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HANSARD Ukraine Refugee VisasThe scheme is uncapped from a visa point of view. I suspect that the issue of conversations with the Treasury may be more for the next UQ about the funding that will be provided…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Ukraine Refugee VisasI am very happy to do so if the hon. Lady gives me the details after this session.31 Mar 2022HANSARD Ukraine Refugee VisasThat is a fair point about updating people. Certainly people would be contacted if there was something that was needed from them, rather than us conducting the checks he would…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Ukraine Refugee VisasFirst, I am not sure what taking time out to set up another visa scheme would deliver in this context, compared with the refinements to the process that we already have in place.…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Ukraine Refugee VisasYes, I share my right hon. Friend’s disappointment, but as I have touched on, we are seeing the pace of decision making increase, as happened with the Ukraine family scheme. At…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Ukraine Refugee VisasFirst, it is too early to say how many people have arrived under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, but we are now publishing details of visa grants. By 9am today 3,705 visas had been…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Ukraine Refugee VisasI thank the Chair of the Select Committee for her question. It would not be appropriate for me to go into an individual case on the Floor of the House. Certainly, we are able to…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Ukraine Refugee VisasCertainly, where there are specific issues, we will look to prioritise a case. We make the point that people do not need to wait in Ukraine for a decision: they are welcome to…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Ukraine Refugee VisasAs we have touched on, in total we have already issued more than 27,000 visas across the two schemes. We have touched on how the Homes for Ukraine scheme is accelerating the…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Ukraine Refugee VisasI appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s questions and the way he put them. I also appreciate the fact that there is a fundamental difference in respect of our belief, based on the…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Ukraine Refugee VisasThe conflict in Ukraine continues to shock the world. Putin’s invasion is deplorable and he must fail. We stand shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people at this…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Ukraine Refugee VisasAbsolutely. The move to divert the vast majority of people applying to both these schemes away from visa application and the need to have a formally printed vignette, which is…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Ukraine Refugee VisasMy right hon. Friend is right to say that people want to get on and help. Tens of thousands of people throughout the country have made a very generous offer and they want to be…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Ukraine Refugee VisasI am pleased to hear of the results that my hon. Friend has been able to achieve for his constituents, as he always does. It is good to see people arrive and to see communities…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Ukraine Refugee VisasIt is great to hear that so many people are stepping forward. As the local MP, I am sure the hon. Gentleman is proud to see how his community is stepping forward to offer a hand…31 Mar 2022HANSARDImmigration Rule ChangesMy right hon. Friend the Home Secretary (Priti Patel) is today laying before the House a statement of Changes in Immigration Rules. The changes reflect our commitments to Ukraine…29 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillJust to help and to keep this short, I can tell the hon. Gentleman that our intention is to operate in the spirit of the Lords amendment—that is, there will not be a fee for…22 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders Billindicated dissent .22 Mar 2022HANSARDRefugees from UkraineI am grateful for the opportunity to intervene briefly from the Dispatch Box. We were approached earlier this week. For a child who is Ukrainian to be removed from Poland…16 Mar 2022HANSARDRefugees from UkraineI will very briefly state that the letter from the Ukrainian ambassador to the UK Government makes it clear that no Ukrainian child can be placed in the care of foreigners without…16 Mar 2022