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HANSARDHome DepartmentLet me finish the point. It takes five to 10 minutes online in the same way as renewing a driving licence or passport. The hon. Lady should be aware that, as of the last set of…13 Jan 2020HANSARDHome DepartmentI will be brief. I just want to respond to a couple of points that have been raised during the debate. The hon. Member for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield) quoted me during an…13 Jan 2020HANSARDHome DepartmentI will be brief. I just want to respond to a couple of points that have been raised during the debate. The hon. Member for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield) quoted me during an…13 Jan 2020HANSARDHome DepartmentLet me finish the point. It takes five to 10 minutes online in the same way as renewing a driving licence or passport. The hon. Lady should be aware that, as of the last set of…13 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI will be brief; I just want to respond to a couple of points that have been raised during the debate. The hon. Member for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield) quoted me during an…07 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThe hon. Gentleman makes a good point. It is clear, as I have just said, that we all want to ensure that we avoid the problems that we had with the Windrush generation. One of the…07 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillYes, absolutely. I say to my right hon. Friend the Member for New Forest West (Sir Desmond Swayne) that we are always reviewing the outreach work. The Home Secretary and I are…07 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillAs I said, anybody who has lived in the country for five years or more is entitled to settled status. I am very happy— [ Interruption. ] Will the hon. Lady listen to the answer?…07 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillNo, I will not give way on that point any further. Clause 8 enables the Government to protect frontier workers and means that we can establish a registration scheme providing…07 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillNew clause 18, as drafted, would discriminate by nationality because, as I said, it would give EU citizens preferential fees for citizenship. My next sentence would have negated…07 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillYou are misleading people—07 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillNo, I will not be giving way at the moment. The hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty) said that the whole process is different from previous systems. We are…07 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillIt has now been over three years since the referendum, and we are here today because the Conservative party can finally break the deadlock and ensure that there is no more delay.…07 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThank you, Sir George. As my right hon. and hon. Friends will outline, we are working with our colleagues and friends around Europe, and they are all very happy with the scheme.…07 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI disagree with the hon. Gentleman. In fact, I disagreed with quite a lot of what he said when he was on his feet a few moments ago, when he gave some clear misrepresentations of…07 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI will in a moment. If EU citizens do not apply through the EU settlement scheme, it may prove difficult to distinguish them from those who arrived after the end of the…07 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillNot at the moment. Such an approach could also lead to EU citizens who have not applied for documentation suffering inadvertent discrimination compared with those who have. That…07 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI will finish answering the first intervention before I consider taking any others. Part of the problem with a declaratory scheme is that it leads to the problems of Windrush.…07 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillIt is important that I clarify some of the hon. Lady’s misrepresentations. Her point argues for and against her colleague’s earlier comments. We want to ensure that people have a…07 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillLet me finish the point. It takes five to 10 minutes online—the same as renewing a driving licence or passport. The hon. Lady should be aware that, as of the last set of official…07 Jan 2020