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HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q Would the CBI therefore support a seasonal agricultural workers scheme, for example, and do you see any other sectors that might benefit from something similar? Matthew Fell:…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q I am conscious that we invited the Scottish CBI to come and give evidence, but it deferred to you and said it was happy that you would be able to represent its views. Was there…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q Earlier today, we heard concerns about those employed in the agricultural sector, both from the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants and the TUC. Would you say that…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q We have taken on board FLEX’s position that there should not be a seasonal agricultural worker scheme. You will have heard about the pressures from organisations such as the…12 Feb 2019HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q Do you think that is a protection that would be best put in place by the Home Office as part of immigration policy, or by some other organisation? Caroline Robinson: The…12 Feb 2019HANSARDAutomatic Immigration Bail Referral PilotOn 24 July 2018, the Home Secretary laid before Parliament the second independent review by Stephen Shaw CBE, into immigration detention. In responding to that review, the Home…07 Feb 2019HANSARDEU JHA Opt-in Decision: Amended Proposal for EU Agency for AsylumThe Government have decided not to opt in (under the UK’s JHA opt-in protocol) to the amended proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the…31 Jan 2019HANSARDEU JHA Opt-in Decision: Recasting the Returns DirectiveThe Government have decided not to opt in (under the UK’s JHA opt-in protocol) to the proposal to recast the returns directive. The proposal is a recast of the returns directive…31 Jan 2019HANSARD English Channel: Illegal Seaborne ImmigrationIt is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. Thank you for that clarification about how long I may speak for. It is a great credit to my hon. Friend…30 Jan 2019HANSARD English Channel: Illegal Seaborne ImmigrationI thank my hon. Friend for raising that important point. He will be conscious that I have been in post as Minister of State for Immigration for a year now. One of the real…30 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI am sorry, but I am not going to give way. I am conscious that I am very time-limited. My right hon. Friend the Member for Broxtowe (Anna Soubry) made a point very early in the…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillWe have had a good and thorough debate this evening, and many wide-ranging issues have been raised, some of them even included in the Bill. I remember a couple of weeks ago…28 Jan 2019HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillI will come to some of the hon. Gentleman’s comments in due course. At this time, we must be an outward-looking, global nation, and as my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary…28 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Settlement SchemeThe hon. Gentleman will know that we did increase the immigration health surcharge. That was an important manifesto commitment that the Conservative party made to make sure that…21 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Settlement SchemePicking up on the final part of my right hon. Friend’s question, last summer we launched the employer toolkit to enable employers best to communicate to their employees the…21 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Settlement SchemeI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. I am sure that his wife will be going through the process very soon indeed. In fact, some of the best advocates for the simplicity of the…21 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady asks a very specific question about figures. I am very conscious that service standards can sometimes drive behaviours that we would not want to see, with…21 Jan 2019HANSARDImmigration Detention EstateThe Government are committed to using the detention estate sparingly, and only when necessary. We have taken a systematic approach to modernising and rationalising the detention…21 Jan 2019HANSARDImmigration: Scottish EconomyThe hon. and learned Lady will be aware that the Migration Advisory Committee, which is independent of Government, made the point that it did not see the case for a wide range of…21 Jan 2019HANSARDEU Settlement SchemeThe hon. Lady raises the question of how the EU settlement scheme is working. Of course, we know that EU citizens make a huge contribution to our economy and society, and we want…21 Jan 2019