now adjourn. It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Owen. I thank Committee members for being here once again. They may…10 Jul 2019HANSARD Immigration Detention: Trafficking and Modern SlaveryIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I, too, thank my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Yardley (Jess Phillips) for securing the debate and for the…09 Jul 2019HANSARD English for Speakers of Other LanguagesI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. It is clear that there is support from both the refugee community and the British public for having these classes. Does she…03 Jul 2019HANSARDImmigrationI have already said that our immigration system will be flexible and based on the needs of our economy, including Scotland’s. Whoever is Prime Minister must make settled status a…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationThe motion raises a broad and important range of topics. My speech will equally take a broad approach to the Prime Minister’s legacy on immigration, but I will try not to detain…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention and I agree with him. In Labour’s first Opposition day debate after the 2016 referendum, we called on the Government to unilaterally…26 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate ChangeThis Government pride themselves on the special relationship with the United States. With record low temperatures gripping the US last winter, President Donald Trump tweeted that…25 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate Change8. What recent progress the Government have made on tackling climate change through international co-operation.25 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Will the Foreign Secretary condemn the repeated expressions of Islamophobia from the President of the United States, including the sharing of a tweet by Katie Hopkins that…25 Jun 2019HANSARDRefugee Family ReunionI congratulate the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Angus Brendan MacNeil) on securing this debate on World Refugee Day and on his excellent speech, and I thank all those who…20 Jun 2019HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill (Thirty First sitting)No. Question put and agreed to.05 Jun 2019