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HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee ApplicationsThe hon. Lady makes some strong points. One of the reasons we are working closely with the countries bordering Ukraine is that, given the end of direct travel, it is extremely…08 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee ApplicationsThe hon. Lady will realise that it would not be appropriate for me to go into the detail of individual cases on the Floor of the House, but I am very happy to speak to her…08 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee ApplicationsI would point to the sponsorship system that will be set up, which will be open pretty much to many and all Ukrainians, although I remind the House that the vast majority of…08 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee ApplicationsThe Government will be happy to update Members on Thursday on what is happening, whether through a “Dear colleague” letter or another appropriate forum. We intend that it will be…08 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee ApplicationsPresident Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is a barbaric and unprovoked attack and we stand shoulder to shoulder with the Ukrainian people. He must fail in Ukraine. This Government…08 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee ApplicationsAs the right hon. Lady will know from my original letter to her, we felt that pulling officials away to do a session before the Home Affairs Committee tomorrow would have meant…08 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee ApplicationsWe do have visa application centres in the countries bordering Ukraine, and we have stepped up capacity there, particularly in countries that are in the European economic area.…08 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee ApplicationsIt is possible for children and others to travel to the UK without a passport if permission has been granted. As a former Immigration Minister, my right hon. Friend will be…08 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee ApplicationsAgain, I would make the point that we have stepped up a system that will grant three years of leave, giving people more permanent status here in the UK and the security to move…08 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Urgent Refugee ApplicationsI thank my right hon. Friend for her question. I would make the point that people do not need to wait in Ukraine if they are thinking of applying for the humanitarian family visa…08 Mar 2022HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeYes. Some of the community groups that we have funded reached out and did leafleting and face-to-face engagement. Now that we are coming out of the pandemic period, we are happy…03 Mar 2022HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeI will take that intervention in the constructive way in which it was presented. I think that it would be impossible to put an exact timescale, cost and things on it, but I am…03 Mar 2022HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeThe hon. Member hits on the point that making people aware that significant amounts of compensation can be received is one of the ways of promoting the scheme. I am aware of at…03 Mar 2022HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeThere have been a number of people whose cases have concluded with a nil offer. Part of that is because we are processing more cases and getting more cases towards a final…03 Mar 2022HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeThat is a very fair question. The £36.3 million that has been paid—I must say that £43.3 million has been offered, but I will stick to the figure that I used for payment—is across…03 Mar 2022HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeWe hope it will be quicker than the right hon. Lady has just suggested, and potentially a lot quicker than one of the timeframes that she suggested. I am not in a position today…03 Mar 2022HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeI am always happy to further consider evidence. Certainly we have seen higher awards being made, partly because of the quite significant changes we made to the scheme last year…03 Mar 2022HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeBriefly.03 Mar 2022HANSARDWindrush Compensation SchemeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Angela. I thank the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame Diana Johnson) for securing this debate and all hon.…03 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are certainly concerned about the lack of suitable accommodation across the United Kingdom in terms of dispersal areas, which is why we are keen to sign up new areas to become…28 Feb 2022