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HANSARDVisa Processing AlgorithmsTurning to the hon. Lady’s second question first, I very much enjoyed coming and speaking to the Africa APPG, and I would be delighted to come to the launch, diary permitting. The…19 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for that question. That is absolutely the principle underpinning the proposals put forward in the White Paper, which was published in December last year. We…10 Jun 2019HANSARDWindrush Victims: CompensationI thank the right hon. Lady for her question. It is absolutely because we acknowledge that people have been wronged that, in the last week, I personally have attended two separate…10 Jun 2019HANSARDInshore Fishing Boats: Non-EEA WorkersAs part of the future borders and immigration system, we have launched a year-long engagement programme to seek the views of stakeholders, including the fishing industry, and I am…10 Jun 2019HANSARDRefugee Family ReunionAs I said, we are listening to calls to extend family reunion and are watching the two private Members’ Bills very closely. The right hon. Gentleman’s question is of course one…10 Jun 2019HANSARDRefugee Family ReunionThe Government provide a safe and legal route for bringing families together through our existing family reunion policy. These provisions are consistent with our obligation to…10 Jun 2019HANSARDWindrush Victims: CompensationIt is important to reflect that roughly half the individuals affected by Windrush had a negative impact pre-2010 under the previous Labour Government. We are determined to put…10 Jun 2019HANSARDWindrush Victims: CompensationAs I outlined, there is already a contract in place with Citizens Advice to provide that independent advice. There is an ongoing series of engagement events, with taskforce…10 Jun 2019HANSARDWindrush Victims: CompensationWe worked very hard with the independent adviser, and indeed with victims of Windrush, to ensure the claim form was as accessible and as easily understood as possible. It is a…10 Jun 2019HANSARDWindrush Victims: CompensationOn 3 April, my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary announced the opening of the Windrush compensation scheme. The forms, rules and guidance were published on the same day. The…10 Jun 2019HANSARDInshore Fishing Boats: Non-EEA WorkersI reassure my hon. Friend that I was quoting the Migration Advisory Committee when I said that agriculture is a unique sector with characteristics that justify the sectoral…10 Jun 2019HANSARDInshore Fishing Boats: Non-EEA WorkersI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. I do not think I have quite recovered from him appearing in my office asking me to write visas on the back of an envelope for those…10 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am happy to take up this specific case with the hon. Lady after questions, if she would like. One of the changes that the Home Office has made over the course of the past few…10 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigration: DNA EvidenceToday I am announcing the publication of the Home Office response to Darra Singh’s review of the Home Office response to the mandating of DNA for immigration purposes. The Home…10 Jun 2019HANSARDRefugee Family ReunionMy hon. Friend rightly raises the Government’s concern that allowing children to sponsor close family members might create incentives for more children to be encouraged or even…10 Jun 2019HANSARDIllegal Seaborne MigrationAs my hon. Friend knows, I had a really informative visit to the Dover lifeboat over the Christmas period, and it was absolutely at the forefront of understanding the channel, the…04 Jun 2019HANSARDIllegal Seaborne MigrationWe will seek to return those who have registered on Eurodac because they have previously claimed asylum in a safe country. However, it is my understanding that everybody else who…04 Jun 2019HANSARDIllegal Seaborne MigrationWhile Royal Navy vessels were in the channel, it is important to state that Border Force’s coastal patrol vessels and our cutters were also deployed. Although I cannot comment on…04 Jun 2019HANSARDIllegal Seaborne MigrationThe English channel is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Every crossing attempted by migrants, often in unsuitable and very small boats, is life-threatening for…04 Jun 2019HANSARDIllegal Seaborne MigrationPerhaps the hon. Gentleman missed me talking about the vulnerable persons resettlement scheme, which has so far resettled in excess of 15,000 people from the middle east and north…04 Jun 2019