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HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The new clause stands in my name and those of the shadow Home Secretary and my Committee colleagues. The new clause offers a…16 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for a lot of the clarification in his opening remarks. We welcome clause 2, and its content is indeed necessary. We will, however, be asking for some…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)Does the Minister not accept, however, that the difference for British citizens in EU countries is that when they took decisions to form relationships and families elsewhere in…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 13, in clause 4, page 3, line 8, at end insert— “(5A) Regulations under subsection (1) must provide that EEA nationals, and adult dependants of EEA…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for the constructive tone of his response. We heard in evidence from the Migration Advisory Committee earlier this week that there is quite a…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)I am grateful for the Minister’s constructive response, but as I am sure he will appreciate, I am also a little disappointed by it. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)As the SNP spokesperson says, this group of amendments, like most of those in the previous group, continues to seek to limit the transfer of powers to the Executive and away from…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)I rise to speak to amendment 12, as well as demonstrate support for amendments 2 to 4, which also have our full support. With your permission, Sir Edward, I will focus my comments…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)We are enormously sympathetic to all the points that the Scottish National party spokesperson has just made on amendment 1, but I want to focus my comments on new clause 34, which…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)I am concerned that the Minister has put words in my mouth in relation to what the MAC said about social care. What we did hear loud and clear from a number of witnesses, however,…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)Domestically.11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward, as we start line-by-line scrutiny of this particularly important legislation in these highly unusual times. I thank…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)Yet again, I rise to echo a great deal of what has already been said by the SNP spokesperson. The Opposition have spoken consistently in favour of a declaratory approach, and the…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Fourth sitting)Once again, we are very sympathetic to the amendment. As we have already heard, it is not dissimilar to amendment 1, and it would offer reassurance to the 1.2 million British…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Third sitting)There is so little in clause 3 that we will not make a contribution to it. Question put and agreed to. Clause 3 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 4…11 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q Can I put the same question to Jill Rutter? What would need to change so that the MAC was really equipped to respond to these workforce issues? Jill Rutter: I fully agree that…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q We have heard evidence this afternoon from other witnesses regarding their concerns about some of the Henry VIII powers in the Bill. May I ask you to share your thoughts on…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)No problem. The Minister had presented a conundrum, but we are saying that if those children—bearing in mind that they have had a very difficult start in life—were granted settled…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q This would apply to children who have had a very difficult start in life. If they were granted settled status through the process, that would come with the electronic status…09 Jun 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill (Second sitting)Q On the same subject, perhaps you could explain what engagement The Children’s Society has had with local authorities about this. What problems are local authorities reporting to…09 Jun 2020