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HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee ApplicationsI thank the noble Lord for his questions. As of 9.30 am this morning, 17,700 applications had been made, and there were 1,000 grants of visas. We are expecting a further 1,000…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEconomic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee ApplicationsThere is one area where I will depart from the noble Lord, which is on the need to make sure that people are who they say they are. If someone says they are Ukrainian and in fact…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee ApplicationsWell, I hope I can help the right reverend Prelate in saying that we are surging capacity and capability in the VACs. It is not acceptable if people are being told that they have…09 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee ApplicationsMy noble friend will have seen footage of my right honourable friend the Home Secretary there over the weekend. We are in very regular contact with Poland. I just turned to my…09 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill08 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: RefugeesI totally agree with the noble and right reverend Lord that the British people will be very generous. In fact, just before we started Questions, the right reverend Prelate the…08 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: RefugeesI am very glad that the noble Lord asked that question because, at this point, we all need to stop and remember all of those Russian people who are so against, or do not even…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillYes.08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI thank noble Lords for their comments. I say to them, in particular the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins, that the impact of traumatic experiences is writ large throughout the whole…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill08 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: RefugeesThe sponsorship scheme, as I have said, should be up and running very shortly, and DLUHC will indeed be the lead department on it. In response to the noble Baroness, I undertake,…08 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: RefugeesIt is very difficult to know from a short exchange on my noble friend’s question when the family tried to make the appointment and all that sort of detail, but I know that 1,451…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am always worried that the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, will not get home, so if he wants to exit stage left, I will not be in the least bit offended. I am very keen that he gets…08 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: RefugeesI wholeheartedly agree with the noble Lord that speed and numbers are vital. I understand that as of 9 o’clock this morning there were 526 grants under the family scheme. With…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillIt is a Home Office matter, so he was absolutely right on that, but it remains very important. Putting Ukraine into strong focus does not take away from our concern for what is…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders Bill08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords for some pretty sensible follow-up questions. The first question, about why we need the power, is absolutely reasonable. There are currently limited…08 Mar 2022