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HANSARDFishing Industry: EmploymentI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that question. He will of course be aware that when the MAC provided us with its report last year it was clear in its recommendation that we…25 Feb 2019HANSARDPolice FundingI thank the hon. Gentleman for taking the time to raise his important constituency case. I am absolutely happy to confirm that I will meet him to go through the specifics in…25 Feb 2019HANSARDPolice FundingMy hon. Friend is of course right. The Government have been very clear that EU citizens living here will be able to stay; more than that, we want them to stay. That is why the…25 Feb 2019HANSARDPolice, Fire and Rescue Services: Funding ReductionsIt is of course a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. I congratulate the hon. Member for Easington (Grahame Morris) on securing the debate and giving me what I…20 Feb 2019HANSARDPolice, Fire and Rescue Services: Funding ReductionsThat is a question that the hon. Lady might best put to my right hon. Friend the Minister for Policing and the Fire Service when she next gets the chance. I am conscious that Home…20 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)Q I want to start by welcoming the comments that Ilona made about wanting to work with Government in relation to the White Paper. I also want to talk a little bit about the EU…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)Q Which they can upgrade once they have got to five years, and at no extra cost even when there was a charge, but now there is no charge anyway. Martin Hoare: The form says that…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q From the conversations that you have had to date with officials, MEPs and so on, you believe it to be an absolute imperative that it is in primary legislation and not something…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)Q You said that the EU settled status scheme required people to document every day of their existence in the UK. Martin Hoare: No, I said “if” it did.14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)Q You are conscious of the very high levels of people in the testing phases of the system who have reached either pre-settled or settled status—are you happy with that? Martin…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)Q You said earlier that you did not think that there was any urgency—I cannot remember at which specific point. Do you not think that 29 March is now somewhat pressing, and…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)Q Okay. Mr Valdez-Symonds—your point on simplification. Steve Valdez-Symonds: I agree with all the points that Mr Berry has just made. The one thing that I would add is that those…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)Q Except, on immigration, the rules have been the usual way to do it since 1971. Adrian Berry: You have not used the immigration rules to amend primary legislation, and they are…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)Q It absolutely will. Martin Hoare : And in the scheme that has existed so far, there have been cases where people have paid tax and national insurance to their employer but it…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)Q You are conscious that it is still in a testing mode? Martin Hoare: Yes, of course I am conscious of that, but unless the existing parameters of decision making in the Home…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)Q You do know that in the first two testing phases, those employers were NHS trusts and universities, don’t you? We like to think that they would have credited the right amount of…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)Thank you. Can we turn to Mr Berry? We have three minutes. Adrian Berry: Very briefly, write it in plain English and avoid the endless repetition that appears in the immigration…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)Q Pre, not less than. Martin Hoare : Pre, which is less than. It is the same thing. That may be because people cannot document the earliest time in the United Kingdom, because…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)Q Which, of course, it doesn’t. It requires people to evidence their identity and residence. We have seen from the testing phases that more than 80% of people have been able to do…14 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I think that you have said that the best way to protect citizens’ rights is through the withdrawal agreement, and you will certainly get no argument from me on that front. In…14 Feb 2019